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Andrew Gwynne

Labour MP for Denton & Reddish

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 13,498 votes. — 55th 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 Andrew Gwynne 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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Procedure Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Transport, Communities and Local Government, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Work and Pensions, Deputy Prime Minister

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Hezbollah, Housing, Transport Services (Greater Manchester), M60: Road Signs and Markings, Local Government

(based on written questions asked by Andrew Gwynne and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
• Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (18 out of n/a)
• Mental Health Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Education and Inspections Bill Committee (18 out of n/a)
• National Lottery Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Transport: Sustrans: Finance (5 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department has given Sustrans for (a) capital expenditure on and (b) maintenance of the walkway between Fallowfield and Audenshaw.”

Rentcharges (Notification) (28 Oct 2009)

“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require rentcharge companies to notify annually residents subject to chief rent of their statutory right to redeem their charge under the Rentcharges Act 1977; and for connected purposes. I am pleased to have been given this opportunity to bring to the attention of the House a specific problem affecting properties in my constituency and...”

Nato: Palestine (20 Oct 2009)

“What discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterparts on progress towards a Palestinian reconciliation agreement.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 61 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 90% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 36 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 71 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Andrew Gwynne speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 64 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 28 Oct 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 £1,569 (454th). Rail £13,495 (6th).

^** Car £1,602 (469th). Rail £12,460 (8th). Air £175 (215th). Other £85 (55th).