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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

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): Departmental Manpower, Embassies, Mental Illness, Departmental Televisions, Departmental Data Protection

(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

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

“I very much agree with my hon. Friend about the need to keep the temperature rise to 2°. Does he share my concern that even with stretching targets such as an 80 per cent. reduction by 2015, even with the things that currently seem politically difficult to deliver, that only gives us, according to the science, a 50 per cent. chance of keeping it under 2°, which is already a pretty...”

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

“I am listening with great interest, and I am enjoying the Secretary of State's speech. In terms of these negotiations and the need to deal with the entrenched positions and get positive movement, it is vital that world leaders attend as well as people like himself— [Interruption.] That comment came out wrong. I am therefore very pleased that the Prime Minister has said he will go to...”

Business of the House (5 Nov 2009)

“As of this week, the footage and clips of what is going on here in Parliament are easily available to search and view on the excellent BBC Democracy Live website, so that the people out there can see the business of the House. The ability to share those clips with their friends or on their own websites is available for the European Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly and...”

More of Jo Swinson's recent appearances

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 67 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 249 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 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 71% 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.
• 86 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jo Swinson speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 224 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 28 Oct 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).