• Labour MP for Bury South
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health (since 8 May 2006)
• Majority: 8,912 votes. — 230th out of 631 MPs.
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How Ivan Lewis voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted strongly 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
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

This MP is not currently on any select committee and has had no written questions answered for which we know the department or subject.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Social Enterprise Start-ups (22 Jul 2008)

“The Department has allocated £100 million for the social enterprise investment fund over four years from 2007 to 2011. That includes £73 million capital and £27 million revenue funding. We have already awarded £10 million to social enterprises, including start-ups, in 2007-08.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Social Enterprise Start-ups (22 Jul 2008)

“We need to do both. We need to encourage innovation and original ways of working, with organisations coming in that can offer health and social care services in a different way. If we look at the challenge of health inequalities and reaching black and minority ethnic communities and other hard-to-reach communities, we find that social enterprises have an important role to play in helping us...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Social Enterprise Start-ups (22 Jul 2008)

“It is very important to understand that we are reviewing the provision of those services following the publication of the community pharmacy White Paper. No final decisions have been made. When we make the decisions, we are concerned about the best interests of the communities and patients. That should be our priority, rather than the narrow interests of one group of professionals.”

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• Has spoken in 29 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.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 80% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 35 comments 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.
• 150 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Ivan Lewis speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 400 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

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

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

^* Car £1,120 (522nd). Rail £7,025 (92nd). Air £2,432 (93rd).