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Lynne Featherstone
Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Equalities Office (since 14 May 2010) (note about dates)
- 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 Lynne Featherstone voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. 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 more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. 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
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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
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — 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 71.17% 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") 208 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
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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).