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Paul Murphy
Labour MP for Torfaen
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Paul Murphy voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Wales, Health, Home Department, Transport, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Constituencies: Wales, PET Scans, Olympic Games, National Assembly for Wales: Elections, Devolution
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
Most recent appearances
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“The hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) hinted that the local elections results in May were not bad for the Conservative party. It strikes me that the loss of 1,000 council seats is not a ringing endorsement of the Government’s economic policy. What people were talking about in those polls was, of course, the economy.”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“I will not, because there is not enough time. People were also talking about unemployment in those polls. Unemployment in my constituency is at 8.2%. That compares with 3% when the Labour Government were in power. I will address my short remarks to the alternative. The Government have taunted the Opposition, saying that we do not have an alternative. Opposition Members have been arguing the...”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“The hon. Gentleman has said that the people of his constituency are pleased with the performance of his Government and his Chancellor. Is that why they actively rejected the Conservative party and the Liberal Democrats, so that they lost control of Monmouthshire county council?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 19 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 68.61% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 764 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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 (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 | £14,294 (446th) | £20,536 (370th) | £18,421 (438th) | £15,282 | £14,414 (495th) | £15,324 (464th) | £18,384 (402nd) | £16,169 (149th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £14,598 (444th) | £17,774 (357th) | £17,629 (493rd) | £16,686 | £18,525 (308th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £15,744 (526th) | £24,352 (78th) |
| Staffing costs | £95,001 (333rd) | £93,617 (89th) | £84,808 (300th) | £85,067 | £70,821 (295th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £61,818 (453rd) | £35,556 (586th) |
| Communications Allowance | £13,603 (46th) | £9,433 (239th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,257 (606th)1 | £4,864 (475th)2 | £6,378 (375th)3 | £3,750 | £0 | £0 | £880 (642nd) | £1,353 (619th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,885 (24th) | £2,072 (26th) | £584 (203rd) | £1,498 | £86 (430th) | £985 (166th) | £424 (280th) | £414 (269th) |
| 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 | £2,233 (488th) | £472 (507th) | £216 (626th) | £615 | £468 (joint 522nd with 1 other) | £362 (576th) | £411 (590th) | £1,010 (327th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £827 (585th) | £569 (joint 616th with 1 other) | £909 | £849 (592nd) | £767 (599th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,328 (joint 152nd with 1 other) | £1,139 (193rd) | £137 | £1,943 (joint 212th with 5 others) | £1,943 (joint 208th with 5 others) | £1,943 (joint 205th with 5 others) | £1,943 (joint 195th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,449 (42nd) | £661 (47th) |
| Total | £142,871 (408th) | £150,923 (255th) | £129,744 (454th) | £123,944 | £108,724 (561st) | £107,777 (536th) | £104,580 (494th) | £82,685 (448th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £997 (496th). Rail £260 (536th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,640 (245th). Rail £1,224 (407th).