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Ann Cryer

Labour MP for Keighley

• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
• Majority: 4,852 votes. — 460th 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 Ann Cryer voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against 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
• 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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Home Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Defence, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Prisons, Offender Management, National Offender Management Service, Naval Vessels, Prison Officers

(based on written questions asked by Ann Cryer and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Further Education and Training Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Patents Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Industrial Development (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Female Genital Mutilation Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Topical Questions (26 Oct 2009)

“Are the Government aware that many young Asian ladies in my constituency would like a change in immigration regulations to prevent those entering as a spouse from bringing in a further spouse following an Islamic divorce?”

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Topical Questions (13 Oct 2009) has video

“Can my right hon. Friend ensure that PCTs in areas where first-cousin marriages are the norm will provide genetic screening and counselling and ensure that the communities are aware of that provision?”

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Abortion Law (Northern Ireland) (15 Jul 2009)

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

More of Ann Cryer's recent appearances

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 43 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — below 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 72% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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 Ann Cryer speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 128 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

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 £1,351 (482nd). Rail £9,306 (63rd). Air £329 (134th).

^** Car £1,500 (485th). Rail £10,986 (25th). Air £940 (117th).