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Ian Pearson

Labour MP for Dudley South

  • Also represented Dudley West
  • Economic Secretary, HM Treasury (since 10 Jun 2009)
  • Entered Parliament on 15 December 1994 — unknown
  • Standing down at the next election
  • Majority: 4,244 votes. — 457th out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Ian Pearson voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately against 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 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 moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately 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

Committees and topics of interest

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Treasury: Council Tax: Valuation (8 Feb 2010)

“The number of domestic dwellings in England with a live council tax band was 22,825,755 as at 2 February 2010. Of these, 934,465 have one or more digital photographs associated with them. The number of composite dwellings in England with a live council tax band was 282,416 as at 2 February 2010. Of these, 15,006 have one or more digital photographs associated with them. The number of...”

Written Answers — Treasury: Valuation Office: Freedom of Information (8 Feb 2010)

“The VOA will provide a substantive answer to this request by 26 February 2010. The VOA has written to the requester explaining the reasons for the delay in replying.”

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Government Departments: ICT (8 Feb 2010)

“I have been asked to reply. Details of ICT contracts across central Government are not held centrally. However, data on the IT expenditure since 2006 for those parts of the public sector represented on the Chief Information Officers' Council can be found in the Transformational Government Annual Reports using the following link. www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/cio/transformational_government.asp x”

More of Ian Pearson's recent appearances

Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — 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 low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 79% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 27 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.
  • 55 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Ian Pearson speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 562 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
6 July 2008, hospitality for myself, wife and daughter at the British Grand Prix from Silverstone Holdings Ltd. (Registered 18 July 2008)

Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Staying away from main home£23,887 (77th) £23,005 (190th) £22,033 (248th) £21,395 £20,897 (joint 206th with 2 others) £19,364 (298th) £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) £15,834 (joint 203rd with 1 other)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) £1,130 (joint 83rd with 26 others)
Office running costs£21,605 (142nd) £25,243 (51st) £20,966 (237th) £18,948 £19,408 (10th) £20,620 (3rd) £17,937 (383rd) £24,052 (87th)
Staffing costs£93,217 (381st) £86,225 (373rd) £81,384 (415th) £77,053 £62,442 (584th) £61,485 (574th) £64,707 (323rd) £42,933 (440th)
Communications Allowance£8,030 (365th) £8,348 (311th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£5,833 (391st)3 £5,666 (423rd)2 £5,297 (450th)1 £5,094 £8,591 (393rd) £9,434 (347th) £9,204 (363rd) £9,158 (265th)
Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0 £0 £170 (joint 384th with 1 other) £92 (joint 429th with 1 other) £349 (313th) £664 (202nd)
Members' Spouse Travel£406 (joint 220th with 1 other) £1,524 (85th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£478 (37th) £54 (joint 99th with 1 other) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£2,313 (471st) £1,637 (71st) £69 (639th) £1,149 £450 (537th) £833 (joint 338th with 1 other) £807 (joint 433rd with 1 other) £781 (417th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£4,577 (96th) £499 (621st) £3,338 £1,568 (482nd) £2,616 (317th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,446 (39th) £1,242 (joint 67th with 4 others) £0 £1,966 (joint 147th with 14 others) £1,966 (joint 141st with 14 others) £1,966 (joint 139th with 14 others) £1,966 (joint 133rd with 14 others)
Other Costs£1,844 (67th) £0 £2,712 (36th) £34 £5,521 (35th) £0 £0 £0
Total£157,615 (224th) £157,725 (126th) £134,202 (395th) £127,011 £122,631 (347th) £117,984 (350th) £116,219 (251st) £96,518 (138th)

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,117 (99th). Rail £549 (486th).

3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,388 (139th). Rail £1,445 (412th).

1 Car £4,949 (152nd). Rail £348 (496th).