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Brian Jenkins
Labour MP for Tamworth
- Also represented Staffordshire South East
- Entered Parliament on 11 April 1996 — unknown
- Majority: 2,569 votes. — 535th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Brian Jenkins voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against 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 very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for 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.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
- Member, Defence Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Home Department, Education and Skills, Work and Pensions, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Information and Communication Specialists, Police, Departments: Public Transport, Departmental Staff, Departmental Energy Policy
(based on written questions asked by Brian Jenkins and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Departmental Recycling (23 Nov 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what weight of paper his Department recycled in each of the last five years.”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Heating (23 Nov 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new domestic dwellings which use (a) electricity and (b) gas as their primary source of heat have been built since 1997.”
- Business, Innovation and Skills: Free Trade Agreement (Colombia) (12 Nov 2009)
“What recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on a mandate for the European Commission to negotiate a free trade agreement with Colombia.”
More of Brian Jenkins's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 170 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 80% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 17 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") 114 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
6. Overseas visits
7-13 September 2008, to Taiwan for discussions relating to defence, as a guest of the Taiwanese Authorities who paid the costs of the visit. (Registered 2 October 2008)
Name of donor: 1) All-Party Parliamentary China Group
2) Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress
Address of donor: 1) House of Commons
2) 32 Zhang Shan Beilu, Nanjing 210008, People's Republic of China
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
1) £713 (return flights to Shanghai) (from donations previously registered)
2) £700 (includes hotels for 6 nights, meals and coach travel for 6 days.)
Destination of visit: Jiangsu Province and Shanghai
Date of visit: 19-26 September 2009
Purpose of visit: as a representative of the All-Party Parliamentary Group, to consolidate links between the UK and Jiangsu Province.
(Registered 8 October 2009)
Register last updated: 11 Nov 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.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £8,872 (568th) | £8,537 (570th) | £7,604 | £9,512 (571st) | £13,485 (505th) | £19,178 (352nd) | £15,133 (343rd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £20,593 (211th) | £24,413 (110th) | £21,271 | £19,032 (232nd) | £17,610 (501st) | £17,664 (427th) | £19,619 (176th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £82,722 (477th) | £76,951 (522nd) | £82,739 | £69,483 (397th) | £67,069 (376th) | £62,006 (396th) | £46,253 (306th) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,085 (411th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,972 (397th)* | £8,454 (291st)** | £7,656 | £10,427 (323rd) | £10,621 (301st) | £9,719 (335th) | £7,099 (363rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £411 (248th) | £214 | £0 | £160 (joint 381st) | £376 (294th) | £585 (joint 220th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £147 (joint 310th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,262 (138th) | £413 (566th) | £880 | £1,037 (joint 273rd) | £743 (384th) | £828 (joint 415th) | £671 (473rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,484 (joint 102nd) | £1,083 (574th) | £1,547 | £2,014 (joint 404th) | £658 (611th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,417 (joint 57th) | £1,209 (joint 97th) | £321 | £1,883 (joint 336th) | £1,883 (joint 329th) | £1,883 (joint 323rd) | £1,562 (joint 436th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £527 (75th) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £131,554 (518th) | £121,471 (542nd) | £122,232 | £113,388 (508th) | £112,756 (468th) | £111,654 (362nd) | £90,922 (269th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,744 (318th). Rail £3,228 (275th).