A selection of Mark Todd's votes

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• Generally voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 9 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2003–2007
• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, 5 absences, between 1999–2007
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 9 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 1997–2004
• Has never voted on increasing the rate of VAT
• Voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2007
• Voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2004–2010

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Recent appearances

• Energy and Climate Change: Fuel Poverty 8 Apr 2010

  One of the best means of reducing fuel poverty is tough regulation of the energy marketplace. Has the Minister read with the same concern as I had the report by Consumer Focus into the performance of Ofgem in regulating npower's price-sculpting mechanism and assure me that a future Government will take a more robust approach to the rather flaccid efforts of this regulator?

• Petition — Christian Values: Members of Parliament 7 Apr 2010

  In my speech on the proposed reforms of House procedures, I referred to my disappointment that the Committee that sponsored those changes had not been asked to consider the role of MPs-and nor had it sought to be asked to do so. I then touched on my family experience-my grandfather was a Member in the 1930s-and my understanding of the traditionally understood role of an MP as defined by...

• Business of the House: Clause 4 — Obligation to notify subscribers of reported infringements 7 Apr 2010

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Profile

Former Labour MP for South Derbyshire

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Health
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Trade and Industry
• Transport
• Home Department
• Miners' Compensation
• Child Support Agency
• Departmental Temporary Employment
• Departmental Public Expenditure
• National Identity Register

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Treasury Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 11 May 2010)
• PPS (Rt Hon Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (13 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Edwina Currie

Future MPs in this constituency

• Heather Wheeler

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Financial Services Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (3 out of 12)
• Finance Bill Committee (15 out of 18)
• Finance Bill Committee (22 out of 24)
• Banking Bill Committee (16 out of 17)
• Charities Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Drugs Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Finance Bill Committee (16 out of 21)
• Co-operatives and CommunityBenefit Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government Bill Committee (11 out of 14)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Mark Todd’s speeches
• Has received answers to 112 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• 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 75.00% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 28 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 247 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)