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Kevin Brennan
Labour MP for Cardiff West
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Kevin Brennan voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Wales, Work and Pensions, Education, Home Department, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): NM Rothschild and Sons Ltd, King Edward VIII, Members: Correspondence, Medical Services, Adoption
(based on written questions asked by Kevin Brennan and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law Of Succession) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Education Bill Committee (22 out of 22)
- Live Music Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Finance Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Electoral Administration Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Pensions Bill Committee (17 out of 22)
- Health Protection Agency Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Water Bill Committee (8 out of 11)
- State Pension Credit Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Finance Bill Committee (9 out of 16)
- Adoption and Children Bill Committee (21 out of 23)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Topical Questions (7 Feb 2012)
“I understand that at this morning’s Cabinet meeting the Culture Secretary gave the Deputy Prime Minister for Dickens day a copy of “Oliver Twist”. Did his Tory Cabinet colleagues then burst into a chorus of, “Consider yourself one of us”?”
- [Martin Caton in the Chair] — Intellectual Property (7 Feb 2012)
“Of course my hon. Friend makes a valid point about criminalising everyone’s children, but is not the issue that powerful business interests effectively direct those who are searching for something on the internet to illegal sites that do not just copy the odd thing, but are factories for ripping off people’s intellectual property rights; and that if companies such as Google were...”
- [Martin Caton in the Chair] — Intellectual Property (7 Feb 2012)
“With your permission, Mr Caton, I have just googled “Empire State of Mind” by Alicia Keys and Jay-Z, and the first five results offered a free download of that track on Google. Why does a Google search not direct people to a legal site where they could purchase the track?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 101 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 27 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74.40% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 26 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 364 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
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 – 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 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,312 (131st) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £13,703 (518th) | £12,017 | £12,991 (527th) | £13,965 (493rd) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,366 (456th) | £10,708 (575th) | £20,252 (337th) | £20,000 | £15,998 (445th) | £15,384 (562nd) | £16,311 (507th) | £16,004 (309th) |
| Staffing costs | £69,617 (612th) | £72,918 (598th) | £84,764 (302nd) | £78,211 | £64,156 (561st) | £43,949 (651st) | £61,360 (481st) | £37,179 (562nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £11,454 (114th) | £7,618 (346th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,342 (277th)1 | £8,455 (277th)2 | £9,013 (271st)3 | £8,848 | £11,007 (306th) | £7,666 (413th) | £7,600 (424th) | £6,670 (384th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £101 (joint 340th with 1 other) | £767 (138th) | £2,031 (41st) | £1,791 | £792 (220th) | £472 (273rd) | £1,070 (158th) | £1,204 (113th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,906 (52nd) | £1,208 (109th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £456 (39th) | £251 (58th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,576 (431st) | £281 (joint 590th with 2 others) | £387 (577th) | £596 | £499 (503rd) | £482 (521st) | £596 (525th) | £894 (377th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,250 (521st) | £1,498 (joint 500th with 1 other) | £2,039 | £1,835 (432nd) | £1,336 (510th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,061 (joint 527th with 3 others) | £872 (581st) | £0 | £1,968 (joint 134th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 127th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 126th with 11 others) | £1,968 (joint 121st with 10 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £132,130 (528th) | £127,600 (555th) | £132,520 (423rd) | £123,502 | £109,246 (556th) | £85,222 (644th) | £108,627 (422nd) | £81,928 (458th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,617 (421st). Rail £6,718 (115th). Misc £7 (246th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,589 (452nd). Rail £6,866 (119th).