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Michael Connarty
Labour MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk
- Also represented Falkirk East
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Michael Connarty voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Scotland
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Broadband, Human Trafficking, Iraq, Call Centres, Haemophilia
(based on written questions asked by Michael Connarty and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Inquiries Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Nato: Superfast Broadband (21 Nov 2012)
“I am very concerned, as everyone is, about all of Scotland getting superfast broadband. Is the Minister aware that BT is going to use fibre optics in West Lothian, and has just announced that it is going to roll out copper wire into Bo’ness and parts of my constituency? Copper wire is last century’s technology. Will he intervene and talk to BT about rolling out fibre optics to all...”
- Civil Aviation Bill (Programme) (No. 3): Backbench Business — Autism (20 Nov 2012)
“I commend my hon. Friend, and indeed the hon. Member for South Swindon (Mr Buckland), for conveying their personal experience. I spent 14 years of my life as a teacher in special education and, as we have heard, many children have difficulties because they are on the spectrum. Is my hon. Friend aware that when people leave education formally—whether it be at 16 or 18—they...”
- Representation of the People (Members’ Job Share): HGV Road User Levy Bill (20 Nov 2012)
“I am pleased to make a declaration: I have no interests apart from looking after the interests of my constituents. Hon. Members have said that it is time to level the playing field for road haulage in the UK, but to use more thematically correct imagery, it is time to smooth out the anti-competitive bumps faced by UK haulage companies on the road to European markets. The Bill will not deal...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 53 written questions in the last year — 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 60.06% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 15 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 594 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
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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 | £23,581 (109th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £21,248 (330th) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,901 (197th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £23,945 (70th) | £29,147 (14th) | £25,964 (77th) | £27,967 | £18,506 (312th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,081 (joint 344th with 1 other) | £22,435 (109th) |
| Staffing costs | £92,219 (402nd) | £81,455 (508th) | £78,242 (496th) | £76,265 | £71,139 (282nd) | £67,838 (335th) | £61,551 (467th) | £36,099 (581st) |
| Communications Allowance | £13,705 (42nd) | £10,932 (77th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £25,861 (5th)1 | £25,401 (4th)2 | £21,789 (16th)3 | £21,945 | £17,534 (89th) | £20,202 (52nd) | £19,702 (55th) | £14,627 (81st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £372 (196th) | £987 (106th) | £0 | £593 | £955 (197th) | £1,756 (75th) | £2,031 (46th) | £1,595 (65th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £929 (129th) | £871 (137th) | 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 | £6,421 (92nd) | £685 (369th) | £787 (joint 370th with 2 others) | £569 | £1,020 (279th) | £746 (381st) | £1,001 (332nd) | £679 (joint 465th with 2 others) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,428 (184th) | £3,129 (276th) | £1,946 | £4,577 (159th) | £3,066 (255th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,173 (joint 372nd with 1 other) | £935 (joint 507th with 13 others) | £935 | £1,710 (512th) | £1,710 (502nd) | £1,710 (474th) | £1,027 (joint 553rd with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £6,304 (22nd) | £5,675 (22nd) | £0 | £4,035 (46th) | £0 | £0 | £430 (54th) |
| Total | £187,032 (5th) | £183,466 (2nd) | £157,769 (30th) | £151,854 | £140,378 (62nd) | £134,450 (71st) | £123,798 (89th) | £92,793 (214th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,318 (34th). Rail £1,934 (361st). Air £14,544 (13th). Misc £2,270 (5th). Other: European £795 (68th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,049 (49th). Rail £2,410 (330th). Air £13,384 (16th). Misc £2,552 (4th). Other: European £1,006 (56th).
3 Car £8,520 (7th). Rail £1,907 (342nd). Air £11,362 (32nd).
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- Maiden speech (automated, may be wrong)
- Michael Connarty's personal website
- Guardian profile
- Wikipedia page
- BBC News profile
- Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edms.org.uk)
- Election results for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (From The Guardian)
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Liaison Committee (3 Jun 2008 to 11 May 2010)
- Chairman, European Scrutiny Committee (19 Oct 2006 to 11 May 2010)
- Member, European Scrutiny Committee (29 Jun 2005 to 19 Oct 2006)
- Member, European Scrutiny Committee (to 11 Apr 2005)
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