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Lord Martin of Springburn
Labour Peer
- Also represented Glasgow North East; Glasgow Springburn
- Changed party from Independent on 11 May 2005; from Deputy Speaker on 23 Oct 2000
- Entered the House of Lords on 13 October 2009
- Previously MP for Glasgow North East until 22 June 2009 — Resigned
- Entered Parliament on 3 May 1979 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Martin of Springburn voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Has never voted on greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Has never voted on the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on university tuition fees. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on the Iraq war. votes
- Has never voted on an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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- Quite often rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Employment Law — Statement (21 May 2012)
“My Lords, the one thing that employers want is stability. I have noted that every time there is a change of Government, there has been a change in the employment laws. That cannot help. It should be borne in mind that in many of our cities, including my native city of Glasgow, unemployment is climbing. The Government are encouraging people who are out of work to move to other parts of the...”
- NHS: Risk Register — Question (15 May 2012)
“My Lords, I take it that the decision that was made was a government decision, which was collective. I recall that the Deputy Prime Minister, before he became Deputy Prime Minister, was very keen on transparency. Was he therefore comfortable about the withholding of this information? If the noble Earl does not know, perhaps he could come back and let the House know.”
- Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (14 May 2012)
“The noble Lord has mentioned the forthcoming referendum that we are going to have in Scotland. Does he agree with me that there should be one question and one question alone?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 48.87% of votes in this House with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 122 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 13–14 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") 65 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £7,384 (550th) | £11,750 (533rd) | £17,346 (458th) | £9,551 | £6,106 (595th) | £9,992 (565th) | £15,753 (503rd) | £16,756 (102nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £96 (joint 119th with 1 other) |
| Office running costs | £2,794 (643rd) | £5,547 (633rd) | £7,595 (632nd) | £7,364 | £14,211 (522nd) | £11,386 (625th) | £6,632 (648th) | £4,358 (627th) |
| Staffing costs | £33,941 (643rd) | £42,669 (643rd) | £41,201 (644th) | £38,407 | £52,754 (637th) | £58,752 (603rd) | £51,195 (616th) | £42,817 (446th) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,726 (143rd)1 | £13,160 (118th)2 | £13,925 (91st)3 | £10,349 | £15,055 (136th) | £15,545 (127th) | £15,789 (121st) | £13,012 (104th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £538 | £587 (256th) | £346 (312th) | £318 (327th) | £1,621 (63rd) |
| 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 | £221 (640th) | £85 (joint 632nd with 1 other) | £196 (629th) | £83 | £123 (640th) | £74 (648th) | £169 (638th) | £79 (646th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £550 (609th) | £1,280 (joint 541st with 1 other) | £662 | £665 (616th) | £278 (644th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £761 (628th) | £743 (616th) | £0 | £1,652 (526th) | £1,652 (joint 516th with 1 other) | £1,652 (joint 486th with 1 other) | £1,652 (joint 407th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £56,067 (645th) | £74,522 (642nd) | £82,286 (643rd) | £66,954 | £91,153 (642nd) | £98,025 (606th) | £91,508 (603rd) | £80,391 (484th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,314 (459th). Air £10,412 (29th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,628 (330th). Rail £178 (542nd). Air £10,092 (37th). Misc £191 (126th). Other: Mileage £71 (62nd).
3 Car £3,138 (305th). Air £10,587 (36th). Other £200 (47th).