• Labour MP for Blackpool South
• Majority: 7,922 votes. — 266th out of 631 MPs.
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How Gordon Marsden voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted 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
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately 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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee (since 18 Apr 2008)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Education and Skills, Work and Pensions, Culture Media and Sport, Transport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Government Auctions, Special Educational Needs, Casino Advisory Panel, Carers, Departmental Policies

(based on written questions asked by Gordon Marsden and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Departmental Retirement (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department has a standard retirement age; and how many employees have been asked to retire on reaching 65 years of age in each year since 2000.”

Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Departmental Retirement (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many employees in his Department have been asked to retire on reaching 65 in each year since 2000.”

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Retirement (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of employees asked to retire on reaching 65 years of age in each year since 2000.”

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• Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 57 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium 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 5 comments 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.
• 76 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Gordon Marsden speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 84 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

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

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

^* Rail £2,058 (329th). Air £11,444 (30th).