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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 very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. 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 allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. 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 moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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
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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)
- 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
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to develop a set of assessment criteria for personal independence payments that recognises fluctuating conditions such as myalgic encephalopathy and chronic fatigue syndrome.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Work Capability Assessment (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the suitability of the work capability assessment for applicants with fluctuating conditions such as myalgic encephalopathy.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Work Capability Assessment (17 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what feedback his Department has received from applicants for employment and support allowance diagnosed with myalgic encephalopathy following the implementation of the Harrington Review of the work capability assessment.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 43 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 93 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 72.81% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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") 345 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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).