• Labour MP for Bradford North
• Majority: 3,511 votes. — 456th out of 631 MPs.
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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
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• Register of Members’ Interests
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How Terry Rooney voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly 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 strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for 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 very strongly 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, Liaison Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)
• Chairman, Work and Pensions Committee (since 20 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Work and Pensions, Home Department, Lord Chancellor, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Lone Parents, Jobseeker's Allowance, Immigration Appellate Authority, Personal Injury Pre-action Protocol, Employment Schemes: Lone Parents

(based on written questions asked by Terry Rooney and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Treasury: Poverty (10 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to combat poverty amongst low income workers without dependent children.”

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Deprivation/Child Poverty (19 Jun 2008)

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Deprivation/Child Poverty (19 Jun 2008)

“I do not disagree at all. What the hon. Gentleman has just proposed has already happened, so why does he want to reinvent the wheel? Contracts have already been let and structured in that way.”

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• Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 25 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (1 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 75% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 5 comments on this MP's speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 84 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Terry Rooney speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 53 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

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

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

^* Car £6,015 (75th). Rail £5,839 (143rd). Air £280 (193rd).