A selection of Kitty Ussher's votes

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• Voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2008
• Voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Almost always voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2007
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2007
• Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2007
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 9 votes for, 1 vote against, 32 absences, between 2006–2009

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Health: Burnley Hospital 8 Apr 2010

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on providing building and services at Burnley General Hospital in (a) capital and (b) revenue terms in each of the last 10 years; and how much is projected to be spent in each such category in each of the next five years.

• Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Allowances: Housing 8 Apr 2010

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2010, Official Report, column 195W, on tax allowances: housing, if he will estimate the number of (a) UK taxpayers and (b) hon. Members who varied the nomination of a main residence in order to obtain private residence relief from capital gains tax in each of the last 10 years.

• Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Allowances: Housing 23 Mar 2010

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) UK taxpayers and (b) hon. Members who varied the nomination of a main residence in order to obtain private residence relief from capital gains tax in each of the last 10 years.

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Burnley

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

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

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Trade and Industry
• Health
• Treasury
• Communities and Local Government
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Small Business Research Initiative
• Pakistan: Entry Clearances
• Clinical Services Review (East Lancashire)
• Postal Voting
• Lebanon

Other offices held in the past

• Parliamentary Secretary, HM Treasury (10 Jun 2009 to 18 Jun 2009)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions (6 Oct 2008 to 10 Jun 2009)
• Economic Secretary, HM Treasury (28 Jun 2007 to 6 Oct 2008)
• PPS (Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE, Minister of State), Department of Trade and Industry (20 Nov 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 16 Jan 2007)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Peter Pike
• Daniel Jones
• Wilfrid Burke
• Gordon Campbell
• Arthur Henderson
• David Irving
• Philip Morrell
• Gerald Arbuthnot
• Fred Maddison
• William Mitchell
• Philip Stanhope
• Jabez Balfour
• John Slagg
• Peter Rylands
• Richard Shaw

Future MPs in this constituency

• Gordon Birtwistle
• Julie Cooper

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Bribery Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of 1)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 18)
• Finance Bill Committee (23 out of 24)
• UK Borders Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• Finance Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• Equality Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Company Law Reform Bill Committee (19 out of 22)
• Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Kitty Ussher’s speeches
• Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year — below 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 62.89% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 47 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 113 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)