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Jane Kennedy
Labour MP for Liverpool, Wavertree
- Also represented Liverpool Broadgreen
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 5,173 votes. — 384th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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 moderately 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, Communities and Local Government, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 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)
- Private Security Industry Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Hunting Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Food Labelling (4 Feb 2010) has video
“Will my hon. Friend give my greetings to the taskforce, and will he come shopping with me when I visit my local Sainsbury's, Aldi, Tesco and Co-op? [ Interruption. ] If there were a Waitrose I would shop there, too. All those supermarkets now have on their shelves products across the whole range that have their origin on the label, in some cases including the county of origin. No discerning...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (4 Feb 2010)
“David Taylor's absence this morning is indeed marked. Does the Secretary of State agree that the quality of the farmed environment is as important to those of us who live in cities as it is to those who are fortunate enough to live and work in the countryside? Will he give us a progress report on the campaign for the farmed environment?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iran (19 Jan 2010) has video
“Is it not true that the Iranian regime rejected a visit of Members of the European Parliament recently for fear that they might meet opposition politicians in Iran? [ Interruption. ] Will my right hon. Friend extend an invitation to opposition members in Iran to visit Britain to visit him as Foreign Secretary and will he offer the opportunity to Members of this Parliament to meet them?”
More of Jane Kennedy's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 1 written question 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 low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 67% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below 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") 569 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 – 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 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,574 (110th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £18,880 (426th) | £21,634 | £17,674 (408th) | £13,016 (519th) | £17,200 (460th) | £16,800 (101st) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £18,209 (299th) | £20,253 (228th) | £22,977 (157th) | £16,730 | £19,008 (joint 237th with 1 other) | £12,249 (613th) | £17,879 (392nd) | £15,810 (322nd) |
| Staffing costs | £99,527 (182nd) | £92,947 (104th) | £83,367 (357th) | £87,079 | £66,041 (523rd) | £64,273 (joint 458th with 31 others) | £60,683 (507th) | £49,618 (196th) |
| Communications Allowance | £5,628 (462nd) | £405 (592nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,412 (154th)3 | £10,724 (199th)2 | £9,221 (258th)1 | £9,397 | £7,980 (joint 421st with 1 other) | £2,979 (590th) | £2,415 (608th) | £1,173 (624th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £334 (joint 217th with 2 others) | £329 (264th) | £0 | £837 | £1,642 (104th) | £115 (413th) | £0 | £240 (332nd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,839 (398th) | £537 (466th) | £474 (540th) | £511 | £395 (555th) | £421 (555th) | £696 (472nd) | £423 (580th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £765 (594th) | £747 (605th) | £1,040 | £280 (joint 637th with 1 other) | £1,172 (532nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,371 (joint 92nd with 1 other) | £1,168 (joint 147th with 2 others) | £0 | £1,908 (joint 282nd with 3 others) | £1,908 (joint 278th with 3 others) | £1,908 (joint 275th with 3 others) | £1,908 (joint 258th with 3 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £1,563 (67th) | £604 (70th) | £0 | £4,804 (40th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £161,524 (171st) | £151,977 (236th) | £137,438 (331st) | £137,228 | £121,350 (371st) | £97,707 (608th) | £102,308 (520th) | £87,199 (361st) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £10,374 (44th). Misc £350 (86th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £11,188 (32nd). Air £78 (161st). Misc £146 (145th).
1 Car £866 (541st). 3rd party £8 (59th). Rail £7,445 (81st). Air £884 (120th). Other £18 (65th).