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Rosie Cooper
Labour MP for West Lancashire
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Rosie Cooper voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Education and Skills, Work and Pensions, Home Department, Justice
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Housing, Legal Aid: Contracts, Departmental Policies, Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority, Tax Credits
(based on written questions asked by Rosie Cooper and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: Public Appointments (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many appointments of people earning over (a) £142,500 per annum and (b) £142,500 per annum pro rata he approved between (i) April 2010 and March 2011 and (ii) April 2011 and December 2012; and how many such appointments were in respect of GPs working in clinical commissioning groups.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Vat (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what evidential basis officials in his Department used to calculate the total cost per business of his proposal to impose VAT on sports nutrition products.”
- Written Answers — Education: Ofsted (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if his Department will conduct an inquiry into Ofsted's handling of correspondence with hon. Members; (2) how many complaints have been made to his Department about a breach of confidentiality by Ofsted in the last 12 months.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 93 written questions in the last year — 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 75.32% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 73 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £20,339 (268th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,000 (260th) | £20,382 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £18,927 (275th) | £18,580 (317th) | £19,458 (405th) | £18,919 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £87,463 (484th) | £72,096 (602nd) | £86,021 (259th) | £76,307 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,393 (176th) | £9,746 (joint 197th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,469 (151st)1 | £12,866 (124th)2 | £9,541 (236th)3 | £8,610 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £287 (245th) | £0 | £0 | £413 | ||||
| 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 | £6,979 (joint 30th with 1 other) | £1,779 (52nd) | £1,636 (136th) | £2,491 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,848 (73rd) | £4,534 (156th) | £6,212 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,131 (448th) | £1,168 (joint 147th with 2 others) | £885 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £155,857 (251st) | £144,129 (368th) | £144,358 (182nd) | £134,219 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,109 (363rd). Rail £8,845 (59th). Air £282 (135th). Misc £151 (143rd). Other: Mileage £82 (55th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,879 (401st). Rail £9,704 (56th). Other: European £1,283 (32nd).