• Labour MP for Houghton & Washington East
• Majority: 16,065 votes. — 17th out of 630 MPs.
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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
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• Register of Members’ Interests
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How Fraser Kemp voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for 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 stopping climate change. votes, speeches

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

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Treasury, Communities and Local Government, Culture Media and Sport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Carbon Emissions, Departmental Official Cars, Children's Services, Iraq/Afghanistan, Iraq

(based on written questions asked by Fraser Kemp and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Planning: Renewable Energy (5 Nov 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will review planning policy regulations to ensure that they facilitate the Government's objectives relating to small-scale renewable energy schemes and the protection of Green Belt land in a consistent manner.”

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• Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 98 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 84% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 1 comment on this MP's speeches — well 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.
• 79 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Fraser Kemp speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 26 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register

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

^* Car £7,480 (19th). Rail £3,332 (245th).