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Rob Marris

Labour MP for Wolverhampton South West

• Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
• Majority: 2,879 votes. — 521st 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 Rob Marris voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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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: Education and Skills, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Health

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Cycling, Departmental Telephone Services, Climate Change, Commercial Confidentiality, Modern Apprenticeships

(based on written questions asked by Rob Marris and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Sale of Student Loans Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (21 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
• Sex Discrimination (Clubs and Other Private Associations) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Hunting Bill Committee (26 out of n/a)
• Employment Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Export Control Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

“By far the most robust banking system in the western world is the Canadian one, where retail and investment banking are not split, so why are the right hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) so fixated on splitting banks into retail and investment, when that is clearly not the problem-as demonstrated by the robustness of the Canadian system?”

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

“Will the Prime Minister give way?”

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

“I am grateful to the Prime Minister. Would he say with the benefit of hindsight, given the world recession, that there was too much intervention and too much regulation, particularly in the financial services sector, and that government was too big, or would he say that there was too little regulation and too little intervention in that sector?”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 88 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 57 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 86% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 66 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Rob Marris speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 459 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 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 £836 (536th). Rail £2,007 (352nd). Misc £32 (211th).

^** Car £817 (545th). Rail £2,480 (297th). Other £38 (62nd).