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Michael Connarty
Labour MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk
- Also represented Falkirk East
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Michael Connarty voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Scotland
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Broadband, Human Trafficking, Iraq, Call Centres, Haemophilia
(based on written questions asked by Michael Connarty and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Inquiries Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“This Queen’s Speech can be summed up by the Prime Minister wandering around the country saying that he is not for turning. I remind him and his party that the last person who said that—Lady Thatcher—was tossed out by the country when people found out that they were getting uncaring Conservatism once again. [Interruption.] Yes, she was, of course, tossed out by her own party....”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for making those points about St Mungo’s. I took the trouble to visit the project in Hackney, and I was very impressed by what was being done for people with long-term dissociation from society to give them skills and jobs. It is a tragedy if the charity has decided that the Government have nothing to offer them. The project is wonderful and the...”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“Can the Chancellor really justify asking fire brigade workers, who undertake some of the most high-risk tasks in our society, to pay 13% of their income towards their pension?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 52 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 60 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 60.40% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 15 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 576 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,581 (109th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £21,248 (330th) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,901 (197th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £23,945 (70th) | £29,147 (14th) | £25,964 (77th) | £27,967 | £18,506 (312th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,081 (joint 344th with 1 other) | £22,435 (109th) |
| Staffing costs | £92,219 (402nd) | £81,455 (508th) | £78,242 (496th) | £76,265 | £71,139 (282nd) | £67,838 (335th) | £61,551 (467th) | £36,099 (581st) |
| Communications Allowance | £13,705 (42nd) | £10,932 (77th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £25,861 (5th)1 | £25,401 (4th)2 | £21,789 (16th)3 | £21,945 | £17,534 (89th) | £20,202 (52nd) | £19,702 (55th) | £14,627 (81st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £372 (196th) | £987 (106th) | £0 | £593 | £955 (197th) | £1,756 (75th) | £2,031 (46th) | £1,595 (65th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £929 (129th) | £871 (137th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,421 (92nd) | £685 (369th) | £787 (joint 370th with 2 others) | £569 | £1,020 (279th) | £746 (381st) | £1,001 (332nd) | £679 (joint 465th with 2 others) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,428 (184th) | £3,129 (276th) | £1,946 | £4,577 (159th) | £3,066 (255th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,173 (joint 372nd with 1 other) | £935 (joint 507th with 13 others) | £935 | £1,710 (512th) | £1,710 (502nd) | £1,710 (474th) | £1,027 (joint 553rd with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £6,304 (22nd) | £5,675 (22nd) | £0 | £4,035 (46th) | £0 | £0 | £430 (54th) |
| Total | £187,032 (5th) | £183,466 (2nd) | £157,769 (30th) | £151,854 | £140,378 (62nd) | £134,450 (71st) | £123,798 (89th) | £92,793 (214th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,318 (34th). Rail £1,934 (361st). Air £14,544 (13th). Misc £2,270 (5th). Other: European £795 (68th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,049 (49th). Rail £2,410 (330th). Air £13,384 (16th). Misc £2,552 (4th). Other: European £1,006 (56th).
3 Car £8,520 (7th). Rail £1,907 (342nd). Air £11,362 (32nd).