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Annette Brooke
Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Annette Brooke voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Home Department, Education and Skills, Children, Schools and Families, Education
- 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)
- Chairman, Public Service Pensions Bill Committee (5 out of 9)
- Mobile Homes Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Children and Families Bill Committee (16 out of 19)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Autism Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
- Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
- Childcare Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Children and Adoption Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
- Children Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Anti-social Behaviour Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Sexual Offences Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (21 out of 39)
- Police Reform Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Public Bill Committee: Children and Families Bill: New Clause 30 - Duty to assess and meet young carers’ needs for care and support (25 Apr 2013)
“I concur with the two previous speakers. The new clause is important, and I wish to reinforce three points. It is vital that there is equality of rights for both young and adult carers. The protection of children from unacceptable burdens is most important—I recall reading evidence about children as young as five who spent up to 40 hours a week in a caring role. In my experience, the...”
- Public Bill Committee: Children and Families Bill: New Clause 12 - Provision of health services for children looked after by local authorities (25 Apr 2013)
“I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.”
- Public Bill Committee: Children and Families Bill: New Clause 12 - Provision of health services for children looked after by local authorities (25 Apr 2013)
“I have a long-standing concern about the inadequacy of the provision of mental health services, including therapeutic services, for child victims of sex abuse and for children in care, who may have been subject to various forms of neglect and abuse. Some 45% of children taken into care have a mental health issue. In 2008, I was delighted when legislation introduced compulsory mental health...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 46 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 60 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- 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 71.23% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 367 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £16,605 (398th) | £16,285 (470th) | £18,820 (428th) | £13,404 | £17,509 (419th) | £18,912 (323rd) | £14,399 (533rd) | £14,930 (362nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £18,672 (285th) | £19,564 (265th) | £20,994 (236th) | £18,639 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,245 (441st) | £17,106 (475th) | £19,260 (192nd) |
| Staffing costs | £90,153 (443rd) | £82,177 (489th) | £77,079 (521st) | £73,865 | £70,180 (369th) | £67,414 (365th) | £62,098 (395th) | £42,535 (456th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,023 (joint 308th with 1 other) | £4,379 (488th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £3,134 (534th)1 | £4,720 (480th)2 | £4,178 (508th)3 | £4,566 | £5,807 (509th) | £5,091 (518th) | £5,388 (507th) | £4,436 (492nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £547 (144th) | £736 (141st) | £223 (318th) | £468 | £342 (316th) | £417 (289th) | £352 (312th) | £479 (251st) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,370 (333rd) | £825 (joint 300th with 1 other) | £749 (391st) | £660 | £996 (joint 291st with 2 others) | £960 (272nd) | £976 (joint 341st with 2 others) | £810 (403rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,019 (joint 237th with 1 other) | £2,336 (363rd) | £1,708 | £2,454 (336th) | £2,304 (359th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,216 (joint 303rd with 1 other) | £1,013 (joint 405th with 1 other) | £0 | £1,968 (joint 134th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 127th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 126th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 121st with 10 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £141,504 (433rd) | £132,921 (502nd) | £125,392 (510th) | £113,310 | £118,581 (430th) | £115,311 (409th) | £102,287 (521st) | £84,418 (422nd) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,560 (426th). Rail £1,527 (402nd). Other: Rail £47 (134th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,440 (471st). Rail £2,414 (329th). Other: European £866 (67th).