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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
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jessica Morden voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. 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 removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. 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 moderately for equal gay rights. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Home Department, Work and Pensions, Wales, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Recycling, Severn River Crossing: Tolls, Road Traffic: Severn Bridge, Renewable Energy, Child Care Vouchers
(based on written questions asked by Jessica Morden and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Flood and Water Management Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Marriage (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (22 out of 24)
- 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)
- Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Farepak (2 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent steps the Government has taken to support Farepak customers; and if he will make a statement.”
- [Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Work Capability Assessments (1 Feb 2012)
“Does my hon. Friend agree that the problem with the work capability assessment is that it makes constituents who receive DLA extremely wary about the move to personal independence payments, because they see the same experience being repeated?”
- [Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Work Capability Assessments (1 Feb 2012)
“I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Does he, like me, see constituents who are caught in a cycle, in that they get zero points when they go for the work capability assessment, they wait seven months for an appeal, the decision is overturned and they immediately receive another letter asking them to take part in another round of assessments? Does he agree that the stress and...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 45 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 73 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 65.26% 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") 52 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).