• Labour MP for Copeland
• PPS (Rt Hon Tony McNulty, Minister of State), Home Office (since 26 Jul 2007)
• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 6,320 votes. — 299th out of 631 MPs.
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How Jamie Reed voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on 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 very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on equal gay rights. 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.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Culture Media and Sport, Education and Skills

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Avian Influenza, Digital Broadcasting: Copeland, Tourism, Agriculture: Subsidies, Industrial Diseases: Compensation

(based on written questions asked by Jamie Reed and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Health: Hospices: Finance (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what funding his Department is providing for hospice care within the NHS in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; (2) what funding his Department is providing for hospice care in the voluntary sector in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.”

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iran: Guided Weapons (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with middle eastern governments on the testing of long range Iranian missiles.”

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iran: Guided Weapons (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what communications he has had with the Iranian government on the testing of its long range missiles.”

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• Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 111 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 83% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 9 comments 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.
• 104 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jamie Reed speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 27 times in debates — well below 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 £3,690 (265th). Rail £8,383 (59th). Air £4,767 (74th). Other £888 (29th).