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Andrew Pelling

Independent MP for Croydon Central

• Changed party from Conservative on 25 Sep 2007

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 75 votes. — 642nd 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 Pelling voted on key issues since 2001:

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

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Education and Skills, Trade and Industry

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Staff, Departmental Staff (Chronic Back Pain), Sri Lanka, Chronic Back Pain, Prisons

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• London Olympics Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Health: Health Services: Young Offender Institutions (3 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent (a) in total and (b) per inmate on healthcare for inmates of young offender institutions in 2008-09.”

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (28 Oct 2009) has video

“Will the Minister give way?”

More of Andrew Pelling's recent appearances

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 63 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 19 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 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 38% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 119 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Andrew Pelling speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 97 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.

^* Other: Mileage £1 (90th). Rail £21 (180th).

^** Car £612 (560th).