• Labour MP for Hyndburn
• Majority: 5,587 votes. — 385th out of 630 MPs.
• Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
• Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
• Email me whenever Greg Pope speaks (no more than once per day)
• Help us add video by matching a speech by Greg Pope

• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

How Greg Pope voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted 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 very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Health, Treasury, Defence

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Honours, Ministerial Travel, Departmental Marketing, Departments: Languages, Members: Correspondence

(based on written questions asked by Greg Pope and answered by departments)

Written Answers — International Development: Departmental Responsibilities (13 Nov 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for International Development in which countries his Department has representation on the ground.”

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Primary Education: Computers (10 Nov 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has to upgrade computers in primary schools over the next three years.”

More of Greg Pope's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)

• Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 61 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees.
• 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 73% of votes in parliament — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  Members of the Chairmen's Panel act for the Speaker when chairing things such as Public Bill Committees, and as such do not vote on Bills they are involved in chairing.
• People have made 0 comments on this MP's speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 47 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Greg Pope speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 23 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Nil

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

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

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

^* Car £5,021 (145th). Rail £6,359 (116th). Air £3,439 (83rd).