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Pat McFadden
Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East
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- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Pat McFadden voted on key issues:
- 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 very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Defence, Home Department, Health, Business, Innovation and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Public Expenditure, Defence Training Review, Defence Training, Community Support Officers, Ritalin: Children
(based on written questions asked by Pat McFadden and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- London Olympics Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Road Safety Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (25 Jan 2012)
“The existing UK controls on the movement of terrorist suspects lapse today, including in the case of suspect CD, of whom Mr Justice Owen said at his appeal last year that relocation was a “necessary and proportionate measure to protect the public from…an immediate and real risk of a terrorist-related attack.” Will the Prime Minister tell the House why his Government...”
- Opposition Day — [Un-allotted Day]: Youth Unemployment and Bank Bonuses (23 Jan 2012)
“I have heard that quotation twice today and I think that it is time to complete it. Lord Mandelson went on to say, “as long as people pay their taxes”.”
- Opposition Day — [Un-allotted Day]: Youth Unemployment and Bank Bonuses (23 Jan 2012)
“At first glance it might seem as though youth unemployment and bank bonuses are separate issues, or that if they are linked it is only at the level of an argument about fairness or equity. But that is not the case. The level of reward at the very top of the financial services industry is not just an argument about fairness or equity, although it is certainly that; it is something that has a...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 28 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 73.75% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 22 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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") 424 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £15,116 (423rd) | £15,269 (492nd) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £15,206 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £18,960 (273rd) | £19,841 (251st) | £25,449 (85th) | £19,727 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £75,634 (597th) | £74,725 (587th) | £73,858 (570th) | £56,541 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £6,921 (409th) | £5,617 (427th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,677 (347th)1 | £7,189 (338th)2 | £7,265 (336th)3 | £5,644 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £337 (joint 214th with 2 others) | £0 | £304 (276th) | £351 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | 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 | £6,348 (98th) | £1,147 (joint 181st with 1 other) | £1,999 (98th) | £1,289 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,080 (225th) | £4,767 (146th) | £4,290 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,138 (joint 434th with 5 others) | £1,082 (joint 276th with 17 others) | £1,082 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £514 | ||||
| Total | £129,992 (542nd) | £128,006 (550th) | £136,834 (342nd) | £104,644 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,708 (296th). Rail £3,969 (238th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,208 (277th). Rail £3,981 (240th).