Lyn Brown’s voting in Parliament

Lyn Brown is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Lyn Brown sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Lyn Brown generally voted for a transparent Parliament; comparable Labour MPs generally voted against. Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, 6 absences, between 2007–2009. Labour, 11 votes, between 2007–2009

We have lots more plain English analysis of Lyn Brown’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Lyn Brown’s full vote analysis page for more.

Lyn Brown has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Eswatini: Rule of Law 29 Nov 2023

  To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the decision of the International Parliamentary Union Governing Council on Case SWZ-COLL-01, published on 27 October 2023, what recent steps he has taken to support the rule of law and political space in Eswatini; and whether he has taken recent steps to support (a) trade union and (b) other civil...

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Mali: Tuareg 29 Nov 2023

  To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the level of risk of (a) identity-based violence and (b) other potential abuses against members of Tuareg communities in Mali.

• Autumn Statement Resolutions - Rates of Tobacco Products Duty 27 Nov 2023

  I want to talk about some of the massive challenges we face in Newham, because frankly the autumn statement offers precious little to solve them. I will start with the scourge of knife crime. In Newham, our communities have been brutalised by knife attacks over many years. August alone saw 38 attacks that caused injury—the highest number for five years—leaving many young lives destroyed,...

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Profile

Labour MP for West Ham

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

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

Social Media

• @lynbrownmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Lyn Brown campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Ministry of Justice
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Home Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Prisons: Coronavirus
• Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
• Prisons: Education
• Probation
• Ministers: Official Cars

Currently held offices

• Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) (since 4 Dec 2021)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Justice) (10 Apr 2020 to 4 Dec 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Treasury) (12 Jan 2018 to 10 Apr 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Policing) (14 Oct 2016 to 12 Jan 2018)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (18 Sep 2015 to 28 Jun 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) ( 7 Oct 2013 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (10 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Crossrail Bill Committee (14 Nov 2007 to 18 Nov 2007)
• PPS (Rt Hon John Denham, Secretary of State), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (28 Jun 2007 to 16 Jan 2009)
• PPS (Mr Phil Woolas, Minister of State), Department for Communities and Local Government (20 Nov 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (27 Jun 2006 to 15 Jan 2007)
• Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee ( 5 Dec 2005 to 27 Jun 2006)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Tony Banks

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 13)
• Psychoactive Substances Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Equality Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
• Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crossrail Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (16 out of 17)
• Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
• Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Work and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Equality Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• London Olympics Bill Committee (3 out of 4)