• Labour MP for Derby North
• Majority: 3,757 votes. — 490th out of 630 MPs.
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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

How Bob Laxton voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted very strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against 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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (since 26 Apr 2007)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Culture Media and Sport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Gibraltar, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis, Support Vehicles, Sham Marriages

(based on written questions asked by Bob Laxton and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Blood Transfusions (17 Nov 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent advice the Surgeon General has received on adopting pathogen inactivation for treating blood products for UK armed forces.”

Written Answers — Innovation, Universities and Skills: Higher Education: Research (11 Nov 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much quality related funding was awarded in the last funding round to universities in each region.”

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• Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 23 written questions in the last year — 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 — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 comments on this MP's speeches — well below 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.
• 71 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Bob Laxton speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 31 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

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Register last updated: 17 Dec 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £5,190 (133rd). Rail £515 (470th). European £704 (65th).