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Brooks Newmark

Conservative MP for Braintree

• Whip, Whips (since 6 Jul 2007)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 3,893 votes. — 515th 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 Brooks Newmark voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly 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, Finance & Services Committee (since 10 Feb 2009)
• Member, Advisory Committee on Works of Art (since 14 Jan 2009)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Transport, Treasury, Education and Skills, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Expenditure, A120, Motor Vehicles: Glass, Pensions, Business: Government Assistance

(based on written questions asked by Brooks Newmark and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Banking Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (22 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

“Unfortunately, I do not think the right hon. Member for Rotherham (Mr. MacShane) did answer the question. The reason why Australia and Canada's institutions have fared better is that they did not have the same lending policies as ours: their debt ratios were much lower and they did not have aggressive policies on lending to the housing sector. The hon. Member for Middlesbrough (Sir Stuart...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Banking Reform (3 Nov 2009) has video

“The Chancellor said in his statement that before we could reach a binding agreement with RBS we needed to carry out due diligence on the assets. What was the level of write-down after, as opposed to before, in respect of RBS's balance sheet on those assets?”

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Banking Sector Reform (3 Nov 2009) has video

“When he last met the Governor of the Bank of England to discuss reform of the banking sector.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 54 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 67% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 73 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Brooks Newmark speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 131 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

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.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £979 (525th). Rail £999 (438th).

^** Car £1,265 (512th).