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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.

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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 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

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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

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, Departmental Detergents, Children: Databases, Mental Health, Children: Day Care

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
• Autism Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Childcare Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Children and Adoption Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Education and Inspections Bill Committee (20 out of n/a)
• Children Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Sexual Offences Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Anti-social Behaviour Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee (21 out of n/a)
• Police Reform Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Estimates Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families: Looked-after Children (2 Jul 2009)

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr. Sheerman) on his leadership of the Select Committee, which brought this report about. I feel quite privileged to have played a small part in it myself, but the leadership is very important. When the report was published, it received considerable media attention—across a wide range of media—and I believe it was a good reflection...”

Estimates Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families: Looked-after Children (2 Jul 2009)

“rose—”

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bottle Deposit Scheme (2 Jul 2009)

“Whether he plans to introduce a bottle deposit scheme in England.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 171 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 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 76% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 12 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") 248 times in debates — 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 £1,440 (471st). Rail £2,414 (329th). Other: European £866 (67th).

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