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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.

    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

    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: 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)

    RSS feed Most recent appearances

    Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Banking Reform (3 Nov 2009)

    “Canada has some of the biggest banks in the world, Canadian banks undertake both investment and retail banking, and the most robust banking system among the G20 countries during the world recession has been Canada's. What lessons does the Chancellor draw from that?”

    Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: UK Economic Growth (3 Nov 2009)

    “May I urge my right hon. Friend to reject the shallow short-termism from the Opposition Benches? It looks as though the UK will have slower growth coming out of the recession, but also a shallower recession. Will my right hon. Friend say what has happened and what will happen in terms of the size of our economy as against those of comparable OECD countries between, for example, 2005 and 2015?...”

    More of Rob Marris's recent appearances

    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 86 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 85% 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.
    • 65 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Rob Marris speaks.
    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 457 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
    An annual donation is made to my Constituency Labour Party by my former employers, Thompsons Solicitors.
    10. Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
    Non-practising solicitor.

    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)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
    Additional Costs Allowance£11,973 (531st) £11,111 (551st) £9,967 £10,562 (562nd) £9,845 (567th) £11,858 (574th) £12,513 (501st)
    London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
    Incidental Expenses Provision£16,056 (426th) £21,758 (196th) £19,470 £19,325 (joint 11th) £18,702 (joint 346th) £18,127 (joint 325th) £51,554 (2nd)
    Staffing Allowance£89,696 (245th) £85,957 (261st) £78,009 £66,001 (524th) £61,149 (580th) £44,325 (640th) £20,023 (649th)
    Communications Allowance£7,596 (349th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£2,875 (553rd)* £3,335 (543rd)** £2,632 £3,021 (592nd) £3,295 (581st) £4,785 (539th) £3,886 (524th)
    Members' Staff Travel£627 (joint 167th) £228 (316th) £574 £309 (326th) £293 (330th) £304 (334th) £121 (392nd)
    Members' Spouse Travel£45 (344th) 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£1,311 (127th) £1,010 (277th) £1,067 £1,185 (239th) £2,821 (31st) £1,262 (joint 227th) £250 (626th)
    Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,490 (joint 473rd) £3,355 (245th) £2,700 £3,052 (264th) £6,514 (64th) N/A N/A
    Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£844 (622nd) £829 (592nd) £649 £1,808 (448th) £1,808 (441st) £1,808 (420th) £1,485 (470th)
    Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £5,808 (33rd) £0 £0 £0
    Total£132,513 (504th) £127,583 (487th) £115,068 £111,071 (536th) £104,427 (566th) £82,469 (639th) £89,832 (297th)

    * 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).