• Labour MP for Jarrow
• Majority: 13,904 votes. — 35th out of 631 MPs.
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How Stephen Hepburn voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

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

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Afghanistan, Miners' Compensation, Unemployment, Incapacity Benefit, Mesothelioma

(based on written questions asked by Stephen Hepburn and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Council Housing (21 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people have been registered as council tenants in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Pleural Plaques (15 Jul 2008)

“What the time scale is for the forthcoming consultation on compensation for people with pleural plaques.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Pleural Plaques (15 Jul 2008)

“I thank the Minister for that reply. However, could I use this opportunity, just before the recess, to urge the Government to give a rapid, moral and firm response to the consultation so that pleural plaques victims get the justice that they deserve?”

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• Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 108 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 76% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 comments on this MP's speeches — 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.
• 59 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Stephen Hepburn speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 35 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.

^* Car £2,584 (355th). Rail £10,631 (27th). European £676 (72nd).