This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.

Photo of Patrick McFadden

Patrick McFadden

Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East

  • Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (since 13 Oct 2009)

We’re missing a photo of Patrick McFadden. If you are Patrick McFadden, or have a photo of them that you have copyright of, please email it to us. Please do not email us about copyrighted photos elsewhere on the internet; we can’t use them.

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

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

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)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

No data to display.

More of Patrick McFadden's recent appearances

Numerology

Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)

  • Has spoken in 25 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 high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 89% 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.
  • 44 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Patrick McFadden speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 329 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
18 February 2009, two tickets to the Brit Awards as guests of UK Music. (Registered 30 March 2009)

Register last updated: 28 Oct 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.

Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
Additional Costs Allowance£15,269 (492nd) £22,110 (joint 1st) £15,206        
London Supplement£0 £0 £0        
Incidental Expenses Provision£19,841 (251st) £25,449 (85th) £19,727        
Staffing Allowance£74,725 (587th) £73,858 (570th) £56,541        
Communications Allowance£5,617 (427th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£7,189 (338th)* £7,265 (336th)** £5,644        
Members' Staff Travel£0 £304 (276th) £351        
Members' Spouse Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£1,147 (joint 181st) £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) £1,082 (joint 276th) £1,082        
Other Costs£0 £0 £514        
Total£128,006 (550th) £136,834 (342nd) £104,644        

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

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