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Albert Owen
Labour MP for Ynys Môn

• Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election

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• Voting record
• Topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Albert Owen voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
• Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
• Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
• Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Wales, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Transport, Treasury, Home Department

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Railways, Poultry Meat, Thailand, Energy: Prices, Avian Influenza

(based on written questions asked by Albert Owen and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Daylight Saving Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Marriage (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Energy Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
• Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Employment Relations Bill Committee (5 out of 9)
• Hunting Bill Committee (22 out of 31)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Animal Health Bill Committee (5 out of 6)

Most recent appearances

Business of the House (9 Feb 2012)

“Further to the issues regarding the Welsh NHS raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Caerphilly (Mr David) and my right hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Alun Michael), may we have a debate in Government time about cross-border provision between Wales and England? It is often overlooked now that we have devolved the Welsh side and have England-only Bills on the English...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Feed-in Tariffs (9 Feb 2012)

“I agree with the Chair of the Energy and Climate Change Committee that the previous FITs debacle has tarnished the industry, but we have not had an opportunity to discuss this new scheme; had it not been for today’s urgent question, we would not have known about it. Will the Minister print two schedules—one on the FITs that are currently available and another on those that are...”

Bills Presented — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Relocation to Bristol) Bill: Electricity Generation (Wales) (31 Jan 2012)

“I rise to oppose the motion and do so as someone who is pro-devolution, pro-Welsh and pro-UK, and I can hardly be called the London elite.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 55 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 73.19% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 25 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 192 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 30 Jan 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.

¹ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,526 (437th). Rail £5,345 (168th). Air £56 (163rd).

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,254 (491st). Rail £10,977 (26th). Other: Rail £223 (82nd).

³ Car £1,171 (519th). Rail £11,972 (14th). Air £127 (231st).