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Bridget Prentice

Labour MP for Lewisham East

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice (since 9 May 2007)


• Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
• Majority: 6,751 votes. — 246th 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 Bridget Prentice voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly 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 very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very 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

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Home Department, Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): London Underground, Unfair Terms Regulations, Replica Firearms, Iraq, Prisons (Drugs)

(based on written questions asked by Bridget Prentice and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Coroners and Justice Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Legal Services Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Compensation Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Inquiries Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Mental Capacity Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Gender Recognition Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Courts Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Police Reform Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Private Security Industry Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Hunting Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Children: Emigration (2 Jul 2009)

“I have been asked to reply. Data on applications for leave to remove a child from the UK are not held centrally. However, the following table shows the number of individual cases where there was an order granting leave to remove a child from the UK. Data was not collected prior to 2000. Number of cases in England and Wales where leave to remove a child from the UK was granted 2000...”

Written Answers — Justice: Debts: Court Orders (2 Jul 2009)

“Copies of tables showing the total number of charging orders made against debtors in the county courts of England and Wales in 2007 and 2008, have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.”

Written Answers — Justice: Fraud (2 Jul 2009)

“Where a person is convicted of any offence, including fraud, the court has the power to impose a compensation order requiring the offender to pay a specified sum to a victim who has suffered personal injury, loss or damage to property. The court must give reasons, on sentencing, if it does not make a compensation order where it had the power to do so. However, in criminal cases, compensation...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 81% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 35 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 73 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Bridget Prentice speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 338 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 £787 (538th).

^** Car £81 (580th). 3rd party £651 (18th).