• Labour MP for Holborn & St Pancras
• Majority: 4,787 votes. — 395th out of 631 MPs.
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How Frank Dobson voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted 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 very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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

• Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Education and Skills, Trade and Industry, Treasury

• 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)

Orders of the Day — Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill: Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill (8 Jul 2008)

“Virtually everyone recognises the unfortunate necessity for anonymity in a very limited number of cases, and a lot of people will have been rather disturbed to discover just how many cases there have been under the common-law arrangements. Will my right hon. Friend undertake to make sure that every single order issued under the new legislation will be logged, and that there will be regular...”

Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]: Polyclinics (17 Jun 2008)

“I am in no position to comment on the appropriateness or otherwise of polyclinics—or whatever the Government's term is in relation to other parts of the country. Polyclinics may turn out to be useful, successful and helpful, but I am here to speak up on behalf of patients and professionals in my constituency who are expressing a great deal of concern about our primary care trust's...”

Written Answers — Health: NHS: Land (29 Apr 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the Answer of 18 July 2007, Official Report, column 470W, on NHS: land, what progress has been made by his Department in examining how the review of surplus NHS land will apply to the NHS foundation trust sector; and if he will make a statement.”

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• Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 69% of votes in parliament — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 9 comments on this MP's speeches — above 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.
• 196 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Frank Dobson speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 91 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 22 Jul 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

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