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Jim Cousins

Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central

• Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
• Majority: 3,982 votes. — 452nd out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Jim Cousins voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very 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 strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. 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.

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, Pension Credit, Departmental Contracts

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Company Law Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Banking Reform (3 Nov 2009)

“The Chancellor is asking the British taxpayer to guarantee £280 billion-worth of RBS loans. How much of that is outside Britain?”

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Bank Liabilities (3 Nov 2009)

“What the liabilities will be of the proposed (a) good and (b) bad banks to be formed from Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Bank Liabilities (3 Nov 2009)

“I thank the Chancellor for that answer, but he will know that many thousands of home owners are likely to be left behind with the £50 billion to £60 billion in the old Northern Rock mortgage book. They are not well off, and they are not rubbish, as Opposition Members are so keen to say. What sort of future, and what sort of mortgage deal, will they have?”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 118 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 71% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 90 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jim Cousins speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 227 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,322 (362nd). Rail £5,957 (155th). Air £3,967 (74th). Misc £100 (162nd).

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