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Gordon Prentice

Labour MP for Pendle

• Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
• Majority: 2,180 votes. — 544th 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 Gordon Prentice voted on key issues since 2001:

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

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

• Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Public Administration Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Prime Minister, Defence, Deputy Prime Minister

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, House of Lords, Departmental Postal Services, Regional Assemblies, Police

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Commonwealth Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Social Security Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Hunting Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Business of the House (5 Nov 2009)

“My early-day motion 2237 on the question of the referendum on the treaty of Lisbon was approved by the Table Office last night and subsequently gutted by a senior official to remove the names of Members who said two years ago that they wanted a referendum even if the Lisbon treaty were ratified. [That this House calls on those hon. Members who have previously expressed the view that a...”

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Community Relations: Faith Schools (5 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has commissioned recent research on the relationship between the number of faith schools in an area and community cohesion.”

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Faith Schools: Islam (5 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether it is his policy to encourage the establishment of Muslim (a) day and (b) boarding schools; and if he will make a statement.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 68 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 243 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 84% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 26 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 348 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

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.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,428 (260th). Rail £2,038 (347th). Air £1,742 (85th). Misc £300 (99th). Other: Mileage £47 (75th).

^** Car £4,185 (217th). Rail £4,363 (209th). Air £2,711 (91st).