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Patrick Mercer
Conservative MP for Newark
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Majority: 6,464 votes. — 396th 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 Patrick Mercer voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for 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
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Home Affairs Committee (since 18 Apr 2008)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Home Department, Transport, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Terrorism, Iraq, Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations, Community Relations, Afghanistan
(based on written questions asked by Patrick Mercer and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Health Protection Agency Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Police (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Aviation (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- State Pension Credit Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Police Reform Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Veteran Support (11 Jan 2010) has video
“The Minister will no doubt be aware that in the Army, and in particular in the combat units, battalions and regiments are rapidly filling up with lesser-injured men and women who are nevertheless not capable of deploying on operations. What are we going to do with these people? There must be fresh thinking on this, and I wonder what the Minister has in mind.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism Act 2000 (7 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many students have been (a) stopped, (b) detained and (c) arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 in the last five years.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: UK Border Agency (15 Dec 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department from which 50 parliamentary constituencies, listed from highest to lowest, the UK Border Agency received the highest number of enquiries regarding (a) legacy migration cases, (b) non-legacy migration cases and (c) out-of-country visa applications in each of the last four years.”
More of Patrick Mercer's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 110 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (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 60% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 17 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 60 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Patrick Mercer speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 211 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Fees for articles in:
Independent on Sunday. Address: 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5HF. (Up to £5,000)
12 September 2009, received payment of £500. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 28 October 2009)
The Independent. Address: 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5HF.
12 September 2009, received payment of £160. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 28 October 2009)
Sunday Telegraph (Up to £5,000)
Yorkshire Post (Up to £5,000)
3 September 2009, received payment of £500. Hours: 1.75 hrs. (Registered 28 October 2009)
3 September 2009, received payment of £350. Hours: 1.25 hrs. (Registered 28 October 2009)
Mail on Sunday. Address: Associated Newspapers Limited, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT.
3 July 2009 received payment of £1,200 for article. Hours: 1.5hrs. (Registered 3 August 2009)
16 August 2009, received payment of £750. Hours: 2.5 hrs. (Registered 28 October 2009)
18 August 2009, received payment of £1200. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 28 October 2009)
6 September 2009, received payment of £800. Hours: 1.25 hrs. (Registered 28 October 2009)
The Times. Address: News International Limited, 1 Virginia St, London E98 1XY.
13 July 2009 received payment of £500 for article. Hours: 1hr 45mins. (Registered 3 August 2009)
Sunday Times. Address: News International Limited, 1 Virginia St, London E98 1XY.
7 September 2009, received payment of £750. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 28 October 2009)
News of the World. Address: News International Limited, 1 Virginia St, London E98 1XY.
16 August 2009, received payment of £400. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 28 October 2009)
The Scotsman. Address: The Scotsman Publications Ltd, Barclay House, 108 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AS.
26 August 2009, received £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 28 October 2009)
Daily Telegraph, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT.
26 November 2009, £200 received for article. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 30 November 2009)
4 September 2009, received payment of £70. Hours: 40 mins. (Registered 28 October 2009)
7 September 2009, received payment of £70. Hours: 40 mins. (Registered 28 October 2009)
Security consultant to Olive Group (from April 2008). Address: 6 Eighth Floor, 6 New Street Square, New Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 3AQ.
18 August 2009, received payment of £1500. Hours: 24 hrs. (Registered 28 October 2009)
Security consultant to Red Amber.
HarperCollins Publishers, 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB.
I received publishing advance for novel from Harper Collins in 2008/09. (Registered 17 June 2009)
I received publishing advance and continuing royalties for novel from Harper Collins in 2009/10 (Registered 17 June 2009)
£4300 received on 20 October 2009 for the synopsis of volume 3 of my novels. Hours: 18 hrs. (30 November 2009)
Received £930 from AP Watt for talking book deal. Address: AP Watt Ltd, 20 John Street, London WC1N 2DR Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 28 October 2009)
Received payment of £25 for completing a telephone interview/questionnaire for Ipsos Mori, 79-81 Borough Road, London, SE1 1FY. Hours: 7mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 3 August 2009)
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 | £21,733 (213th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,878 (joint 219th with 1 other) | £17,347 (399th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £11,682 (547th) | £12,856 (519th) | £12,348 (594th) | £9,302 | £13,408 (546th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,173 (joint 299th with 1 other) | £23,554 (94th) |
| Staffing costs | £110,676 (13th) | £98,969 (26th) | £95,064 (23rd) | £91,140 | £76,253 (115th) | £67,456 (362nd) | £64,993 (313th) | £50,217 (180th) |
| Communications Allowance | £1,175 (572nd) | £2,938 (528th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £12,691 (116th)3 | £12,490 (130th)2 | £10,804 (182nd)1 | £9,279 | £13,142 (216th) | £11,390 (274th) | £11,846 (254th) | £9,747 (231st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £294 (243rd) | £0 | £157 (joint 349th with 3 others) | £478 | £284 (330th) | £259 (342nd) | £374 (295th) | £275 (322nd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £2,975 (22nd) | £1,880 (68th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £937 (22nd) | £709 (32nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,583 (430th) | £280 (joint 593rd with 1 other) | £605 (467th) | £481 | £451 (536th) | £335 (587th) | £691 (477th) | £2,305 (47th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,601 (445th) | £2,536 (336th) | £1,074 | £2,342 (356th) | £1,671 (468th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,261 (joint 240th with 6 others) | £1,043 (joint 353rd with 5 others) | £0 | £2,000 (joint 67th with 7 others) | £2,000 (joint 60th with 7 others) | £2,000 (joint 60th with 7 others) | £2,000 (joint 59th with 7 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £4,123 (25th) | £5,531 (25th) | £0 |
| Total | £164,747 (130th) | £156,067 (169th) | £144,667 (179th) | £133,388 | £128,758 (212th) | £123,380 (239th) | £123,330 (101st) | £106,107 (36th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,423 (74th). Rail £7,067 (111th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,025 (88th). Rail £7,666 (89th).