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James Plaskitt
Labour MP for Warwick & Leamington
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 266 votes. — 633rd out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How James Plaskitt voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very 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 moderately 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 very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly 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
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, West Midlands Regional Select Committee (since 4 Mar 2009)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Work and Pensions, Home Department, Energy and Climate Change, Treasury, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Home Energy Efficiency Scheme: West Midlands, Assisted Suicide, Home Energy Efficiency Scheme, Child Support Agency, Cleaner Road Fuels
(based on written questions asked by James Plaskitt and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Pensions Bill Committee (18 out of n/a)
- Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Higher Education Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Savings (9 Jun 2009) has video
“I welcome my hon. Friend back to the Treasury; it is nice to see her in the team again. As my hon. Friend will know, the savings ratio tends to be geared to what is happening to house prices, so it is no surprise that now that we are seeing a house price deflation there is a recovery in household savings. At a time of low inflation, savers will be looking for good deals, and I welcome the...”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Low Incomes (2 Jun 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will take steps to enable local authorities with retained housing stock to increase the supply of social housing: and if she will make a statement.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Borders: Security (20 May 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many IRIS machines are installed at UK borders; how many were working throughout the first three months of 2009; how many instances of equipment failure have been recorded since the installation of these machines; and how many people have registered on the IRIS system.”
More of James Plaskitt's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — above 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 (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 88% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 32 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 80 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever James Plaskitt speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 263 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 24 Jun 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.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £22,884 (222nd) | £22,099 (joint 208th) | £20,809 | £20,899 (joint 201st) | £20,174 (234th) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £16,085 (162nd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £20,571 (213th) | £20,423 (joint 307th) | £20,864 | £19,314 (joint 120th) | £18,770 (282nd) | £18,234 (joint 1st) | £18,711 (210th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £90,096 (225th) | £87,293 (155th) | £83,217 | £70,336 (joint 324th) | £67,400 (366th) | £65,479 (256th) | £47,264 (271st) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,841 (177th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,615 (486th)* | £4,521 (491st)** | £4,054 | £6,699 (474th) | £6,518 (463rd) | £6,419 (joint 469th) | £5,042 (466th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £201 (joint 323rd) | £119 (368th) | £116 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £21 (455th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,953 (28th) | £2,804 (51st) | £1,537 | £3,556 (35th) | £1,859 (85th) | £1,228 (joint 239th) | £1,949 (78th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,042 (55th) | £7,218 (75th) | £5,165 | £12,621 (27th) | £5,748 (87th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,349 (joint 114th) | £1,180 (132nd) | £343 | £2,109 (joint 5th) | £2,109 (joint 1st) | £2,109 (joint 1st) | £2,109 (joint 1st) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £156,552 (155th) | £145,657 (163rd) | £136,105 | £135,534 (107th) | £122,578 (250th) | £113,191 (324th) | £91,181 (259th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,593 (150th). Rail £22 (579th).