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Jessica Morden
Labour MP for Newport East
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jessica Morden voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for 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: Transport, Wales, Home Department, Work and Pensions, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Recycling, Severn River Crossing, Severn River Crossing: Tolls, Domestic Visits, Road Traffic: Severn Bridge
(based on written questions asked by Jessica Morden and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Prisons (Property) bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Marriage (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Flood and Water Management Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (22 out of 24)
- Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Insurance (16 May 2013)
“What steps he is taking on flood insurance.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Insurance (16 May 2013)
“Home owners in flood-risk communities are becoming increasingly anxious about this Government’s failure to get a deal on flood insurance. Two hundred thousand properties in flood-risk areas face the prospect of either higher premiums or not getting insured at all. Extending the talks is fine, but when are we going to see a deal on this issue?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Disabled People (Welfare Policies) (15 May 2013)
“What assessment he has made of the effects of the Government’s welfare policies on disabled people in Wales.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 37 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 51 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 67.14% of votes in this 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 76 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £13,407 (458th) | £20,703 (367th) | £18,357 (439th) | £19,292 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £21,065 (171st) | £27,270 (24th) | £28,841 (29th) | £19,953 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £95,914 (303rd) | £89,512 (251st) | £77,988 (501st) | £74,129 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,394 (joint 173rd with 2 others) | £10,191 (114th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,363 (482nd)1 | £10,213 (212th)2 | £5,154 (460th)3 | £6,189 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £691 (108th) | £1,753 (33rd) | £728 (170th) | £1,262 | ||||
| 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 | £951 (613th) | £1,593 (77th) | £397 (572nd) | £1,201 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,708 (86th) | £1,045 (578th) | £2,378 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,117 (joint 470th with 1 other) | £1,082 (joint 276th with 17 others) | £1,082 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £146,785 (363rd) | £167,060 (30th) | £133,592 (406th) | £125,486 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £977 (500th). Rail £3,359 (269th). Misc £27 (222nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,788 (314th). Rail £6,813 (122nd). Misc £104 (155th). Other: European £508 (104th).