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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
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Lyn Brown voted on key issues:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
• Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. 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
• Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
• Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. 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 moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
• Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes

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• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Health, International Development, Education

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Correspondence, Sri Lanka, Private Finance Initiative, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nepal

(based on written questions asked by Lyn Brown and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• 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)
• Equality Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (16 out of 17)
• Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crossrail Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• 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)
• Equality Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• 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)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Transport: Cycling (21 May 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government is taking to encourage commuters to cycle to work.”

Jobs and Business (10 May 2013)

“Is my hon. Friend as confused as I am that the Government cannot see that their policies over the past three years have caused the economy to flatline? Why does she think they will take no responsibility?”

Jobs and Business (10 May 2013)

“What did my hon. Friend think of the Olympic ticketing system? That seemed to work quite well.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 92 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 75.83% 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") 86 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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.

¹ Other: European £474 (101st).

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £137 (581st). Other: Rail £116 (108th).

³ Car £1,083 (529th). Rail £20 (572nd).