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Jim Dowd
Labour MP for Lewisham West and Penge
- Also represented Lewisham West
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jim Dowd voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Home Department, Transport, Business, Innovation and Skills, Culture Media and Sport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Copyright, Cancer: Health Services, Copyright: Education, Theft: Mobile Phones, Animal Welfare
(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 3)
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (17 out of 23)
Most recent appearances
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“Does my hon. Friend accept that another facet of the spiralling cost of rent, particularly across London, is the increased pressure it is putting on social housing and local authorities? I am sure that she, like me and many other MPs for London and for other parts of the country, is visited by more and more people asking for assistance with regard to social housing on the grounds of cost.”
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“I am delighted to have the opportunity to make a few comments on the Queen’s Speech. This is the third anniversary of the formation of this particular coalition, and this Queen’s Speech is the penultimate one, with only one more to go—Hallelujah! What is most remarkable about this Queen’s Speech is how thin it is, and how it is dominated by two particular elements. The...”
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“I am grateful for your guidance, Mr. Speaker, as, indeed, I always am. I think that this also reflects the enduring resentment among Conservative Members, and their failure to appreciate that they did not win the last election. They try to behave as if they did, and they try to believe that they can simply have their way in this matter, but that is not the situation that the electorate gave...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 15 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 12 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 69.18% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — 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") 150 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £21,226 (161st) | £22,723 (99th) | £21,683 (199th) | £20,912 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,797 (joint 205th with 7 others) | £18,206 (joint 263rd with 2 others) | £18,360 (224th) |
| Staffing costs | £101,172 (120th) | £88,998 (274th) | £85,599 (272nd) | £83,169 | £77,534 (joint 77th with 6 others) | £74,985 (joint 8th with 27 others) | £72,310 (joint 1st with 23 others) | £48,023 (243rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £8,518 (338th) | £9,701 (203rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £2,843 (550th)1 | £2,782 (556th)2 | £1,702 (597th)3 | £1,639 | £2,431 (603rd) | £2,485 (603rd) | £2,542 (603rd) | £1,773 (605th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,783 (joint 406th with 1 other) | £611 (426th) | £1,189 (227th) | £476 | £555 (joint 474th with 2 others) | £616 (452nd) | £573 (539th) | £705 (joint 451st with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,277 (329th) | £4,886 (139th) | £1,630 | £1,372 (joint 512th with 1 other) | £1,234 (522nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,261 (joint 240th with 6 others) | £1,058 (joint 320th with 22 others) | £0 | £1,979 (joint 105th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 98th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 97th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 94th with 8 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £139,458 (464th) | £131,165 (joint 524th with 1 other) | £118,829 (562nd) | £110,439 | £104,814 (588th) | £101,670 (588th) | £97,137 (568th) | £72,067 (576th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,402 (450th). Rail £57 (570th). Other: European £1,384 (32nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,607 (448th). Rail £19 (580th). Other: European £1,156 (42nd).