• Labour MP for Nottingham South
• Majority: 7,486 votes. — 248th out of 635 MPs.
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How Alan Simpson voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Defence, Trade and Industry, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): GM Crops, Nuclear Weapons, Childhood Obesity, Iraq, Genetically Modified Organisms

(based on written questions asked by Alan Simpson and answered by departments)

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Hospital Beds (6 May 2008)

“Without getting drawn into the relative merits of various claims for new hospital building, will the Minister look carefully at the arguments in favour of reducing occupancy rates? As I understand it, in France there is a presumption that a 70 per cent. occupancy rate is the tipping point beyond which the gains begin to be overtaken by hospital infections, re-admissions and staff turnover....”

Orders of the Day: New Clause 4 — Tariffs for renewable energy (30 Apr 2008)

“I have listened to the concerns and arguments that the Minister has put forward. Let me try to address two of his concerns, and then his arguments. The first concern is about the commitment that he has already made to considering the issue of microgeneration. The great difficulty is that there is a whole series of issues that the Government have agreed to consider. For instance, they agreed...”

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• Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 54 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 60% of votes in parliament — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 4 comments on this MP's speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 79 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Alan Simpson speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 170 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

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Register last updated: 23 Apr 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £3,828 (256th). Rail £4,764 (188th). European £701 (66th).