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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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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Annette Brooke voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. 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 for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- 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 the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Health, Education and Skills, 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)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
- Autism Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
- 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)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
- Children Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Sexual Offences Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Anti-social Behaviour Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (21 out of 39)
- Police Reform Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (8 Feb 2012)
“I intend to be relatively brief, Mr Speaker. We have to start by being clear that very tough cuts have been imposed on local government. It accounts for 25% of all public expenditure, so councils were always going to have to play a considerable role in fixing the black hole in the nation’s finances. It has been hard, given the front-loading of the cuts, but I wish to praise the many...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (8 Feb 2012)
“I will not, because I want to make it clear that it is not correct to switch from numbers to percentages and to try to blur the picture. We know that the percentage cuts are large, averaging 3.3% but varying across the country. In fact, in my part of the country the percentages are towards the higher end. One of the councils in my area, Dorset county council, is particularly concerned about...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 58 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 123 written questions in the last year — well 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 83.51% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 15 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") 345 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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).