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Frank Cook

Labour MP for Stockton North

• Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
• Majority: 12,437 votes. — 82nd out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Frank Cook voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against 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

• Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Defence, Trade and Industry, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Mines, TV Licensing, Mine Clearance, Financial Services: Marketing, Lancet Inquiry

(based on written questions asked by Frank Cook and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Chairman, Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Coroners and Justice Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Climate Change Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Mental Health Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Legal Services Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Education and Inspections Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Chairman, National Lottery Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Civil Partnership Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Chairman, European Parliament (Representation) Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Chairman, European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Chairman, Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Chairman, International Criminal Court Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Regional Aviation Policy (17 Jun 2009)

“It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr. Streeter, for the first time in 26 years. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sedgefield (Phil Wilson) on two counts: first, securing the debate, and, secondly, the magnificent way he presented a well-researched demonstration of folly on the part of the Government. I have no airport in my patch. In 1983, my hon. Friend's...”

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Regional Aviation Policy (17 Jun 2009)

“Hear, hear. So be it. It is self-evident, is it not? I do not need to comment on that, because it is sound logic. The suggestion being put about in some quarters—certainly from interests such as BAA and even by the former Transport Secretary, my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Mr. Hoon)—that the cure to all our ills is the third runway at Heathrow is fanciful. The...”

Written Answers — Health: Sunbeds: Young People (16 Jun 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the merits of prohibiting the use of sunbeds by persons under the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement; (2) what assessment he has made of the merits of prohibiting the commercial use of unsupervised, coin-operated sunbeds; and if he will make a statement; (3) what recent steps he has undertaken to...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 48% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  Members of the Chairmen's Panel act for the Speaker when chairing things such as Public Bill Committees, and as such do not vote on Bills they are involved in chairing.
• People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 64 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Frank Cook speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 371 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 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 £9,956 (3rd). Rail £7,244 (104th). Other: Mileage £51 (71st). Rail £116 (108th).

^** Car £8,382 (10th). Rail £5,505 (157th). Air £565 (146th).