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Lyn Brown
Labour MP for West Ham
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lyn Brown voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. 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, Education, Health, International Development
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Sri Lanka, Private Finance Initiative, Nepal, Democratic Republic of Congo, NHS Finance
(based on written questions asked by Lyn Brown and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Equality Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Crossrail Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (16 out of 17)
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
- Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
- London Olympics Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Equality Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Correspondence (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average time taken was by her Department to reply to correspondence from hon. Members and Peers in the last 12 months; and for what proportion of letters it took longer than (a) one month, (b) six weeks, (c) two months, (d) three months and (e) six months for a response to be sent in that period.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (8 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households in (a) West Ham constituency and (b) the London borough of Newham received funding through Warm Front in each of the last 10 years; and how much funding was provided in each of those years.”
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Dangerous Dogs (6 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) letters and (b) e-mails on dangerous dogs she has received from (a) hon. Members, (b) peers and (c) others in the last 12 months.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 91 written questions in the last year — above 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 72.55% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 68 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £21,595 (227th) | £15,889 (481st) | £7,370 (576th) | £0 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £1,830 (48th) | £2,360 | ||||
| Office running costs | £15,031 (428th) | £20,358 (222nd) | £21,465 (215th) | £16,428 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £105,030 (54th) | £93,109 (100th) | £83,937 (338th) | £78,533 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £7,053 (403rd) | £3,255 (520th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £474 (628th)1 | £253 (630th)2 | £1,103 (613th)3 | £3,667 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| 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 | £6,978 (joint 32nd with 2 others) | £1,858 (41st) | £1,495 (162nd) | £1,285 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,891 (68th) | £6,147 (100th) | £3,238 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £924 (joint 606th with 1 other) | £899 (565th) | £555 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £156,160 (250th) | £140,537 (410th) | £124,246 (517th) | £106,066 |
1 Other: European £474 (101st).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £137 (581st). Other: Rail £116 (108th).