• Labour MP for West Dunbartonshire
• Majority: 12,553 votes. — 121st out of 630 MPs.
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How John McFall voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted 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 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 moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Liaison Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
• Chairman, Treasury Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Treasury, Defence, Work and Pensions, Scotland, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Tax Avoidance, Naval Bases: Ambulance Services, Corporate Social Responsibility, Jobcentres, Tax

(based on written questions asked by John McFall and answered by departments)

Business of the House: Post Office Card Account (13 Nov 2008)

“In light of the equivocation from Opposition Members, I wish to welcome this proposal clearly and unambiguously on behalf of the Treasury Committee. Two years ago we called for the successor to the POCA to be run by the Post Office, so this is excellent news for rural and low-income communities. I have spoken to Post Office executives, and they believe that these funding proposals should be...”

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Poverty (5 Nov 2008) has video

“It is welcome that aid in the past 20 years has focused on health and education, but that was at the expense of agriculture, and this year already an additional 100 million people in the developing world have been pushed into poverty. What adaptation is the Under-Secretary making to the overseas development programme, particularly on the issue of water security, which will undoubtedly be the...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Small Businesses (30 Oct 2008) has video

“The Chancellor, along with the Governor of the Bank of England and the chairman of the Financial Services Authority, has kindly agreed to come along to the Treasury Committee's banking crisis inquiry on Monday. We asked the public what questions they would like to ask the Chancellor, the Governor and the chairman of the FSA, and more than 1,500 e-mails have been received. One big issue is...”

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• Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (1 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 78% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 comments on this MP's speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 53 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever John McFall speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 174 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £6,037 (73rd). Rail £1,602 (371st). Air £10,300 (39th).