• Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central
• Majority: 3,982 votes. — 444th out of 631 MPs.
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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Recent appearances
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• Register of Members’ Interests
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How Jim Cousins voted on key issues since 2001:

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

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.

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

(based on written questions asked by Jim Cousins and answered by departments)

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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• 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?)

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Register last updated: 22 Jul 2008. More about the Register

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

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