A selection of Jack Dromey's votes

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• Consistently voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2016
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 6 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2016
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2013
• Consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2016
• Voted a mixture of for and against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 2 votes for, 2 votes against, 6 absences, between 2011–2016
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 52 votes for, 17 votes against, 32 absences, between 2012–2019

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Recent appearances

• Retail Crime Prevention — [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair] 5 Nov 2019

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (David Hanson), who is a great parliamentarian and a great champion of shopworkers. Like him, I declare the support I receive from USDAW and the GMB. The first cost of violence against shopworkers is the cost to shoppers. My right hon. Friend was right to refer to the work...

• Tributes to the Speaker 31 Oct 2019

  The hon. Member for Southend West (Sir David Amess)—the great city of Southend—was right when he said that today is a day when the House comes together to say a fond farewell. There are so many to whom we can say a fond farewell. Indeed, some of them are in the Chamber: my right hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd) and my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry South (Mr...

• Grenfell Tower Inquiry 30 Oct 2019

  On the Government response, one in 10 of the council blocks in England are in Birmingham; we are talking about 213 and 10,000 households. In the aftermath of the fire, the west midlands fire service recommended the retrofitting of sprinklers in all those blocks, costing £31 million. At the dreadful time we lived through at Grenfell, pledges were made that local authorities would be helped...

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Former Labour MP for Birmingham, Erdington

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 6 November 2019 — Dissolved for election

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• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @JackDromeyMP
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Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Jack Dromey campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Communities and Local Government
• Home Office
• Home Department
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Work and Pensions
• Housing: Construction
• E-mail
• Planning Permission
• Mortgages: Government Assistance
• First-time Buyers

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Pensions) (12 Jan 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Labour) (9 Oct 2016 to 12 Jan 2018)
• Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) (7 Oct 2013 to 27 Jun 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Housing) (8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 2 Nov 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Siôn Simon
• Robin Corbett
• Julius Silverman

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Riot Compensation Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 13)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Superannuation bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Localism Bill Committee (24 out of 24)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 61 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Jack Dromey’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 low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 76.03% 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.
• 64 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 329 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)