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Sarah McCarthy-Fry
Labour MP for Portsmouth North
- Parliamentary Secretary, HM Treasury (since 18 Jun 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Majority: 1,139 votes. — 584th 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 Sarah McCarthy-Fry voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 27 Oct 2009)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Transport, Defence, Home Department, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): A3, Warships: Devonport, Remploy, Local Housing Allowance, Education and Training
(based on written questions asked by Sarah McCarthy-Fry and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Autism Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Education and Skills Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
- Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Equality Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time): Clause 3 — Short title, commencement and extent (8 Feb 2010)
“I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I thank all Members for their contributions. We consider the Bill to be necessary to the United Kingdom's national security. It will enable us to act swiftly in order to maintain the asset-freezing regime under the Orders in Council on a temporary basis. We will, of course, table further legislation to introduce a terrorist...”
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time): Clause 1 — Temporary validity of certain Orders in Council (8 Feb 2010)
“I am rather disappointed with the Liberal Democrats' position. As a Government we want to ensure that the Bill has sufficient scrutiny as it goes forward. I made it clear in my response to the amendment proposed by the hon. Gentleman that I do not think it appropriate that such a fundamental change should have been made with less than a few hours' scrutiny. As I said to him, I look forward to...”
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time): Clause 1 — Temporary validity of certain Orders in Council (8 Feb 2010)
“I thank all hon. Members for their contributions to the debate on the amendments, including the hon. Member for Cambridge (David Howarth), who moved them, the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban), who spoke for the Opposition, and the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Mr. Llwyd), if I have pronounced that correctly. Before I address the amendments, I want to correct a point about the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (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 22 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
- 74 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Sarah McCarthy-Fry speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 217 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. More about the Register
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £20,281 (270th) | £16,792 (467th) | £21,769 (285th) | £21,633 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £18,110 (306th) | £18,240 (335th) | £19,225 (421st) | £19,170 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £98,813 (205th) | £87,669 (327th) | £83,661 (350th) | £70,324 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £8,345 (350th) | £9,478 (234th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,692 (402nd)3 | £5,949 (399th)2 | £5,883 (410th)1 | £5,768 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £183 (291st) | £178 (333rd) | £252 (302nd) | £97 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £334 (joint 240th with 1 other) | £482 (joint 215th with 1 other) | 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 | £6,978 (joint 32nd with 2 others) | £1,368 (117th) | £1,845 (115th) | £1,331 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,337 (195th) | £5,593 (116th) | £5,280 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,005 (573rd) | £930 (joint 523rd with 22 others) | £1,240 | |||||
| Other Costs | £7,269 (27th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £166,004 (113th) | £144,498 (358th) | £139,158 (300th) | £124,843 |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,340 (483rd). Rail £4,465 (212th). Other: Rail £144 (101st).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £940 (502nd). Rail £4,518 (207th). Other: Rail £234 (72nd).