A selection of Patrick Mercer's votes

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• Almost always voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 17 votes for, 1 vote against, 4 absences, between 2008–2013
• Generally voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 6 votes for, 5 votes against, 2 absences, between 2003–2012
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 7 votes for, 37 votes against, 21 absences, between 2008–2014
• Generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, 5 absences, between 2012–2014
• Generally voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2004–2011
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2007

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Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Ukraine 4 Mar 2014

  I have been visiting Crimea every year since 1992. This morning I was speaking to the parents of my godchild in Simferopol. They described the rapture with which the people of Crimea are greeting the Russian troops, but they are extremely concerned about the illegal, rough and appalling behaviour of the Cossack movement—not the Cossack people, but the Cossack movement. May I ask the...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Haass Talks 26 Feb 2014

  What impact does the Secretary of State believe the Downey decision will have on the Haass talks?

• Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Afghanistan 10 Feb 2014

  The Secretary of State has wisely and correctly made reference to the national officer academy. Can he confirm that places will be offered to officers and officer cadets of neighbouring allied countries?

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Newark

Entered the House of Commons on 7 June 2001 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 29 April 2014 — Resigned

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Defence
• Home Department
• Transport
• Health
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Terrorism
• Iraq
• Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
• Afghanistan
• Community Relations

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Home Affairs Committee (18 Apr 2008 to 11 May 2010)
• Shadow Minister (Homeland Security), Home Affairs (16 Dec 2005 to 9 Mar 2007)
• Shadow Minister (Homeland Security), (Assisted By Shadow Law Officers) (20 May 2005 to 16 Dec 2005)
• Shadow Minister (Homeland Security), Home Affairs (6 Jul 2004 to 20 May 2005)
• Member, Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (Joint Committee) (28 May 2004 to 11 Jun 2004)
• Shadow Minister (Homeland Security), Home, Constitutional & Legal Affairs (10 May 2004 to 6 Jul 2004)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Fiona Jones
• Richard Alexander
• Edward Bishop
• George Deer
• Sidney Shephard
• Titchfield
• John Starkey
• Charles Welby
• Newark
• Harold Finch-Hatton
• Newark
• William Nicholson
• Thomas Earp
• Samuel Bristowe
• Grosvenor Hodgkinson
• Edward Denison
• Grosvenor Hodgkinson
• Arthur Clinton
• John Handley
• Grosvenor Hodgkinson
• John Handley
• Lincoln
• Granville Vernon
• John Manners-Sutton
• John Stuart
• W.E. Gladstone
• John Manners
• W.E. Gladstone
• Thomas Wilde
• W.E. Gladstone
• Thomas Wilde
• W.E. Gladstone
• William Handley
• Thomas Wilde
• Michael Sadler
• Henry Willoughby
• Michael Sadler
• Henry Willoughby
• William Clinton
• Henry Willoughby
• William Clinton
• Henry Willoughby
• George Dawkins-Pennant
• Stapleton Cotton
• Henry Willoughby
• Stapleton Cotton
• Henry Willoughby
• Stapleton Cotton
• Henry Willoughby
• Charles Pole
• Henry Willoughby
• Charles Pole
• Thomas Manners-Sutton

Future MPs in this constituency

• Robert Jenrick

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
• Identity Cards Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Identity Cards Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Health Protection Agency Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Aviation (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Police (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 9)
• State Pension Credit Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Police Reform Bill Committee (9 out of 12)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Patrick Mercer’s speeches
• Has received answers to 27 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2014, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 58.03% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 84 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 256 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)