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Jamie Reed
Labour MP for Copeland
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- 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 a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. 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 very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. 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
- Upcoming Business – Commons: Westminster Hall (8 Feb 2012)
“Future of small rural schools – Jamie Reed. ”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Radioactive Waste: Scotland (24 Jan 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will take steps to delay all movements of radioactive materials from Scotland to England for the purposes of long-term storage or disposal until policies are developed which will ensure the return of those materials to Scotland in the event of Scottish independence.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Radioactive Waste: Scotland (24 Jan 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Scottish Government, (b) HM Treasury and (c) the Prime Minister with regard to the transportation of Scottish radioactive wastes to England.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 56 written questions in the last year — above 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 52.78% 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") 77 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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).