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Rosie Cooper

Labour MP for West Lancashire

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 6,084 votes. — 395th 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 Rosie Cooper 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 for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

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, North West Regional Select Committee (since 4 Mar 2009)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Education and Skills, Home Department, Work and Pensions, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Housing, Departmental Policies, Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority, Tax Credits, Police

(based on written questions asked by Rosie Cooper and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Prison Site (North Wales) (10 Nov 2009)

“Will my hon. Friend the Minister please confirm the Secretary of State's response to me, as reported in the Hansard? He said: "There will not be a prison in Scarisbrick" in my constituency.—[ Official Report, 21 July 2009; Vol. 496, c. 747.]”

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Topical Questions (10 Nov 2009) has video

“Will the Secretary of State please reaffirm what he said in his answer to me on 21 July, which is that there will be no prison—neither a Titan prison nor any other size of prison—in Scarisbrick? Will he also confirm that in writing for the benefit of Tory councillors—colleagues of Opposition Members—who seem not to be able to believe in the record according to Hansard?”

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Oct 2009) has video

“May I begin by thanking the Prime Minister for meeting some West Lancashire residents and discussing their issues? They told him about the failure to develop the town centre in Skelmersdale and transport issues such as the Ormskirk bypass—really important local issues. Does he agree that we must continue to invest in people and communities and in delivering such services, aiding...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 26 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 68 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (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 81% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 90 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Rosie Cooper speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 26 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,879 (401st). Rail £9,704 (56th). Other: European £1,283 (32nd).

^** Car £1,600 (470th). Rail £7,941 (69th).