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Paul Rowen

Liberal Democrat MP for Rochdale

• Shadow Work and Pensions Minister (since 8 Jan 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 442 votes. — 618th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Paul Rowen voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Public Administration Committee (since 26 Apr 2006)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Work and Pensions, Transport, Health, Home Department, Communities and Local Government

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Local Government: Pensions, Teachers: Pensions, Railways, Motor Vehicles: Insurance, Welfare Reform Bill

(based on written questions asked by Paul Rowen and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Pensions Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Vehicle Registration Marks Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Concessionary Bus Travel Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• UK Borders Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
• Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Jobcentre Plus: Closures (8 Feb 2010)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many job centres have closed in the last 10 years.”

[Mr. Edward O'Hara in the Chair] — Population and Immigration (2 Feb 2010)

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. O'Hara. I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid-Sussex (Mr. Soames) on initiating this debate. There have been many high-quality contributions, in particular that of the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field), for whom I have a lot of respect. I will nail down clearly my party's policy, which is important given the coming general...”

[Mr. Edward O'Hara in the Chair] — Population and Immigration (2 Feb 2010)

“We believe that the debate on population obscures the real issue. It is easy to say that there should be a limit of 40,000 immigrants a year or a population limit of 70 million, but we have to ask why there has been such a large explosion of people coming into this country. It is primarily because, in 1994, the Conservative Government dismantled the exit controls in this country. Even now, we...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 50 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 171 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 62% of votes in 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 66 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Paul Rowen speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 178 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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.

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,087 (201st). Rail £6,817 (120th). Air £685 (109th). Misc £540 (66th).

³ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,307 (152nd). Rail £7,149 (106th). Air £374 (128th). Misc £1,079 (32nd). Other: European £1,394 (31st).

¹ Car £5,601 (100th). Rail £4,641 (191st). Air £741 (128th).