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Ian Austin

Labour MP for Dudley North

• Minister of State (the West Midlands), Regional Affairs (since 10 Jun 2009)
  Parliamentary Under-Secretary (the West Midlands), Department for Communities and Local Government (since 10 Jun 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 5,432 votes. — 420th 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 Ian Austin voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very 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 very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted 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

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Health, Transport, Trade and Industry, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Translation Services, Foreign Hauliers, Influenza, Mini-Motorcycles, Skin Cancer

(based on written questions asked by Ian Austin and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Prices (5 Nov 2009)

“Average house prices by property type and location are available from HM Land Registry. HM Land Registry data is not available for 1991 or by town or by bedroom.”

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Tenants Rights (5 Nov 2009)

“The English Housing Survey (which is a unified successor to the English Housing Condition Survey and the Survey of English Housing) contains questions directed at private tenants about their length of tenure and reasons for ending a tenancy. Further questions will be directed to landlords as part of the related Landlords Survey. Drawing on this research Julie Rugg's independent review of the...”

Written Ministerial Statements — Communities and Local Government: Leasehold Advisory Service (5 Nov 2009)

“I have deposited in the Library of the House a copy of the Annual Report and Accounts of the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) for the financial year 2008-09. LEASE is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by Communities and Local Government and the Welsh Assembly Government to provide advice, information and other services to the public and others in relation to residential...”

More of Ian Austin's recent appearances

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 11 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 very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 83% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
• 56 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Ian Austin speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 49 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 28 Oct 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 £1,515 (459th). Rail £5,197 (177th). Misc £6 (256th).

^** Car £2,396 (378th). Rail £6,077 (135th).