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Jane Kennedy

Labour MP for Liverpool, Wavertree

• Also represented Liverpool Broadgreen


• Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
• Majority: 5,173 votes. — 382nd out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Jane Kennedy voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against 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 very strongly 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 for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately 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, Environmental Audit Committee (since 13 Jan 2009)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Communities and Local Government, Northern Ireland

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Liverpool City Council, Southern Lebanon, Community Policing: Liverpool, Four Wheeled-drive Cars, Community Care

(based on written questions asked by Jane Kennedy and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (23 out of n/a)
• Health Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Police (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Hunting Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
• Private Security Industry Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Dairy Farmers of Britain (2 Jul 2009)

“What a pleasure it is to see you in the Chair, Mr. Speaker. May I ask my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to pass on my welcome to my two colleagues who have joined him on the Front Bench? Food and food production are far too important to be left entirely to the advocacy of Members with rural constituencies. They are of importance to everyone. I noted my right hon. Friend's response...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (2 Jul 2009) has video

“May I urge my right hon. Friend to hold to his intention of responding to the consultation on the so-called replacement insecticide with a voluntary scheme that will be workable and achievable and which will demonstrate our willingness to trust the farming community, which shares our concerns about the impact of agriculture on the environment?”

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change (4 Jun 2009)

“The Government and the devolved Administrations recently announced the appointment of Lord John Krebs as the Chair of the Adaptation Sub-Committee to the Committee on Climate Change. As the Chair of the Sub-Committee, Lord Krebs will also sit on the main committee. The UK Government and the devolved Administrations are in the process of appointing five to eight board members to serve on the...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 75% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 78 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jane Kennedy speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 557 times in debates — above 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.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £10,374 (44th). Misc £350 (86th).

^** Car £866 (541st). 3rd party £8 (59th). Rail £7,445 (81st). Air £884 (120th). Other £18 (65th).