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Michael Meacher
Labour MP for Oldham West & Royton
- Also represented Oldham West
- Entered Parliament on 18 June 1970 — General election
- Majority: 10,459 votes. — 145th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Michael Meacher voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Health, Trade and Industry, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Consultants, GM Crops, Health Services, Genetically Modified Organisms, Pesticides
(based on written questions asked by Michael Meacher and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Planning and Energy Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Waste and Emissions Trading Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Municipal Waste Recycling Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Home Energy Conservation Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Genetically Modified Organisms (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps his Department is taking to assess the environmental impact of genetically modified crops in England; which research projects have been commissioned or completed since the conclusion of the Government-funded farm scale evaluations that are designed to repeat or build on the research on the environmental...”
- Written Answers — Health: Genetically Modified Organisms (8 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research projects funded by (a) his Department and (b) the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council in the last 10 years on which he relies on to fulfil his responsibility to ensure that genetically modified food is safe to eat have been designed specifically to show whether there are risks of adverse health effects for people from...”
- Written Answers — Health: Nutrition (25 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to make it a criminal offence for the food industry to manufacture and sell artificial food products which are known to have seriously harmful effects on health.”
More of Michael Meacher's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 48 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 59% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 56 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Michael Meacher speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1534 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
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 | £8,267 (538th) | £8,944 (567th) | £11,116 (550th) | £6,930 | £5,835 (596th) | £7,583 (595th) | £8,640 (597th) | £8,420 (586th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £319 (joint 122nd with 6 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £22,189 (112th) | £21,961 (112th) | £20,030 (364th) | £20,000 | £19,008 (joint 237th with 1 other) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,148 (133rd) |
| Staffing costs | £100,147 (160th) | £89,882 (233rd) | £87,685 (134th) | £84,080 | £74,530 (155th) | £69,898 (joint 182nd with 10 others) | £65,595 (joint 231st with 1 other) | £48,289 (joint 238th with 1 other) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,260 (392nd) | £4,422 (486th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £12,198 (132nd)3 | £9,260 (252nd)2 | £10,873 (175th)1 | £9,266 | £11,500 (287th) | £7,052 (440th) | £6,042 (481st) | £4,032 (515th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £196 (joint 327th with 1 other) | £71 (joint 394th with 2 others) | £34 | £1,009 (184th) | £284 (joint 333rd with 1 other) | £0 | £504 (joint 241st with 2 others) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £835 (joint 141st with 1 other) | £866 (139th) | 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 | £3,276 (340th) | £1,076 (199th) | £993 (281st) | £834 | £1,042 (272nd) | £866 (321st) | £1,356 (198th) | £984 (339th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,671 (161st) | £3,945 (203rd) | £2,238 | £3,594 (211th) | £2,698 (307th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,297 (joint 187th with 2 others) | £1,093 (joint 254th with 3 others) | £913 | £1,771 (479th) | £1,771 (470th) | £1,771 (449th) | £1,478 (477th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £154,172 (274th) | £141,575 (397th) | £135,806 (363rd) | £124,295 | £118,289 (436th) | £109,270 (519th) | £103,165 (510th) | £86,082 (383rd) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £9,260 (64th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £490 (541st). Rail £11,016 (35th). Other: Rail £18 (156th). European £674 (79th).