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James Brokenshire

Conservative MP for Hornchurch

• - Shadow Minister, Home Affairs (since 27 Jul 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 480 votes. — 616th 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 James Brokenshire voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Health, Justice, Children, Schools and Families, Transport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Data Protection, Capita Group, Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse, Departmental ICT, Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

(based on written questions asked by James Brokenshire and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Offender Management Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Company Law Reform Bill Committee (22 out of n/a)
• Equality Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (8 Feb 2010)

“Professor Les Iversen, the interim chairman of the ACMD is quoted this morning as saying: "It is a quite scary scenario" that schoolchildren can buy legal highs such as mephedrone over the internet and take them freely. Professor Iversen wrote to the Home Secretary on 22 December advising that the selling of mephedrone in a form for which it is clearly unintended, as we have heard, "could...”

Written Answers — Home Department: DNA: Databases (2 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many DNA records obtained by the police since 1997 have not been loaded on to the National DNA Database; and if he will make a statement.”

Written Answers — Home Department: DNA: Databases (2 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate he has made of the number of names attached to records on the National DNA Database which (a) are mis-spelled and (b) have been attached in error; and if he will make a statement.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 258 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 70% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 13 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 63 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever James Brokenshire speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 164 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

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.

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,720 (371st). Other: Rail £402 (51st).

³ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,800 (371st). Other: Rail £348 (58th). Air £105 (39th).

¹ Car £108 (579th). Rail £850 (436th). Other £1,640 (12th).