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Gordon Brown
Labour MP for Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
- Also represented Dunfermline East
- Prime Minister, No Department (since 10 Jun 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
- Majority: 18,216 votes. — 27th out of 643 MPs.
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- Committees and topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gordon Brown 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 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 moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
This MP is not currently on any select or public bill committee and has had no written questions answered for which we know the department or subject.
Most recent appearances
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)
“Let me start this speech by paying tribute, as the Leader of the Opposition did, to the two members of our armed forces who have died in Afghanistan in the course of the last week: from 7th battalion, Rifleman Andrew Fentiman, who was on attachment to 3rd Battalion the Rifles; and from 33 Engineer Regiment, Corporal Loren Marlton-Thomas. In our thoughts and in our prayers, we will remember...”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)
“If my hon. Friend's question is about Afghanistan, the action that we are taking-and the action proposed in the McChrystal report-is designed to minimise the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan. Our strategy is not counter-terrorism; it is counter-insurgency. It is to win the support of the Afghan people and then to ensure that the Afghan people can run their own affairs. This is not...”
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)
“That is because we announced in July new measures to put £1.2 billion into social housing and building new houses. We gave local authorities power to build houses again, and at the same time we said that we would build new social housing for people in this country to rent. I have to tell the hon. Gentleman that in first 10 years we modernised 2 million houses, repairing and refurbishing...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 14% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 751 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 2112 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (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 | £17,073 (461st) | £17,017 (462nd) | £18,681 | £20,285 (292nd) | £14,304 (486th) | £17,688 (444th) | £11,186 (539th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £18,847 (300th) | £18,961 (433rd) | £18,704 | £9,721 (609th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £18,234 (joint 1st) | £5,979 (609th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £69,915 (611th) | £86,055 (257th) | £83,755 | £80,949 (38th) | £71,446 (151st) | £69,212 (joint 77th) | £60,546 (18th) |
| Communications Allowance | £2,887 (530th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,636 (371st)* | £9,745 (227th)** | £7,608 | £14,899 (142nd) | £14,452 (163rd) | £11,037 (284th) | £10,759 (181st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £2,565 | £5,622 (1st) | £5,466 (2nd) | £3,976 (6th) | £3,052 (14th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £3,178 (24th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £3,104 (5th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £294 (joint 581st) | £835 (joint 345th) | £1,254 | £1,059 (268th) | £602 (460th) | £1,591 (146th) | £1,465 (joint 178th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,382 (494th) | £1,977 (415th) | £2,019 | £2,913 (278th) | £3,343 (224th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,138 (joint 434th) | £935 (joint 507th) | £0 | £1,880 (joint 343rd) | £1,880 (joint 336th) | £1,880 (joint 329th) | £1,880 (joint 309th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £124,454 (575th) | £135,525 (372nd) | £134,586 | £137,328 (86th) | £130,292 (113th) | £123,618 (93rd) | £94,867 (joint 171st) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,082 (429th). Air £5,554 (70th).