• Liberal Democrat MP for Brent East
• Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (since 20 Dec 2007)
• Entered Parliament on 18 September 2003 — Byelection
• Majority: 2,712 votes. — 487th out of 631 MPs.
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How Sarah Teather voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. 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 for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Education and Skills, Deputy Prime Minister, Health, Home Department, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Pay, Housing, Departmental ICT, Correspondence, Departmental Postal Services

(based on written questions asked by Sarah Teather and answered by departments)

Points of Order: Summer Adjournment (22 Jul 2008)

“Two and a half months ago, a man was stabbed to death at the end of my street. Michael Mann, who was in his early 40s, was killed by a single stab wound in front of his partner, Natasha, and their six-month-old baby, leaving a bewildered family to try to pick up the pieces. The trauma of that experience was exacerbated considerably by the complete incompetence of Natasha's housing...”

Points of Order: Summer Adjournment (22 Jul 2008)

“In Brent, we have found that long-term sustainable funding is needed to work with deprived communities, but the constant changes in the different funding streams and changing priorities can make it difficult to build up trust with difficult-to-reach communities.”

Written Answers — Defence: Departmental ICT (22 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.”

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• Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 359 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 74% of votes in parliament — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 8 comments 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.
• 93 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Sarah Teather speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 133 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 22 Jul 2008. More about the Register

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

^* Car £384 (572nd). Rail £113 (547th). Other £1,080 (21st).