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Natascha Engel

Labour MP for North East Derbyshire

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• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 10,065 votes. — 220th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Natascha Engel voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Work and Pensions, Health, Home Department, Treasury, Education and Skills

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Single Room Rent Restrictions, Mesothelioma, Contraceptives, Customer Management System Call Centres, British Waterways

(based on written questions asked by Natascha Engel and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Employment Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Health Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• National Lottery Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (2 Jul 2009) has video

“May I press my hon. Friend the Minister of State on his earlier answer about country of origin labelling? Meat that comes from abroad is being sold under pictures of Union Jacks, which is tricking people into thinking that they are buying British when they are not. What specifically is being done to enforce honest country of origin labelling?”

Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office: Voluntary Sector (1 Jul 2009) has video

“My right hon. Friend will be aware that among the hardest hit by the recession are young people. How will the hardship fund in particular, and the voluntary sector in general, help young people to obtain the necessary skills that they need to get through the recession and find much needed jobs at the end of it?”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 8 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 58% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 88 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Natascha Engel speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 52 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,825 (131st). Rail £1,092 (427th). Other: Rail £9 (196th).

^** Car £6,204 (65th). 3rd party £129 (30th). Rail £641 (455th).