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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, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Data Protection, Capita Group, Departmental ICT, Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse, 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)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Offender Management Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (4 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)
• Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Coroners and Justice Bill: Removal of limitation on warrants under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (12 Nov 2009)

“I support Lords amendment 43, which clarifies the rules across the country. It is interesting to note that the provisions of the amendment already apply in Northern Ireland, as one of the subsequent amendments shows, and it therefore seems a sensible proposal to adopt. I thank the Minister for his kind comments, and in return I thank him and his team, and also the hon. Member for Gedling...”

Coroners and Justice Bill: Clause 96 — Retention and destruction of samples etc: England and Wales (12 Nov 2009)

“I admire the Minister's elegant attempt to stay on the front foot on this issue, but let us be clear: this is a retreat. The Government had wanted to grow the DNA database as a primary policy principle, but they cannot do that now. They wanted to retain profiles on people arrested but never charged with or convicted of any offence, but they have now accepted that they can no longer do that,...”

Coroners and Justice Bill: Clause 35 — Contents of injunctions: supplemental (12 Nov 2009)

“The Conservatives made it clear in Committee and on Report that we would support measures to deal with the serious problem of gang-related violence, which affects so many communities and young people up and down our country. In the past fortnight, the charity Catch22 published a survey of young people's experiences of crime and put this issue into context by suggesting that more than one in...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 26 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 259 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 71% 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.
• 64 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever James Brokenshire speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 157 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 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: Rail £1,720 (371st). Other: Rail £402 (51st).

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