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Ian Mearns’s voting in Parliament
Ian Mearns is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.
However, Ian Mearns sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:
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Ian Mearns generally voted for greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas, while most Labour MPs generally voted against. Show votes
We have lots more plain English analysis of Ian Mearns’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Ian Mearns’s full vote analysis page for more.
Ian Mearns has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.
Recent appearances
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I thank the Leader of the House for the business statement and say that I very much welcome the return to a two-week statement, which really does assist with planning. I also thank him for announcing the Backbench debates on Thursday 21 January, when we have a long-awaited debate on errors in payments made to victims of the Equitable Life scandal and a debate on the operation of the child...
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2020 to Question 124724 on Saudi Arabia: Newcastle United Football Club, if he will publish the correspondence between his Department and the English Premier League referred to in that answer.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2020 to Question 124724 on Saudi Arabia: Newcastle United Football Club, how many meetings representatives of his Department held with the English Premier League where the issue of the proposed takeover of Newcastle United Football Club was discussed.
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Labour MP for Gateshead
Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Ian Mearns campaigned to remain in the European Union
Source: BBC
- Department for Transport
- Education
- Communities and Local Government
- Department for Education
- Work and Pensions
- Railways: Coronavirus
- Royal Fleet Auxiliary
- Departmental Public Expenditure
- Ministerial Policy Advisers
- Tonnage Tax
Currently held offices
- Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 20 May 2020)
- Member, Education Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (since 27 Jan 2020)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (since 27 Jan 2020)
Other offices held in the past
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 3 May 2017)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 12 May 2016)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 30 Mar 2015)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 14 May 2014)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 25 Apr 2013)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 1 May 2012)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 3 May 2017)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 12 May 2016)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Member, Education Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (24 May 2016 to 3 May 2017)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (24 May 2016 to 3 May 2017)
- Member, Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee (25 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
- Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
- Member, Education Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 12 May 2016)
- Chair, Backbench Business Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 12 May 2016)
- Member, Backbench Business Committee (30 Jun 2014 to 27 Jan 2020)
- Member, High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill (Commons) Committee (29 Apr 2014 to 7 Jul 2015)
- Member, Backbench Business Committee (10 Jun 2013 to 27 Jan 2020)
- Member, Backbench Business Committee (12 Jun 2012 to 27 Jan 2020)
- Member, Backbench Business Committee (8 Nov 2010 to 27 Jan 2020)
- Member, Education Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
Previous MPs in this constituency
Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 4 Jan 2021.
2. (a) Support linked to an
MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor:
Unite the UnionAddress of donor: 128 Theobalds Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 paid to the
Labour PartyDonor status:
trade union(Registered 10 January 2020)
Name of donor:
RMTAddress of donor: Unity House, 39 Charlton Street, London, NW11JD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £8,000, paid to my
constituency party
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 10 January 2020)
2. (b) Any other support not included in
Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Bakers and Allied Food Workers Union
Address of donor: Stanborough House, Great North Road, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL8 7TA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Administration and coordination of the Bakers' Union Parliamentary Group, which I chair, provided by Solidarity Consulting Ltd, at a value of £16,305.60 from 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020
Date received: 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020
Date accepted: 1 September 2019
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 28 February 2020)
Name of donor: Rail, Maritime and Transport Union
Address of donor: Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Administration and coordination of the RMT Parliamentary Group, which I chair, provided by Solidarity Consulting Ltd, at a value of £17,482 from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Date received: 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Date accepted: 1 January 2020
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 28 February 2020)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
Part share in two houses in Gateshead: (i) (Registered 19 April 2013; updated 20 October 2016)
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