• Labour MP for Brent South
• Assistant Whip (funded by HM Treasury) (since 17 Sep 2008)
• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 11,326 votes. — 53rd out of 631 MPs.
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• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

How Dawn Butler voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)
• Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Deputy Prime Minister, Education and Skills, Communities and Local Government, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Identity Cards, Extradition, Racial and Religious Hatred, Somalia, Terrorism

(based on written questions asked by Dawn Butler and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Community Development (1 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made on her proposals for the transfer of assets to community groups; and what effect the Empowerment White Paper consultation will have on this process.”

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Cost of Living (24 Jun 2008)

“rose—”

Orders of the Day: Schedule 3 — Repeals (13 Jun 2008)

“I, too, congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Keith Hill) on bringing this very worthy Bill before the House and, as an ex-trade union official, it is a pleasure to support it. Last year, employees in Britain suffered nearly 250 work-related deaths, nearly 30,000 major injuries and well over 100,000 lesser injuries. As hon. Members can imagine, that has caused great...”

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• Has spoken in 26 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 79% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 10 comments on this MP's speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 118 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Dawn Butler speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 35 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 8 Oct 2008. More about the Register

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

^* Car £979 (536th). Rail £206 (523rd). Other £4 (74th).