MP Barry Sheerman is one of the most active MPs in the House of Commons, recent figures show.

The Huddersfield Labour MP spoke in 153 Commons debates and submitted 267 questions last year.

In terms of spoken debates, Mr Sheerman was the most active Labour MP and overall third.

Colne Valley Conservative MP Jason McCartney has spoken in 67 debates and submitted 62 written questions.

The figures are for Parliament activities only and the average for all MPs is 37.90 spoken debates and 74.83 written questions.

Mr Sheerman said: “I am quite proud of the record – anyone can submit written questions from their holiday in the South of France, but to be there and speaking is key.

“There are quite a few campaigns I’ve spoken on – post-natal depression is one which came from a tragedy in Huddersfield.

“Another is crowd funding which is about small businesses and social enterprises.”

Asked how he balances constituency work with time in Westminster, Mr Sheerman said: “I’ll be asking three questions on Thursday, then getting the train to Yorkshire for the weekend.

“Every MP gets used to the travelling.”

Colne Valley MP Jason McCartney said he strives to get the right balance between time in Parliament and in his constituency.

“I live in Honley and I’m proud to be a Yorkshire MP who only has one home and that’s in my constituency.

“I’ll look each week at what’s happening in the Commons and how I can represent the area in the debates and meetings.

“Yesterday in Parliament there was a Transport Select Committee looking at winter resilience, something key in my constituency, so it’s important for me to be there.

“I’m asking a question of the Deputy Prime Minister today about business and attending a planning reform debate which is something very important locally.

“I live and work in my constituency so when I ask questions I make them relevant to the area I represent.

“I think I’ve got the balance right.”

BARRY SHEERMAN

In Parliament: Spoken: recent subjects include High Speed 2, crowdfunding, intellectual property, tourism and the badger cull. Written: recent subjects include social enterprises, the Arms Trade, carbon monoxide poisoning, Pakistan and pedestrian crossings. Divisions voted in 67.14.

Early Day Motions: 10 submitted, 57 signed, subjects include cyberbullying, bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo in June 2015 and G4S. Mr Sheerman says EDMs are useful but not wholly important.

Register of Interests: 11 payments of £2,200 from Policy Connect, a not-for-profit company promoting UK competitiveness and parliamentary communication with industry and commerce. 20 hours of work each month done for the organisation. All payments donated to charity.

Three payments of £5,000 as member of Environmental Scrutiny Board of Veolia Environmental Services (UK) plc; environmental waste management company. For work done January-June 2012, July-December 2012 and January-June 2013.

£250 for conference speech for the Spectator magazine.

Two payments of £150 and one of £300 from the American Institute of Foreign Studies for speaking to America students about parliament and UK politics.

JASON McCARTNEY:

In Parliament: Spoken: recent subjects include hospices, transport infrastructure, the East Coast Main Line (Rolling Stock Procurement), the Tour de France, cycling and the Children’s Heart Surgery (Review). Written include: parking fines and energy. Divisions voted in: 79.24.

Early Day Motions: None. He’s against the £1m-plus cost of EDMs, which have no legislative powers.

Register of Interests: £600 received for eight opinion surveys for ComRes, a polling and research consultancy. Payment donated to charity. £200 from Ipsos MORI for opinion survey. Payment donated to charity. Overseas visit: Hosted by the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to the value of £1,400, a fact-finding visit which included a visit to a Syrian refugee camp.

SIMON REEVELL:

In Parliament: Five spoken and one written. Divisions voted in: 65.41.

Early Day Motions: 12 signed relating to the pilot badger cull; community pubs and marketing on maternity wards.

Register of Interests: 19 payments as barrister in receipt of legal aid, overall paid more than £9,000; seven payments from Northern Rail for teaching advocacy and legal work, totalling £1,648; 25 payments from CPS for barrister work, total £4,570 plus VAT; 10 payments from the Armed Forces Criminal Legal Aid Authority for barrister work, totalling £3,744 plus VAT; 12 payments for private client work totalling £5,976, plus £852 from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation for B&B, dinner and a morning’s shooting.

CRAIG WHITTAKER:

In Parliament: Spoken 23 and written 29. Divisions voted in: 82.05.

Early Day Motions: Six signed, two submitted on Barnardo’s and tackling child sexual exploitation, and the child protection and the reach campaign.

Register of Interests: Overseas visits: To Myanmar (Burma) with the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and development. Total value of visit £2,356. Organised by All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health, in collaboration with Marie Stopes International.

MIKE WOOD:

In Parliament: Three spoken and four written. Divisions voted in:  46.38.

Early Day Motions: 63 signed, three submitted on theme of  working conditions in Qatar, drugs policy and a ban on Gujarat’s Chief Minister Narendra Modi from entering the UK.

Register of Interests: Nil.