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Jeremy Browne
Liberal Democrat MP for Taunton Deane

• Also represented Taunton
• Minister of State (South East Asia/Far East, Caribbean, Central/South America, Australasia and Pacific), Foreign and Commonwealth Office (since 13 May 2010) (note about dates)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

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• Voting record
• Topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Jeremy Browne voted on key issues:

• Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
• Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
• Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
• Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
• Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted for equal gay rights. votes
• Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
• Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Health, Transport, Communities and Local Government, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Information Officers, Departmental NDPBs, Departmental Travel, Departmental Advertising, Departmental Vehicles

(based on written questions asked by Jeremy Browne and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Saving Gateway Accounts Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Finance Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
• Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (20 out of 24)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (9 out of 9)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Australia: Anniversaries (9 Feb 2012)

“The centenary of Canberra will be an important event for all Australians. The Australian Capital Territory has implemented a Canberra 100 taskforce to oversee the celebrations throughout 2013. At this early stage, representatives from our high commission in Canberra are in discussions with the Canberra 100 organising committee, and will participate in commemorative events involving the...”

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Burma (9 Feb 2012)

“The use of child soldiers continues to be a problem in the Burmese military and some armed ethnic groups. Many children continue to work, largely due to poverty, and there remains no code of conduct to protect working children. There is little protection under the law for how children are treated within the Burmese police justice system. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth...”

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Burma (9 Feb 2012)

“During his visit to Burma in January of this year, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) heard first-hand the concerns and aspirations of different ethnic minorities, including the Shan, Kachin, Karen, Karenni, Chin, Mon, Rakhine and Rohingya communities. Our ambassador regularly meets Burmese Ministers in...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 54.45% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 378 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register

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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.

¹ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,513 (316th). Rail £6,133 (138th). Misc £10 (244th).

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,344 (359th). Rail £5,997 (152nd).

³ Car £2,038 (424th). Rail £4,794 (185th). European £650 (76th).