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John Penrose

Conservative MP for Weston-Super-Mare

• Shadow Minister (Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform), Business (since 27 Jul 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 2,079 votes. — 564th 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 John Penrose voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on 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 moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (since 10 Aug 2009)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Home Department, Health, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Education and Skills

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Members: Correspondence, Speed Cameras, National Employer Training Programme, Consumer Credit: Licensing, Departmental Finance

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

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Equality Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Rights of Savers Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Companies House: Standards (10 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what targets Companies House set for the time taken to process electronic incorporations in (a) July, (b) August, (c) September and (d) October 2009; how many such incorporations were not dealt with within the target time in each such month; and what steps Companies House has taken to deal with such...”

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Departmental Finance (10 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department (a) has spent since its inception and (b) plans to spend in 2010-11 on market research to improve the usability of its website.”

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Departmental Finance (10 Nov 2009)

“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department (a) has spent since its inception and (b) plans to spend in 2010-11 on (i) the design of its website and (ii) other market research for promotional purposes.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 77 written questions in the last year — above 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 71% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 22 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
• 105 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever John Penrose speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 68 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 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 £1,480 (465th). Rail £2,969 (292nd). Misc £13 (244th).

^** Car £1,548 (478th). Rail £2,473 (299th). Other £12 (69th).