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Alison Seabeck

Labour MP for Plymouth, Devonport

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 8,103 votes. — 289th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Alison Seabeck voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

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

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Communities and Local Government Committee (since 10 Aug 2009)
• Chairman, South West Regional Select Committee (since 12 Mar 2009)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Transport, Health, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Education and Skills

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Utility Companies, Service Schools, Sewers, Dental Services, Professional Institutes

(based on written questions asked by Alison Seabeck and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
• Energy Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Employment Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Equality Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Justice: Offenders: Mental Health (20 Oct 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate his Department has made of the number of offenders subject to a custodial sentence who have previously been given a conditional discharge; and what proportion of those offenders have been diagnosed with mental health problems.”

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

“The timing of this debate, in our first week back after returning from our constituencies, is significant—especially for those of us who have constituencies with a substantial armed forces presence. Our cities have had to bear the tragic losses incurred over the summer: the roll of honour read out in yesterday's Prime Minister's Questions reminded us starkly of the price that has been...”

Defence Policy (15 Oct 2009) has video

“I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Indeed, I do, and my electorate in Plymouth, Devonport should certainly take note of the position of those two Opposition parties. We currently have some capacity, but not on the size and scale of the carriers. For example, current exercises in the far east are designed to support a range of scenarios. The Taurus taskforce, led by Commodore Peter...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (1 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 87% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below 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.
• 84 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Alison Seabeck speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 51 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £280 (573rd). Rail £10,766 (31st). Other: Rail £532 (41st).

^** Car £406 (571st). Rail £8,541 (57th). Other £1,023 (24th).