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Robert Jackson
Former Labour MP for Wantage
- Changed party from Conservative on 15 Jan 2005
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
- Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Robert Jackson voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Education and Skills (14 to 19) (23 Feb 2005)
“Does my right hon. Friend agree that the belief that parity of esteem can be generated by a single formal structure of formal qualifications is simply too mechanistic? Surely a better route to it is the pursuit of higher levels of individual attainment and ambition in both academic and vocational studies. Will my right hon. Friend tell us something about the relationship between her proposals...”
- Orders of the Day — European Union Bill (9 Feb 2005)
“And wider.”
- Orders of the Day — European Union Bill (9 Feb 2005)
“After a European debate a few months ago, the hon. Member for North Essex (Mr. Jenkin)—I still think of him as an hon. Friend—remarked to me that it was interesting that the supporters of the measure that we are considering always refer to the "European constitutional treaty", while its opponents refer to the "European constitution". That theme has emerged extensively during the...”
More of Robert Jackson's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 65.04% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- 2 people are tracking this MP.
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).
| Type | 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 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 | £639 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £13,474 (471st) | |||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Office running costs | £150 | £14,404 (511th) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £15,708 (529th) | £17,261 (255th) | |||
| Staffing costs | £10,111 | £71,745 (265th) | £71,342 (153rd) | £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) | £49,347 (206th) | |||
| Communications Allowance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £228 | £7,195 (joint 455th with 1 other) | £6,148 (478th) | £5,170 (520th) | £3,398 (546th) | |||
| Members' Staff Travel | £48 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
| Members' Spouse Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £0 | £353 (573rd) | £177 (629th) | £503 (566th) | £1,514 (167th) | |||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | N/A | N/A | £0 | £1,658 (joint 466th with 2 others) | £816 (596th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £681 | £1,727 (502nd) | £1,727 (493rd) | £1,727 (466th) | £1,070 (547th) | |||
| Other Costs | £9,346 | £0 | £4,476 (23rd) | £0 | £0 | |||
| Total | £21,203 | £117,984 (441st) | £123,818 (230th) | £108,426 (429th) | £86,064 (384th) |