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Jennifer Willott

Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central

• Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (since 8 Jan 2009)


• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 5,593 votes. — 366th 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 Jennifer Willott voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly 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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Public Administration Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Work and Pensions, Home Department, Justice, Health, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental ICT, Departmental Pensions, Departmental Sick Leave, Genetics: Databases, Departmental Vetting

(based on written questions asked by Jennifer Willott and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Coroners and Justice Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Jobseeker's Allowance (2 Jul 2009)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate her Department has made of the average distance between the home of a jobseeker's allowance claimant and the nearest Jobcentre Plus office; and if she will make a statement.”

Archer Inquiry (1 Jul 2009)

“We were speaking about the treatment of people with hepatitis C and how it differs from that of those who have contracted HIV. I would be grateful if the Minister told us why people with hepatitis C are treated differently from those with HIV—both conditions are debilitating and life-threatening and have caused severe financial hardship for those affected. This tragedy has already...”

Archer Inquiry (1 Jul 2009)

“I am grateful to have secured this debate about the Archer inquiry into contaminated blood and blood products. I should like to put it on record that I am sincerely grateful to Lord Archer's team for its informed and reasoned assessment of the situation. Lord Archer himself did not apportion blame. His focus, and mine today, was the treatment of the victims of this appalling tragedy. Some...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 809 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (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 73% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
• 77 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jennifer Willott speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 65 times in debates — well below 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: Mileage £1,992 (389th). Rail £2,532 (321st). Misc £406 (79th).

^** Car £2,923 (328th). Rail £1,093 (411th). Air £102 (235th). Other £12 (69th).