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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
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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 moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
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
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Prices (2 Jul 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what information his Department has on the number of energy supply company customers who are on social tariffs; and whether social tariffs are available to new customers of each of the energy supply companies.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Debts (30 Jun 2009)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the Government plan to introduce a (a) debt arrangement scheme and (b) low income low assets bankruptcy scheme.”
- Written Answers — Health: NHS Business Services Authority (30 Jun 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many full-time equivalent employees are employed by the NHS Business Services Authority in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne; (2) what his policy is on inviting in-house bids for IT applications and systems developments in the NHS Business Services Authority; (3) where the NHS Business Services Authority's (a) data centres and (b) service...”
More of Jim Cousins's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 120 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 2007, 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 225 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (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 | £9,649 (558th) | £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 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £17,111 (392nd) | £20,355 (327th) | £19,941 | £14,144 (523rd) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £17,972 (376th) | £20,488 (154th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £93,902 (84th) | £88,187 (111th) | £80,686 | £76,916 (107th) | £66,592 (391st) | £65,557 (242nd) | £42,732 (448th) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,057 (500th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £12,346 (136th)* | £9,582 (235th)** | £10,276 | £13,904 (177th) | £14,250 (169th) | £19,169 (59th) | £15,409 (66th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,423 (53rd) | £944 (135th) | £1,493 | £1,385 (133rd) | £1,047 (156th) | £1,517 (joint 94th) | £233 (joint 335th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £685 (165th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £982 (joint 230th) | £1,965 (101st) | £930 | £2,468 (74th) | £2,247 (47th) | £1,125 (joint 278th) | £1,319 (220th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,737 (266th) | £6,087 (102nd) | £1,669 | £4,253 (179th) | £6,151 (73rd) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,174 (joint 370th) | £1,039 (joint 363rd) | £0 | £1,961 (joint 170th) | £1,961 (joint 165th) | £1,961 (joint 163rd) | £1,961 (joint 156th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £3,566 (31st) | £1,623 | £0 | £49 (87th) | £11,280 (4th) | £4,834 (11th) |
| Total | £144,066 (371st) | £147,154 (133rd) | £130,395 | £135,418 (109th) | £130,252 (115th) | £131,893 (23rd) | £102,716 (59th) |
* 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).