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Jim Fitzpatrick

Labour MP for Poplar & Canning Town

• Minister of State (Minister for Food, Farming and Environment), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (since 10 Jun 2009)


• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
• Majority: 7,129 votes. — 314th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Jim Fitzpatrick voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against 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 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 very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately 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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Planning Bill Committee (18 out of n/a)
• Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (21 out of n/a)
• Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
• Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Adoption and Children Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Agriculture (16 Jul 2009)

“The growing season is the period of time each year during which plants can grow. The thermal growing season length is defined as beginning when the temperature on five consecutive days exceeds 5° C and ending when the temperature on five consecutive days is below that threshold. Meteorological Office information shows that the average length of growing season in central England was (a)...”

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Agriculture (16 Jul 2009)

“We constantly strive to maximise the positive and mitigate the negative effects of all agricultural production by working closely with industry to ensure our food is produced in a sustainable and affordable way. We are also keen to maintain a thriving farming and food sector which can improve its net impact on a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. For example, in...”

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Origin Marking: Israel (16 Jul 2009)

“Following the meeting on 31 March, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is currently working with other Departments including the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, HM Revenue and Customs, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Food Standards Agency with the intention to carrying out a public consultation on the labelling of produce from the Occupied...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high 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 37 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 343 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 8 Jul 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.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £550 (485th).

^** Rail £143 (539th).