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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.

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

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)

RSS feed 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...”

More of Frank Cook's recent appearances

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

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Parliamentary adviser, with particular emphasis on environmental issues, to DSM Demolition Ltd. and its associated companies. (£5,001-£10,000)
6. Overseas visits
4-8 April 2008, to Korea and Japan, to attend Leadership for Peace conference. Economy class fare and accommodation for me provided by Universal Peace Federation. I paid for my own flight upgrade and all my wife's travelling costs. (Registered 28 April 2009)

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.

Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Additional Costs Allowance£23,083 (joint 1st) £22,110 (joint 1st) £21,634 £20,902 (joint 1st) £20,333 (joint 3rd) £15,114 (518th) £11,814 (523rd)
London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Incidental Expenses Provision£16,791 (405th) £27,492 (53rd) £26,001 £18,668 (joint 288th) £19,105 (10th) £17,957 (joint 379th) £24,517 (75th)
Staffing Allowance£83,261 (joint 461st) £60,867 (631st) £53,461 £67,092 (472nd) £64,273 (joint 458th) £58,851 (552nd) £37,287 (558th)
Communications Allowance£9,372 (245th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£17,367 (41st)* £14,452 (79th)** £12,400 £16,134 (110th) £16,929 (99th) £27,737 (9th) £13,461 (98th)
Members' Staff Travel£1,310 (64th) £315 (joint 270th) £630 £0 £0 £239 (361st) £0
Members' Spouse Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£360 (557th) £295 (609th) £436 £690 (joint 410th) £179 (628th) £743 (joint 451st) £1,282 (232nd)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,062 (556th) £565 (618th) £1,258 £2,638 (312th) £270 (646th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,296 (joint 190th) £1,119 (219th) £0 £1,527 (569th) £1,527 (550th) £1,527 (528th) £1,527 (456th)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£153,902 (201st) £127,215 (493rd) £115,820 £127,651 (239th) £122,616 (249th) £122,168 (116th) £89,888 (294th)

* 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).