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Robert Marshall-Andrews
Labour MP for Medway
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 213 votes. — 633rd 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 Robert Marshall-Andrews voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately 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
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Solicitor-General, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Transport, Prime Minister
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, Criminal Justice Bill, Heathrow Airport, Israel, Education Maintenance Allowance
(based on written questions asked by Robert Marshall-Andrews and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Israel: Attorney General (18 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he was informed of the content of the speech made by the Attorney-General to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on 5 January 2010.”
- Written Answers — Solicitor-General: Israel (13 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Solicitor-General what (a) groups and (b) individuals the Attorney General met on her visit to Israel on 5 January 2010.”
- Written Answers — Solicitor-General: Israel (13 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Solicitor-General whether the Attorney General's recent visit to Israel was arranged before 12 December 2009.”
More of Robert Marshall-Andrews's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — below 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 46% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 165 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Income from legal practice as Queen's Counsel.
Fees of £3,625 for legal representation received from Garstangs Solicitors, 227/228 Strand, London WC2R 1BA in November 2009. Hours: 36 hours between 1 and 5 July 2009. (Registered 27 November 2009)
Recorder of the Crown Court.
Royalties from novels.
Payment for article in Daily Telegraph, 14 May 2008. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 4 November 2008)
Payment for taking part in a debate for Sandford Bernstein, 24 September 2008. Fee paid to charity. (£5,001-£10,000) (Registered 4 November 2008)
Payment for after lunch speech for Clive Emson Auctioneers. Fee paid to charity. (£10,001-£15,000) (Registered 4 November 2008)
Payment for speech at Vantis dinner, 26 February 2009. Fee donated to charity. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 11 June 2009)
Payment for speech at Saints and Sinners dinner, 19 May 2009. Fee donated to charity. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 11 June 2009)
Payment made to charity in respect of after-dinner speech given at the Insurance Day Awards on 3 December 2009. (Registered 5 January 2010)
11. Miscellaneous
Occasional income from use of my house in Wales as a location for advertisements, etc.
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 | £18,081 (356th) | £19,261 (413th) | £18,469 (436th) | £16,969 | £17,980 (397th) | £17,148 (409th) | £12,850 (565th) | £15,239 (327th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £7,006 (623rd) | £9,885 (595th) | £12,720 (591st) | £6,730 | £18,450 (319th) | £18,794 (joint 223rd with 4 others) | £16,649 (498th) | £8,472 (559th) |
| Staffing costs | £85,294 (515th) | £79,192 (540th) | £84,211 (327th) | £88,187 | £71,210 (279th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £63,788 (joint 346th with 11 others) | £49,212 (208th) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | £8,842 (288th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,038 (613th)3 | £1,084 (612th)2 | £829 (622nd)1 | £928 | £2,612 (599th) | £2,871 (594th) | £3,327 (582nd) | £2,386 (586th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £98 | £190 (joint 372nd with 2 others) | £33 (465th) | £162 (395th) | £114 (397th) |
| 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 | £2,215 (490th) | £362 (joint 554th with 2 others) | £631 (458th) | £544 | £920 (320th) | £1,137 (208th) | £1,204 (250th) | £1,566 (151st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,240 (527th) | £1,905 (427th) | £1,877 | £3,197 (245th) | £5,034 (116th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,295 (joint 194th with 1 other) | £1,065 (joint 305th with 9 others) | £702 | £1,871 (joint 369th with 1 other) | £1,871 (joint 362nd with 2 others) | £1,871 (joint 354th with 2 others) | £1,871 (joint 332nd with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £113,633 (610th) | £121,161 (596th) | £119,830 (555th) | £116,035 | £116,430 (473rd) | £114,911 (420th) | £99,851 (544th) | £78,860 (500th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £589 (552nd). Rail £495 (492nd).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £412 (550th). Rail £626 (494th).