Pat McFadden’s voting in Parliament

Pat McFadden is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Pat McFadden sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Pat McFadden generally voted against a wholly elected House of Lords, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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Pat McFadden has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 11 Feb 2019

Recent appearances

• Business of the House (Today): UK’s Withdrawal from the EU 14 Feb 2019

  The problem with this “walk away” analogy is that in any other negotiation when someone walks away, the status quo applies. That is not the case here: when we walk away from this, a whole new and terribly damaging set of new things comes into force. That is why this analogy with a business deal is so fatuous, ridiculous and wrong.

• Business of the House (Today): UK’s Withdrawal from the EU 14 Feb 2019

  Are not all these meetings and activity that my right hon. and learned Friend is outlining, when it comes to these alternative arrangements, really just a repetition of the Brexit unicorns on no hard border that we have heard time and again? The reality is that the Government’s strategy on this is the same as it has always been, which is the desperate hope that Chancellor Merkel will come...

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Profile

Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

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

Social Media

• @patmcfaddenmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Pat McFadden campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Work and Pensions
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Defence
• Department of Health
• Department for International Trade
• Departmental Public Expenditure
• Sickle Cell Diseases
• European Union
• Department for International Trade: Staff
• Defence Training Review

Currently held offices

• Member, Committee on Exiting the European Union (since 11 Sep 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committee on Exiting the European Union (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (20 Oct 2014 to 5 Jan 2016)
• Member, Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (Joint Committee) (16 Jul 2012 to 12 Jun 2013)
• Member, Treasury Committee (14 Nov 2011 to 24 Nov 2014)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (9 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Employment Relations and Postal Affairs) (2 Jul 2007 to 5 Jun 2009)
• Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee (1 Jun 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) (5 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Dennis Turner
• Robert Edwards

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (0 out of 10)
• Immigration Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• London Olympics Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (9 out of 9)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 60 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Pat McFadden’s speeches
• Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 82.14% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 55 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Pat McFadden’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 626 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)