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Anne Main

Conservative MP for St Albans

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 1,361 votes. — 588th 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 Anne Main 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 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 very strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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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, Energy and Climate Change Committee (since 20 Jan 2009)
• Member, Communities and Local Government Committee (since 28 Jun 2006)
• Member, Advisory Committee on Works of Art (since 10 Mar 2006)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Treasury, Home Department, Work and Pensions, Transport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Data Protection, Tax Credits, Hotels, Departmental Property, Carbon Emissions

(based on written questions asked by Anne Main and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Planning Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Energy Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Transport: First Capital Connect: Franchises (8 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what provisions in the franchise agreement with First Capital Connect govern the termination of the franchise in respect of persistent service failure through industrial action.”

Written Answers — Transport: Thameslink Railway Line (8 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the oral answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, columns 47-8WH, for what reasons completion of key output 2 of the Thameslink programme has been delayed until December 2016.”

Business of the House (4 Feb 2010) has video

“May we have a statement on Thameslink? It is recorded in Hansard that the Thameslink programme is now "scheduled to be completed from...2016" and that "key output 2...is scheduled to be delivered from 2016."-[ Official Report, 2 February 2010; Vol. 505, c. 48WH.] That is a year's slippage from the 2015 Thameslink project announced previously. Either the Under-Secretary of State for...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 47 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 208 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 3 select committees (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 65% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — 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 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 117 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Anne Main speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 130 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,171 (501st). Rail £3,544 (260th).

³ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £269 (558th). Rail £3,009 (285th).

¹ Car £1,769 (447th). Rail £75 (557th). Other £3,440 (6th).