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Lynne Featherstone
Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lynne Featherstone voted on key issues:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Health, International Development, Education and Skills, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Police, Departmental Manpower, Prisons, Departmental Retirement, Departmental Pay
(based on written questions asked by Lynne Featherstone and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Equality Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Police and Justice Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Upcoming Business – Lords: Select Committee (20 Jun 2013)
“External Affairs (EU Sub-Committee C).
Witnesses: at 10.05am evidence will be heard from Lynne Featherstone MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development Subject:EU Development Assistance for Drinking-Water Supply and Basic Sanitation in Sub-Saharan Countries.”- Written Answers — International Development: St Helena (17 Jun 2013)
“DFID officials are in regular contact with St Helena Government counterparts about the development of sustainable commercial fisheries in St Helena waters. DFID has funded the appointment of a commercial fisheries development manager to lead on ensuring sustainability is built into all aspects of developing this important economic activity. DFID is also funding an international fisheries...”
- Written Answers — International Development: St Helena (17 Jun 2013)
“The UK Government's assessment is that St Helena has adequate water resources to meet its sustainable development needs including future demand from an increased population. Distribution of water, however, is a greater problem than shortage of water. The mountainous terrain means that there are 11 disparate water systems making it difficult to pump water from one system, and from one area of...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 68.21% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 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") 238 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £19,893 (222nd) | £15,808 (437th) | £22,895 (160th) | £18,211 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £101,056 (125th) | £94,107 (77th) | £84,736 (304th) | £83,545 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £11,316 (116th) | £11,924 (49th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £458 (629th)1 | £1,252 (608th)2 | £1,621 (599th)3 | £3,180 | ||||
| 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 | £2,837 (399th) | £1,021 (214th) | £4,538 (18th) | £3,141 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,369 (497th) | £13,539 (18th) | £9,959 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,138 (joint 434th with 5 others) | £1,082 (joint 276th with 17 others) | £1,082 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £138,476 (471st) | £129,431 (538th) | £131,123 (439th) | £119,118 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £171 (564th). Rail £287 (531st).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,152 (506th). Rail £100 (556th).