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Annette Brooke

Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset & North Poole

  • Shadow Children's Minister (since 8 Jan 2009)
  • Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
  • Majority: 5,482 votes. — 431st out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Annette Brooke voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for 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: Home Department, Education and Skills, Health, Children, Schools and Families, International Development

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Prisons, Children: Day Care, Departmental Detergents, Children: Databases, Mental Health

(based on written questions asked by Annette Brooke and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)

“I endorse the hon. Gentleman's point. Does he agree that one of the big problems is the confusion of education and child protection? If I am teaching in a school, I am hopefully trained to recognise signs of child abuse and will report it to the appropriate authorities, which will not have to set out to solve it. Is not the problem the attempt to wrap this all into one, instead of being clear...”

Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)

“I am very pleased to make a short contribution to the debate, which gives an opportunity to tie health and education issues together. Although a lot of legislation endeavours to do that, I think we are all aware of the huge gaps where children's services and health services are not working together as they should. I should like to speak about access to health services and subsequent outcomes...”

More of Annette Brooke's recent appearances

Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 37 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 186 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 76% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
  • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
  • 63 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Annette Brooke speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 260 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Joint owner with my husband of Broadstone Minerals, a small retail and wholesale business dealing in rocks, minerals and gemstones. Address: Broadstone Minerals, 3 Grand Parade, High Street, Poole BH15 1AD. Received £100 as my share of the profits. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 8 October 2009)
Received payment of £40 from Colehill Women's Institute for giving a speech. Address: Colehill Women's Institute, Cannon Hill Road, Colehill, Dorset BH21 2LR. Hours: 2hrs. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 15 September 2009)
Received payment of £30 for giving a speech at Poole Yacht Club, The Yacht Haven, New Harbour Road West, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset BH15 4AQ. Fee donated to charity. Hours: 90 mins. (Registered 8 October 2009)
8. Land and Property
Business premises (retail shop and store) in Poole.

Register last updated: 11 Nov 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.

Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Additional Costs Allowance£16,285 (470th) £18,820 (428th) £13,404 £17,509 (419th) £18,912 (323rd) £14,399 (533rd) £14,930 (362nd)
London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Incidental Expenses Provision£19,564 (265th) £20,994 (236th) £18,639 £19,325 (joint 11th) £18,245 (441st) £17,106 (475th) £19,260 (192nd)
Staffing Allowance£82,177 (489th) £77,079 (521st) £73,865 £70,180 (369th) £67,414 (365th) £62,098 (395th) £42,535 (456th)
Communications Allowance£4,379 (488th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£4,720 (480th)* £4,178 (508th)** £4,566 £5,807 (509th) £5,091 (518th) £5,388 (507th) £4,436 (492nd)
Members' Staff Travel£736 (141st) £223 (318th) £468 £342 (316th) £417 (289th) £352 (312th) £479 (251st)
Members' Spouse Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£825 (joint 300th) £749 (391st) £660 £996 (joint 291st) £960 (272nd) £976 (joint 341st) £810 (403rd)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£3,019 (joint 237th) £2,336 (363rd) £1,708 £2,454 (336th) £2,304 (359th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,216 (joint 303rd) £1,013 (joint 405th) £0 £1,968 (joint 134th) £1,968 (joint 127th) £1,968 (joint 126th) £1,968 (joint 121st)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£132,921 (502nd) £125,392 (510th) £113,310 £118,581 (430th) £115,311 (409th) £102,287 (521st) £84,418 (422nd)

* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,440 (471st). Rail £2,414 (329th). Other: European £866 (67th).

** Car £1,416 (494th). Rail £2,762 (276th).