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Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Jim Cousins voted on key issues since 2001:

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Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership
  • Member, Treasury Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Treasury, Work and Pensions, Education and Skills, Health, Home Department

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Staff, Iraq, Departmental Officials, Departmental Contracts, Pension Credit

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Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to propose changes to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and if he will make a statement.”

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Post Office Card Account: Newcastle upon Tyne (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much and what proportion of each type of state benefit payable to residents in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne was paid into Post Office card accounts in each of the last five years.”

Written Answers — Treasury: Northern Rock (21 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether (a) he and (b) another of the tripartite authorities has conducted an inquiry into the leak of the offer of emergency assistance to Northern Rock on 13 September 2007.”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 166 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
  • Is a member of 1 select committee.
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 73% of votes in parliament — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 1 comment on this MP's speeches — well 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.
  • 102 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jim Cousins speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 55 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

Type2006/07 (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£15,429 (500th)£13,777£20,387 (283rd)£19,156 (312th)£13,312 (554th)£15,740 (joint 232nd)
London Supplement£0£0£0£0£0£0
Incidental Expenses Provision£20,355 (327th)£19,941£14,144 (523rd)£18,799 (joint 13th)£17,972 (376th)£20,488 (154th)
Staffing Allowance£88,187 (111th)£80,686£76,916 (107th)£66,592 (391st)£65,557 (242nd)£42,732 (448th)
Members' Travel£9,582 (235th)*£10,276£13,904 (177th)£14,250 (169th)£19,169 (59th)£15,409 (66th)
Members' Staff Travel£944 (135th)£1,493£1,385 (133rd)£1,047 (156th)£1,517 (joint 94th)£233 (joint 335th)
Centrally Purchased Stationery£1,965 (101st)£930£2,468 (74th)£2,247 (47th)£1,125 (joint 278th)£1,319 (220th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£6,087 (102nd)£1,669£4,253 (179th)£6,151 (73rd)N/AN/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,039 (joint 363rd)£0£1,961 (joint 170th)£1,961 (joint 165th)£1,961 (joint 163rd)£1,961 (joint 156th)
Other Costs£3,566 (31st)£1,623£0£49 (87th)£11,280 (4th)£4,834 (11th)
Total£147,154 (133rd)£130,395£135,418 (109th)£130,252 (115th)£131,893 (23rd)£102,716 (59th)

* Car £2,675 (349th). 3rd party £28 (49th). Rail £4,618 (193rd). Air £2,221 (95th). Other £40 (61st).