• Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend
• Chief Whip (technically Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) (since 6 Oct 2008)
• Majority: 7,565 votes. — 199th out of 630 MPs.
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How Nick Brown voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted very strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted 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 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 moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Work and Pensions, Education and Skills, Home Department

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Casinos, United Healthcare Group, Mesothelioma, Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities, Asbestos Contractors

(based on written questions asked by Nick Brown and answered by departments)

Business of the House (12 Nov 2008)

“rose in his place and claimed to move, That the Question be now put. Question put, That the Question be now put:— The House proceeded to a Division. Ms Dawn Butler and Mr. Dave Watts were appointed Tellers for the Ayes; but no Member being willing to act as Teller for the Noes, Mr. Deputy Speaker declared that the Ayes had it.”

Deferred Divisions: Banks and Banking (14 May 2008) has video

“On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Given the proportions in the last vote, would it not be reasonable for this to be carried by acclaim rather than by a formal Division?”

Olympics and the North-East (10 Dec 2007)

“Mr. Speaker, you are presiding, Sir, over what I think is a pioneering parliamentary event. I believe that I am the first of the newly appointed regional Ministers to come to the Dispatch Box and respond to a debate under that portfolio. I am also responding under that of my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Olympics. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough, South and East...”

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• Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 85% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 1 comment on this MP's speeches — well below 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.
• 93 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Nick Brown speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 81 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register

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

^* Car £4,653 (178th). Rail £9,189 (45th). Air £1,323 (110th).