A selection of Ann Cryer's votes

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• Generally voted for university tuition fees Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 8 absences, in 2004
• Consistently voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2007
• Consistently voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2004–2010
• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 1999–2007
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 34 votes for, 2 votes against, 6 absences, between 2006–2009
• Voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2008

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Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Afghanistan 6 Apr 2010

  What assessment has my right hon. Friend made of developments in Afghanistan regarding the well-being of women and their health, education and ability to work for their families?

• [Mr. Eric Illsley in the Chair] — Speaker's Conference on Parliamentary Representation 30 Mar 2010

  I have not prepared a speech, but I scribbled a few notes while my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen, South (Miss Begg) was speaking. The hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink) asked what feedback we received when we travelled around. I did not attend all the out-of-London hearings, but I went to Manchester, Cardiff and Leeds. It was interesting that many of the people who gave evidence...

• [Mr. Eric Illsley in the Chair] — Speaker's Conference on Parliamentary Representation 30 Mar 2010

  I agree, and that is what we all tried to do when we went out into the sticks and talked to people. The Speaker's Conference was started by Speaker Martin. He has been given some hard knocks over the past year or so, so I want to put in a good word for him. The conference was his idea. Unfortunately for us, Speaker Bercow was already a member of the conference, so we lost a member but gained...

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Keighley

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Home Department
• Defence
• Health
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Prisons
• Offender Management
• National Offender Management Service
• Nuclear Non-proliferation
• Naval Vessels

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Home Affairs Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Constitutional Affairs Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Gary Waller
• Bob Cryer
• Joan Hall
• John Binns
• William Worsley
• Charles Hobson
• Ivor Thomas
• Hastings Lees-Smith
• George Harvie-Watt
• Hastings Lees-Smith
• Robert Pilkington
• Hastings Lees-Smith
• Robert Clough
• Stanley Buckmaster
• John Brigg
• Isaac Holden

Future MPs in this constituency

• Kris Hopkins
• John Grogan

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Bribery Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
• Further Education and Training Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Patents Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
• Female Genital Mutilation Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Industrial Development (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 41 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Ann Cryer’s speeches
• Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 73.45% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 46 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 135 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)