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Janet Dean
Labour MP for Burton
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 1,421 votes. — 589th 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 Janet Dean voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against 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 against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly 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, West Midlands Regional Select Committee (since 11 Nov 2009)
- Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
- Member, Home Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Education and Skills, Work and Pensions, Home Department, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Consultants, Kidney Patients: Medical Treatments, Pensioners, Gaming Machines, Primary Care Trusts
(based on written questions asked by Janet Dean and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Autism Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Chairman, Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- School Transport Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Pensions Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
- Carers (Equal Opportunities) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Local Government Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security (Students and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (25 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate she has made of the average annual cost of implementing the Social Security (Students and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008; and whether her Department received additional funding from the Exchequer to implement that Regulation; (2) what estimate she has made of the number of students who have received...”
- Back to Work Initiative (Wales) (13 Jan 2010)
“We now move on to the next debate, which is on the supervision and regulation of the IBM pension scheme. I inform hon. Members that the debate will finish at 5.19 pm.”
- Local Newspapers — [Mrs. Janet Dean in the Chair] (13 Jan 2010)
“Order. The debate is concluded, but there is a Division in the main Chamber. The sitting will be suspended for about 15 minutes if there is one Division, and 25 minutes if there are two. Sitting suspended for a Division in the House.”
More of Janet Dean's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 10 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 17 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 3 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 84% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
- 63 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Janet Dean speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 76 times in debates — well 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 (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 | £15,610 (417th) | £17,261 (457th) | £18,011 (443rd) | £14,701 | £13,238 (519th) | £15,370 (461st) | £15,900 (500th) | £11,601 (528th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,989 (431st) | £11,816 (549th) | £17,663 (488th) | £20,311 | £13,469 (543rd) | £17,271 (518th) | £13,745 (575th) | £9,013 (548th) |
| Staffing costs | £87,907 (481st) | £83,932 (443rd) | £79,902 (450th) | £72,846 | £71,760 (263rd) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £65,293 (279th) | £51,758 (128th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,443 (160th) | £7,885 (336th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,583 (466th)3 | £5,004 (joint 464th with 1 other)2 | £4,710 (482nd)1 | £3,671 | £5,657 (512th) | £5,025 (522nd) | £5,519 (504th) | £3,675 (532nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £276 (253rd) | £50 (joint 409th with 1 other) | £464 (231st) | £0 | £379 (305th) | £534 (256th) | £308 (331st) | £528 (232nd) |
| 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 | £6,099 (114th) | £1,216 (147th) | £1,261 (joint 205th with 1 other) | £1,261 | £1,115 (253rd) | £1,295 (159th) | £1,387 (189th) | £1,898 (85th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,938 (246th) | £4,150 (185th) | £3,005 | £2,893 (280th) | £3,183 (243rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,472 (29th) | £1,283 (joint 48th with 1 other) | £1,140 | £1,970 (joint 127th with 5 others) | £1,970 (joint 120th with 5 others) | £1,970 (joint 119th with 5 others) | £1,970 (joint 114th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £4,078 (39th) | £0 |
| Total | £139,906 (456th) | £131,574 (517th) | £127,444 (489th) | £116,935 | £110,481 (541st) | £112,671 (472nd) | £108,200 (437th) | £80,443 (480th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (425th). Rail £3,324 (269th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (404th). Rail £2,631 (306th). Other: Rail £32 (144th). European £240 (127th).