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Brian Jenkins
Former Labour MP for Tamworth
- Also represented Staffordshire South East
- Entered Parliament on 11 April 1996 — unknown
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)
- Majority: 2,569 votes. — 535th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Brian Jenkins voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Defence Spending (Commitments) (29 Mar 2010) has video
“When my right hon. Friend speaks of defence procurement, is he bearing in mind our defence industrial strategy? Can he promise the House that, as far as possible, we will always secure supply in this country in order to maintain our skills base and the sovereignty that we require?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Dangerous Dogs (25 Mar 2010) has video
“I wish to follow the comments by the hon. Member for Lichfield (Michael Fabricant) about the Staffordshire bull terrier. Anyone who owns a Staffordshire bull terrier knows what lovely, warm animals they are, but they were demonised in our national media through ignorance and a misunderstanding of what a dangerous dog is. The very title "dangerous dog" is misleading in the campaign to control...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Dogs (Crime) (22 Mar 2010) has video
“My hon. Friend will realise that dog owners such as myself get very upset when we hear the term "dangerous dogs". It is not the dog that is the problem but the ownership and control of the dog. When are we going to start tackling this in the correct manner in this country by considering it a privilege to own a dog rather than thinking that there is an automatic right for irresponsible people...”
More of Brian Jenkins's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 224 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 80.98% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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.
- 52 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 118 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 12 Apr 2010. 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 | £8,634 (533rd) | £8,872 (568th) | £8,537 (570th) | £7,604 | £9,512 (571st) | £13,485 (505th) | £19,178 (352nd) | £15,133 (343rd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £20,528 (190th) | £20,593 (211th) | £24,413 (110th) | £21,271 | £19,032 (232nd) | £17,610 (501st) | £17,664 (427th) | £19,619 (176th) |
| Staffing costs | £80,910 (562nd) | £82,722 (477th) | £76,951 (522nd) | £82,739 | £69,483 (397th) | £67,069 (376th) | £62,006 (396th) | £46,253 (306th) |
| Communications Allowance | £12,161 (90th) | £6,085 (411th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,713 (397th)1 | £5,972 (397th)2 | £8,454 (291st)3 | £7,656 | £10,427 (323rd) | £10,621 (301st) | £9,719 (335th) | £7,099 (363rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £411 (248th) | £214 | £0 | £160 (joint 381st with 1 other) | £376 (294th) | £585 (joint 220th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £53 (323rd) | £147 (joint 310th with 1 other) | 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 | £463 (633rd) | £1,262 (138th) | £413 (566th) | £880 | £1,037 (joint 273rd with 1 other) | £743 (384th) | £828 (joint 415th with 1 other) | £671 (473rd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,484 (joint 102nd with 1 other) | £1,083 (574th) | £1,547 | £2,014 (joint 404th with 1 other) | £658 (611th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,417 (joint 57th with 2 others) | £1,209 (joint 97th with 16 others) | £321 | £1,883 (joint 336th with 4 others) | £1,883 (joint 329th with 4 others) | £1,883 (joint 323rd with 4 others) | £1,562 (joint 436th with 3 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £527 (75th) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £128,464 (552nd) | £131,554 (518th) | £121,471 (542nd) | £122,232 | £113,388 (508th) | £112,756 (468th) | £111,654 (362nd) | £90,922 (269th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,382 (240th). Rail £2,295 (331st). Misc £36 (213th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,744 (318th). Rail £3,228 (275th).