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Janet Dean

Labour MP for Burton


  • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
  • Majority: 1,421 votes. — 589th out of 643 MPs.

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 for 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

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership
  • 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)

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Ambulance Services (Crewe and Nantwich) (17 Jun 2009)

“Order. We must now move on to the next debate.”

St. Helena (17 Jun 2009)

“Order. We must move on to the next debate.”

Nimrod Project (20 May 2009)

“Will it help if I clarify how much time we have left? We started this debate early because the previous debate finished earlier than expected. We may have another vote. [Interruption.] My pager is buzzing away. We can go on until 5.24 pm.”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 84% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    Members of the Chairmen's Panel act for the Speaker when chairing things such as Public Bill Committees, and as such do not vote on Bills they are involved in chairing.
  • 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.
  • 64 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Janet Dean speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 74 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Nil

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.

Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Additional Costs Allowance£17,261 (457th) £18,011 (443rd) £14,701 £13,238 (519th) £15,370 (461st) £15,900 (500th) £11,601 (528th)
London Supplement£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Incidental Expenses Provision£11,816 (549th) £17,663 (488th) £20,311 £13,469 (543rd) £17,271 (518th) £13,745 (575th) £9,013 (548th)
Staffing Allowance£83,932 (443rd) £79,902 (450th) £72,846 £71,760 (263rd) £68,023 (joint 228th) £65,293 (279th) £51,758 (128th)
Communications Allowance£7,885 (336th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£5,004 (joint 464th)* £4,710 (482nd)** £3,671 £5,657 (512th) £5,025 (522nd) £5,519 (504th) £3,675 (532nd)
Members' Staff Travel£50 (joint 409th) £464 (231st) £0 £379 (305th) £534 (256th) £308 (331st) £528 (232nd)
Members' Spouse Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£1,216 (147th) £1,261 (joint 205th) £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) £1,140 £1,970 (joint 127th) £1,970 (joint 120th) £1,970 (joint 119th) £1,970 (joint 114th)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £4,078 (39th) £0
Total£131,574 (517th) £127,444 (489th) £116,935 £110,481 (541st) £112,671 (472nd) £108,200 (437th) £80,443 (480th)

* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (425th). Rail £3,324 (269th).

** Car £1,680 (455th). Rail £3,030 (262nd).