• Labour MP for Pudsey
• Majority: 5,870 votes. — 418th out of 630 MPs.
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How Paul Truswell voted on key issues since 2001:

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

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

• Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Transport, Home Department, Education and Skills, Trade and Industry

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Postcodes, Health Services (Leeds), Bus Services, Housing Benefit, Planning

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

[Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Stroke Sufferers (18 Nov 2008)

“I just want to correct a misconception. The case that I quoted did not concern constituents. To be honest, it was my mother and father.”

[Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Stroke Sufferers (18 Nov 2008)

“I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. May I give an example that reaffirms what he is talking about and perhaps touches on a point made earlier about treatment being not a postcode lottery but an organisational matter? I am aware of a couple whose experiences were very diverse. The wife suffered a severe stroke and was admitted to a specialist stroke unit. After six...”

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day — Second Part]: Olympic Legacy (29 Oct 2008) has video

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• Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 12 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 70% of votes in parliament — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 1 comment on this MP's speeches — well 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.
• 94 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Paul Truswell speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 85 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

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Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £2,006 (428th). Rail £8,679 (54th).