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Douglas Carswell

Conservative MP for Harwich

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 920 votes. — 604th 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 Douglas Carswell voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very 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 against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 10 Feb 2009)
• Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Defence, Home Department, Health, Communities and Local Government, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Foreign Relations, Afghanistan: Peace Keeping Operations, Lynx Helicopters: Procurement, Defence: Procurement, Orchid Programme

(based on written questions asked by Douglas Carswell and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Local Transport Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: House of Commons: Offices (3 Nov 2009)

“To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission (1) how many unutilised square metres of office space there were on the House of Commons part of the parliamentary estate in each year since the opening of the 2005 Parliament; (2) how many empty offices there are on the House of Commons part of the parliamentary estate.”

Nato: Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (20 Oct 2009)

“This debate, I believe, illustrates what is so wrong with our constitution and demonstrates how dire things are, not because of anything that is being said, but by the manner of the exchange. Look how barely attended the Chamber is! We debate our constitution, yet the people's tribunes are not here. Whips scurry around outside desperate to gather enough speakers to try to keep things ticking...”

More of Douglas Carswell's recent appearances

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 39 written questions in the last year — 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 65% 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 48 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

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 £1,253 (492nd). Rail £4,456 (214th). Other: European £493 (107th).

^** Car £480 (567th). Rail £3,084 (260th). Other £3,410 (7th).