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Patrick McFadden

Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East

• Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (since 10 Jun 2009)



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• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 10,495 votes. — 64th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Patrick McFadden voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately 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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Defence, Home Department, Work and Pensions, Education and Skills, Health

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Defence Training Review, Community Support Officers, Defence Training, DCAE Cosford, Teenage Pregnancies

(based on written questions asked by Patrick McFadden and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Employment Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• London Olympics Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Broadband (1 Jul 2009)

“holding answer 25 June 2009 Faster and more reliable broadband can help rural businesses to develop and adopt more productive, efficient and innovative ways of working enabling them to compete more effectively in the global economy. It can also enable rural businesses to gain access to new markets which may not have been previously possible due to the existence of high barriers to entry and...”

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Broadband: Rural Areas (1 Jul 2009)

“The Digital Britain final report was published on 16 June and contained more detailed information on Government's commitment to providing universal broadband access to virtually UK homes and businesses at a speed of 2Mbps by 2012. In addition to this, a 50p per month levy will be imposed on all fixed telephone lines to create a Next Generation Fund to ensure Next Generation Broadband reaches...”

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Departmental Billing (1 Jul 2009)

“The Department does not hold information regarding payments made to suppliers under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1988 by the Department's non-departmental public bodies (NDPB). Each NDPB is required to publish such payments in their independent annual accounts.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 88% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above 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.
• 43 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Patrick McFadden speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 303 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,208 (277th). Rail £3,981 (240th).

^** Car £3,064 (310th). Rail £4,201 (218th).