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Jamie Reed
Labour MP for Copeland
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jamie Reed voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Communities and Local Government, Culture Media and Sport, Justice
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Avian Influenza, Digital Broadcasting: Copeland, Tourism, Agriculture: Subsidies, Health Services: Cumbria
(based on written questions asked by Jamie Reed and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Flood and Water Management Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Child Poverty Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Planning Bill Committee (14 out of 18)
- Energy Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (9 out of 14)
- Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Serious Crime Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Health Bill Committee (8 out of 12)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (16 out of 21)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Leveson Inquiry (25 Apr 2012)
“In the past 40 minutes I have watched the Prime Minister give the Secretary of State answers to the questions that he is being asked. Does the Secretary of State agree with the Prime Minister that the next great scandal in British politics is lobbying?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Nurse to Patient Ratio (27 Mar 2012)
“When I last asked the Minister from the Dispatch Box about the loss of 3,500 nursing posts, he told the House that that was “factually incorrect”. He was right, and I apologise: the actual figure, published last week, is 4,096. In what will surely be one of the Secretary of State’s final outings in his current post, before he is reshuffled to where he can do no further harm,...”
- Opposition Day: [Un-allotted Half Day] — Health and Social Care Bill (13 Mar 2012)
“At you.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 14 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 52.19% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 17 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 80 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £21,344 (237th) | £22,516 (264th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £23,498 (77th) | £23,508 (78th) | £27,604 (50th) | £25,570 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £95,442 (321st) | £91,022 (153rd) | £87,556 (142nd) | £59,493 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,460 (159th) | £9,354 (249th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £17,830 (38th)1 | £17,791 (35th)2 | £17,728 (30th)3 | £13,028 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £2,004 (19th) | £734 (142nd) | £1,226 (97th) | £1,211 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £25 (335th) | £454 (223rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £46 (98th) | £257 (55th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,818 (401st) | £690 (366th) | £511 (528th) | £615 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,210 (344th) | £1,416 (520th) | £1,993 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,051 (538th) | £937 (joint 502nd with 4 others) | £937 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £173,466 (49th) | £169,587 (18th) | £159,088 (26th) | £124,481 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,131 (360th). Rail £14,487 (6th). Air £429 (123rd). Misc £682 (56th). Other: Mileage £101 (45th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,611 (332nd). Rail £15,180 (3rd).
3 Car £3,690 (265th). Rail £8,383 (59th). Air £4,767 (74th). Other £888 (29th).
