• Labour MP for Dundee West
• PPS (Mr Pat McFadden, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (since 28 Jun 2007)
• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 5,379 votes. — 377th out of 632 MPs.
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How James McGovern voted on key issues since 2001:

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

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• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (since 5 Feb 2008)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Trade and Industry, Work and Pensions, Culture Media and Sport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Dentistry, Housing Benefit, Digital Television, Cash in Transit Attacks, Food (Nutritional Content)

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

Nursing and Midwifery Council (16 Jul 2008)

“Have the people the Minister complimented on their leadership for agreeing to stand down now gone? If so, when did they go?”

Nursing and Midwifery Council (16 Jul 2008)

“I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. I congratulate him on securing this important debate. If the account that my hon. Friend is so eloquently setting out is accurate—I have no reason to doubt it—I am horrified. Is his constituent a member of a trade union? If so, has she received adequate and appropriate support from the union?”

Nursing and Midwifery Council (16 Jul 2008)

“I could not claim to be totally familiar with the case to which my hon. Friend is referring, but I am aware—I do not think he has mentioned this—that the 23 patients who were manipulated into sexual relationships were extremely vulnerable. They were not what we would regard as normal patients, but people in a very vulnerable condition.”

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• Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 10 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 84% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 7 comments on this MP's speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 53 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever James McGovern speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 35 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

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

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

^* Car £1,680 (455th). Rail £2,969 (267th). Air £11,375 (31st).