• Labour MP for Swansea East
• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 11,249 votes. — 65th out of 632 MPs.
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• Voting record
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• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edm.ais.co.uk)

How Siân James voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on 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 against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Justice Committee (since 7 Nov 2007)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (since 20 Jul 2005)
• Member, Procedure Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Transport, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health, International Development

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Railways, Sunbeds, Rail Services, Great Western Trains, Somalia

(based on written questions asked by Siân James and answered by departments)

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Sunbeds (22 Jul 2008)

“What progress his Department has made in gathering information on the number and distribution of sunbeds, as referred to in paragraph 10 of the cancer reform strategy.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Sunbeds (22 Jul 2008)

“I appreciate the Minister's answer. I know that she is aware of my campaign, as she has kindly said. There has recently been another incident of a young person being seriously burned by a sunbed, in the constituency of my right hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn). Such incidents are still happening too often. Within the cancer reform strategy, can some of the information that...”

Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Electrification (17 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the potential for electrification of those main line railway lines served exclusively by diesel locomotives at present.”

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• Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 95 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 3 select committees.
• 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 83% of votes in parliament — well above 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 55 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Siân James speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 30 times in debates — well below 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.

^* Rail £9,664 (39th).