• Labour MP for Lewisham West
• Majority: 9,932 votes. — 111th out of 631 MPs.
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How Jim Dowd voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted very 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

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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Health Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Transport, Home Department, Education and Skills, Culture Media and Sport

• 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)

Points of Order: Summer Adjournment (22 Jul 2008)

“I am taken aback at being called so early in the debate; like most Members, I am used to sitting here for a few hours before speaking. However, I am pleased and grateful to you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for calling me. As is traditional on these occasions, I want to mention issues affecting my constituency. I shall mention two matters, both of which I have raised in the past, although events have...”

Orders of the Day: Food Products (Marketing to Children) Bill (25 Apr 2008)

“We should make it plain that the Food and Drink Federation is not an impartial academic centre, but the mouthpiece of the very companies that the hon. Gentleman mentions, such as Mars, Nestlé and Kellogg's. He says that people will come to a conclusion on whether GDAs or traffic lights are easier to understand, but how does he respond to the work of the Consumers Association and the Food...”

Orders of the Day: Food Products (Marketing to Children) Bill (25 Apr 2008)

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

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• Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 88% of votes in parliament — well above 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.
• 110 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jim Dowd speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 31 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

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

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

^* Car £1,666 (460th). Rail £36 (567th).