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John Howell
Conservative MP for Henley
- Entered Parliament on 27 June 2008 — Byelection
- Majority: 10,116 votes. — 131st out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Howell voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. 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
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, Work and Pensions Committee (since 15 Jul 2008)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Communities and Local Government, Work and Pensions, Health, Justice, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Planning Permission: Appeals, Ordnance Survey, Witnesses, Housing: Low Incomes, Townlands Hospital
(based on written questions asked by John Howell and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Child Poverty Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
- Saving Gateway Accounts Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Equality Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
- Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (3 Feb 2010) has video
“I spoke in a similar debate a year ago when we discussed the previous financial settlement. I struggle to see where the massive improvement that the Secretary of State talked about in his opening remarks has come from. Instead, there is greater uncertainty, and the attitude of central Government to local government during this year can be described only in terms of a master-servant...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Local Government Finance (3 Feb 2010) has video
“The hon. Gentleman makes some powerful points with which I agree. The Local Government Association has done some survey work showing that a large majority of people think that councillors should have the ability to make financial decisions. If anybody is to cut anything in their own area, they believe that it should be local councillors, who stood for their position, and over whom they have a...”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Flood Control: Finance (1 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have made submissions to his Department for funding under the Bellwin Scheme as a result of the recent severe weather conditions; and what estimates have been provided of the amount each is likely to claim under the scheme.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 37 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 72% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
- 48 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever John Howell speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 52 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. More about the Register