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Ann McKechin

Labour MP for Glasgow North

• Also represented Glasgow, Maryhill
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Scotland Office (since 14 Nov 2008)


• Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
• Majority: 3,338 votes. — 437th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Ann McKechin voted on key issues since 2001:

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

Asks most questions about

• Departments: International Development, Treasury, Scotland, Trade and Industry, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Debt Relief, Debt, Water and Sanitation, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Common Sugar Regime: ACP Countries

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Civil Partnership Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Sex Discrimination (Clubs and Other Private Associations) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Industrial Development (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Sunday Working (Scotland) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
• International Development Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Public Bill Committee: Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords]: Clause 16 (2 Jul 2009)

“I remind the hon. Gentleman that we have included local authorities in the list. To put in additional bodies to which we have no intention of delegating powers would be superfluous and bad legislative practice. That would also unnecessarily raise expectations that at some point there would be such a delegation. If we have no intention of doing that, why would we put it in the Bill? The hon....”

Public Bill Committee: Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords]: Clause 16 (2 Jul 2009)

“The functions that the hon. Gentleman is listing are not functions of the MMO. They are functions that currently exist under statute in respect of the local authority and the Environment Agency. The purpose of the amendment is a delegation by the MMO of its functions to a local authority, so we are discussing something quite different.”

Public Bill Committee: Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords]: Clause 16 (2 Jul 2009)

“As I said in my earlier intervention, the clause is about the delegation of powers by the MMO. It is not intended in any way to detract from the need for the closest co-operation with coastal local authorities or from the value of their work, capacity and resources. Nor is it intended to amend any of their numerous existing powers set out in statute or exercised by the Environment Agency....”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 8 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 79% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 76 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Ann McKechin speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 110 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 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 £422 (565th). Rail £2,467 (323rd). Air £9,765 (44th). Misc £1,312 (22nd).

^** Car £1,874 (435th). Rail £1,645 (366th). Air £9,353 (48th).