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Jo Swinson
Liberal Democrat MP for East Dunbartonshire
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jo Swinson voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Mental Illness, Departmental Manpower, Embassies, Departmental Televisions, Mental Health
(based on written questions asked by Jo Swinson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Postal Services Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
- Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- London Olympics Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Syria (6 Feb 2012)
“Russia is inflicting a double blow on the Syrian people through its UN veto and by continuing the $1.5 billion of arms sales to Assad’s regime, which enables the killing and maiming to continue. If the moral and humanitarian argument cannot get through, will the Foreign Secretary emphasise to his Russian counterpart that it is not in Russia’s strategic and economic interests, with...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Child Detention (UK Ports) (6 Feb 2012)
“What assessment she has made of child detention for immigration purposes on arrival at UK ports; and if she will make a statement.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Child Detention (UK Ports) (6 Feb 2012)
“I thank the Minister for his reply and warmly welcome the Government’s efforts to end the detention of children in immigration removal centres such as Dungavel in Scotland. As he has said, some detention of children at ports and airports is necessary, and the average period of detention for children is currently about 10 hours. What is the Home Office doing to minimise the amount of...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 74 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 111 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- 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 80.69% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 300 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £19,859 (291st) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £18,590 (434th) | £18,382 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £21,262 (160th) | £18,618 (315th) | £25,643 (83rd) | £19,013 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £78,518 (581st) | £90,410 (203rd) | £80,012 (444th) | £63,016 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £9,286 (292nd) | £5,557 (434th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £13,246 (103rd)1 | £14,130 (99th)2 | £11,981 (136th)3 | £9,072 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £693 (106th) | £611 (173rd) | £733 (169th) | £1,098 | ||||
| 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 | £2,512 (439th) | £693 (joint 362nd with 1 other) | £832 (joint 349th with 1 other) | £1,131 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,937 (247th) | £2,435 (348th) | £3,504 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,202 (joint 323rd with 1 other) | £1,166 (joint 151st with 11 others) | £1,166 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £145,377 (379th) | £157,241 (137th) | £141,392 (254th) | £116,382 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,362 (456th). Rail £3,409 (265th). Air £6,677 (56th). Misc £1,249 (23rd). Other: Rail £183 (87th). European £366 (117th).
2 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).
3 Car £2,469 (369th). Rail £2,829 (274th). Air £6,683 (69th).