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Jim Dowd
Labour MP for Lewisham West
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
- Majority: 9,932 votes. — 110th 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 Dowd voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against 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 for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted for 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
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Health Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Transport, Home Department, Culture Media and Sport, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Animal Welfare, Nurses: Training, General Practitioners, Mini-Motos, Electronic Registration (Secondary Schools)
(based on written questions asked by Jim Dowd and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: Crime: Motor Vehicles (1 Jun 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps are being taken to tackle car cloning in London.”
- Written Answers — Health: Influenza (15 May 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of cases of influenza in the UK in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available.”
- [Janet Anderson in the Chair] — NHS Next Stage Review (14 May 2009)
“Before my right hon. Friend gets too far away from the spelling of polyclinic, I am sure that he will recall that, when we were looking for a definition of polyclinic during our inquiry, someone offered the idea that it is where one goes when one is as sick as a parrot.”
More of Jim Dowd'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 6 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 85% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above 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") 112 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 24 Jun 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.
| 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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| London Supplement | £2,812 (joint 1st) | £2,712 (joint 1st) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £1,574 (joint 1st) | £1,527 (joint 1st) | £1,227 (joint 1st) |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £22,723 (99th) | £21,683 (199th) | £20,912 | £19,325 (joint 11th) | £18,797 (joint 205th) | £18,206 (joint 263rd) | £18,360 (224th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £88,998 (274th) | £85,599 (272nd) | £83,169 | £77,534 (joint 77th) | £74,985 (joint 8th) | £72,310 (joint 1st) | £48,023 (243rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,701 (203rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,782 (556th)* | £1,702 (597th)** | £1,639 | £2,431 (603rd) | £2,485 (603rd) | £2,542 (603rd) | £1,773 (605th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | 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 | £611 (426th) | £1,189 (227th) | £476 | £555 (joint 474th) | £616 (452nd) | £573 (539th) | £705 (joint 451st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,277 (329th) | £4,886 (139th) | £1,630 | £1,372 (joint 512th) | £1,234 (522nd) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,261 (joint 240th) | £1,058 (joint 320th) | £0 | £1,979 (joint 105th) | £1,979 (joint 98th) | £1,979 (joint 97th) | £1,979 (joint 94th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £131,165 (joint 524th) | £118,829 (562nd) | £110,439 | £104,814 (588th) | £101,670 (588th) | £97,137 (568th) | £72,067 (576th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,607 (448th). Rail £19 (580th). Other: European £1,156 (42nd).