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Edward Timpson
Conservative MP for Crewe & Nantwich
- Entered Parliament on 23 May 2008 — Byelection
- Majority: 7,860 votes. — 302nd out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Edward Timpson voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. 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.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (since 14 Oct 2008)
- Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (since 14 Oct 2008)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Treasury, Home Department, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Revenue and Customs: Crewe, Royal Mail: Crewe, Court Orders: Compensation, Revenue and Customs: Closures, Written Questions: Government Responses
(based on written questions asked by Edward Timpson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Saving Gateway Accounts Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Justice: Crime (5 Nov 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what criminal offences enacted since 1997 have never resulted in (a) a criminal prosecution and (b) a criminal conviction.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: New Clause 21 — Chief executive of the Supreme Court (4 Nov 2009) has video
“I take the Minister's point about the Supreme Court's being the apex of our judicial system, but most members of the public who have to access our judicial system tend to do so at the lower end—in the magistrates courts and family proceedings courts. When they see their magistrates courts in a poor state of repair and, on occasions, see them closing, it makes it even more important that...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: New clause 20 — Lords Justices of Appeal (4 Nov 2009) has video
“Why does the hon. Gentleman think that the Joint Committee came to the position that the JAC was being criticised for inefficiencies and delays in the judicial appointments process?”
More of Edward Timpson's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 42 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 28 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 very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 60% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 38 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