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Frank Dobson

Labour MP for Holborn & St Pancras

• Also represented Camden Holborn and St Pancras South

• Entered Parliament on 3 May 1979 — General election
• Majority: 4,787 votes. — 403rd 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 Frank Dobson 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 moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately 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

• Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

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

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Foundation Hospitals, IT Contracts, NHS Direct, Diagnostic and Treatment Centres, Foundation Trusts

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009)

“On international trade and opportunities for profit, surely the frameworks in Germany and Spain that the hon. Gentleman suggests are superior should be able to attract investment from British entrepreneurs and people in the City, who are apparently falling over themselves to fund green developments.”

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009)

“Does my hon. Friend agree that the success of the high-speed link to the channel tunnel and the high-speed rail connections beyond it, along with the newly improved St. Pancras station in my constituency, demonstrate that the best way to deal with the demand on capacity at Heathrow is to ensure that people do not want to make short-haul flights to Europe? The sooner we build high-speed...”

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

“You are a global lukewarmist.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 15 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 31 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 0 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 67% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 189 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Frank Dobson speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1491 times in debates — well above 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.

^* Other: Rail £173 (89th).