• Labour MP for Gedling
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office (since 8 May 2006)
• Majority: 3,811 votes. — 494th out of 635 MPs.
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How Vernon Coaker voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against 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 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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• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Treasury, International Development, Education and Skills

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Angola, Child Support, Asylum Seekers, Iraq, Community Sport

(based on written questions asked by Vernon Coaker and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Home Department: Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (15 May 2008)

“Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABCs) are voluntary agreements and therefore not suitable for central data collection. A National Audit Office (NAO) report published in December 2006 found ABCs to be highly effective, particularly when agencies provided support to improve the recipient's chances of meeting the conditions.”

Written Answers — Home Department: Anti-Social Behaviour Orders: North West (15 May 2008)

“Antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) became available in April 1999. Information on the number of ASBOs breached is not collected centrally at parliamentary constituency level and not compiled below Criminal Justice System (CJS) area level. Currently, ASBO breach data are available for ASBOs breached between 1 June 2000 and 31 December 2006. The number of ASBOs breached in each year in each...”

Written Answers — Home Department: Assets Recovery Agency (15 May 2008)

“holding answer 10 March 2008 The employment terms of SOCA officers are a matter in law for the director general of SOCA. I understand that the assimilation of ARA staff into SOCA was handled so as to be fair to both the ARA staff and existing SOCA staff, with staff fulfilling equivalent roles placed in the same grade. ARA staff were assimilated on terms which resulted in no one losing money...”

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• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 86% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 10 comments on this MP's speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 72 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Vernon Coaker speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 224 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

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Register last updated: 23 Apr 2008. More about the Register

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

^* Car £1,580 (472nd). Rail £5,899 (140th).