A selection of Andy Reed's votes

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• Has never voted on replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system
• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 1999–2007
• Generally voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 8 votes for, 3 votes against, between 2003–2007
• Consistently voted for more EU integration Show votes 40 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2006–2009
• Almost always voted for university tuition fees Show votes 10 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 1997–2004
• Consistently voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2008

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Recent appearances

• Business of the House: Clause 4 — Obligation to notify subscribers of reported infringements 7 Apr 2010

  We have a very short time in which consider the Bill. Would it not have benefited from pre-legislative scrutiny, given that it is so technical and few Members probably understand all aspects of it? If it were to be defeated on Third Reading, I would look forward to it coming back and being scrutinised in such a way.

• Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Building Schools for the Future Programme: Leicestershire 7 Apr 2010

  To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for what reasons Leicestershire county council's bid for funding from Building Schools for the Future was not recommended by Partnerships for Schools in the most recent funding round; and on what date his Department wrote to Leicestershire county council to inform them of these reasons.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Topical Questions 8 Mar 2010

  Leicestershire county council failed to get its BSF bid beyond the Partnerships for Schools process and on to Ministers' desks. Will Ministers assure me that they will explain the reasons for that, and will they join me in urging the council to talk to all who oppose the bid, so that we can achieve a genuine consensus and partnership locally and the bid can be submitted again in the near future?

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Loughborough

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

Left the House of Commons on 12 April 2010 — General election (stood again)

Party was Labour/Co-operative until 11 Apr 2005

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @andyreedmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Culture Media and Sport
• Education and Skills
• Health
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Treasury
• Olympics
• Hearing Impaired
• Physical Activity
• Education Funding
• Sunday Trading

Other offices held in the past

• PPS (Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo, Paymaster General), HM Treasury (20 Nov 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (6 Dec 2005 to 11 May 2010)
• PPS (John Healey, Financial Secretary), HM Treasury (10 Nov 2005 to 20 Nov 2006)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Stephen Dorrell
• John Cronin
• Mont Follick
• Lawrence Kimball
• George Winterton
• Frank Rye
• Edward Spears
• Oscar Guest
• Maurice Levy
• Jabez Johnson-Ferguson
• Edwin de Lisle
• Jabez Johnson-Ferguson

Future MPs in this constituency

• Nicky Morgan

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
• Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (21 out of 21)
• London Olympics Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Promotion of Volunteering Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Hunting Bill Committee (25 out of 31)
• Animal Health Bill Committee (6 out of 6)

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• Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Andy Reed’s speeches
• Has received answers to 17 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 78.12% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 1 annotation 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.
• 45 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 183 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)