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Jo Swinson

Liberal Democrat MP for East Dunbartonshire

• Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister (since 8 Jan 2009)


• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 4,061 votes. — 496th 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 Jo Swinson voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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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

Select Committee membership

• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (since 13 Jul 2007)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Culture Media and Sport, Work and Pensions, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Mental Illness, Embassies, Departmental Televisions, Departmental Data Protection, Databases (Security Breaches)

(based on written questions asked by Jo Swinson and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• London Olympics Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

[Mr. Eric Illsley in the Chair] — European Commission Annual Policy Strategy (2 Jul 2009)

“If that is the case—as the Minister suggests, it will be difficult to cut our carbon emissions without nuclear technology—is it not an admission of the Government's failure in the past 12 years to invest sufficiently and to push alternatives, energy efficiency and renewable technologies? We are still not a world leader. Does that suggest that the Government have not had the...”

[Mr. Eric Illsley in the Chair] — European Commission Annual Policy Strategy (2 Jul 2009)

“I am very pleased to serve under your chairmanship once again, Mr. Illsley, with a small but select group of MPs. The document that we are discussing is, like many—perhaps most—European strategy documents, more of a statement of priorities than a fully worked out strategy. Some mention has been made of its length. I welcome the fact that, at just 11 pages, it is admirably brief....”

[Mr. Eric Illsley in the Chair] — European Commission Annual Policy Strategy (2 Jul 2009)

“There are certainly huge similarities between the two, but, in its very nature, the Lisbon treaty is not a constitution. It is an amending treaty. It does not delete and rip up all the previous treaties, which a constitution would have done, so it is different from that point of view. Also, some concessions were negotiated by the UK Government. As such, the treaty does not represent a step...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 61 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 246 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 70% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 31 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
• 85 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jo Swinson speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 209 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

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.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,318 (485th). Rail £3,288 (271st). Air £7,955 (59th). Misc £1,527 (14th). Other: Rail £42 (159th).

^** Car £2,469 (369th). Rail £2,829 (274th). Air £6,683 (69th).