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Nick Brown
Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East
- Also represented Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — 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 Nick Brown voted on key issues since 2001:
- 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 moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Work and Pensions, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Manpower, Departmental Responsibilities, Departmental Offices, Casinos, Regional Growth Fund
(based on written questions asked by Nick Brown and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Tax Avoidance (Public Servants) (2 Feb 2012)
“(Urgent Question): To ask the Chief Secretary to the Treasury if he will set out the Government’s policy on the operation of tax avoidance schemes in the civil service.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Tax Avoidance (Public Servants) (2 Feb 2012)
“May I point out to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury that the chief executive of the Student Loans Company is the accounting officer? Perhaps the Chief Secretary can tell the House what sort of reply he expects from that accounting officer when he writes to him. It is reassuring that the Chief Secretary told the House that national insurance and income tax will be paid in future, but the...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: High Pay Commission (2 Feb 2012)
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 7 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 173 written questions in the last year — well 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 74.61% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 908 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 13 Jan 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 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £15,455 (420th) | £23,068 (165th) | £22,104 (joint 196th with 1 other) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £14,381 (joint 416th with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £319 (joint 122nd with 6 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £9,277 (591st) | £11,652 (556th) | £18,645 (447th) | £19,991 | £15,986 (446th) | £18,798 (joint 192nd with 12 others) | £16,113 (joint 513th with 1 other) | £7,122 (591st) |
| Staffing costs | £95,720 (314th) | £101,153 (10th) | £87,168 (joint 182nd with 1 other) | £84,038 | £73,612 (208th) | £71,898 (82nd) | £63,788 (joint 346th with 11 others) | £59,163 (24th) |
| Communications Allowance | £12,466 (71st) | £10,832 (81st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,170 (239th)1 | £14,567 (84th)2 | £15,165 (70th)3 | £13,120 | £17,624 (87th) | £20,237 (50th) | £15,735 (124th) | £12,045 (138th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £2,087 (16th) | £1,108 (84th) | £1,935 (43rd) | £0 | £698 (237th) | £2,840 (24th) | £2,840 (19th) | £5,606 (2nd) |
| 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 | £5,389 (156th) | £314 (576th) | £328 (599th) | £536 | £236 (621st) | £480 (523rd) | £398 (592nd) | £818 (joint 400th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,275 (joint 516th with 2 others) | £1,310 (536th) | £1,735 | £608 (619th) | £483 (joint 622nd with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,346 (joint 121st with 7 others) | £1,142 (joint 175th with 17 others) | £0 | £1,966 (joint 147th with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 141st with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 139th with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 133rd with 14 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £149,562 (333rd) | £165,315 (42nd) | £147,797 (121st) | £141,054 | £131,632 (159th) | £137,354 (47th) | £122,089 (118th) | £102,328 (66th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,768 (291st). Rail £6,231 (133rd). Air £171 (149th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,973 (116th). Rail £8,638 (73rd). Air £956 (101st).
3 Car £4,653 (178th). Rail £9,189 (45th). Air £1,323 (110th).