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Dawn Butler

Labour MP for Brent South

• Assistant Whip (funded by HM Treasury) (since 17 Sep 2008)


• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 11,326 votes. — 55th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Dawn Butler voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Deputy Prime Minister, Education and Skills, Communities and Local Government, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Identity Cards, Extradition, Racial and Religious Hatred, Somalia, Terrorism

(based on written questions asked by Dawn Butler and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (18 out of n/a)
• Pensions Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
• Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Greater London Authority Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Health Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Public Bill Committee: Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Clause 215 (26 Mar 2009)

“Thank you, Mr. Chope. First, I should like to put on record my thanks to the staff of the House for all their help today. There has been no formal agreement on how far we are going to get today. In fact, the provisional planning for the Committee, annexe 4, suggests that we should be way ahead of where we are at the moment. We have spent a lot of time discussing the Bill today and yesterday...”

Public Bill Committee: Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Clause 215 (26 Mar 2009)

“I am not quite sure what you meant by your reference to the Chairman’s involvement, Mr. Chope, but as I said, quite clearly, we would like to continue making progress with the Bill. I thank you for your time in the Chair—I think you are doing an excellent job—but I would like to continue the Bill’s progress. Further to that, I am also not sure whether there is a formula...”

Public Bill Committee: Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Clause 215 (26 Mar 2009)

“Thank you for that clarification, Mr. Chope. I apologise for not being able to say what time we will finish, but at the beginning of the Committee the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings spoke for very long periods of time and not always to the Bill. I was unable to say when he would stop talking, so I could not say what time we would finish or even get to  the clauses that we...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 0 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 81% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 125 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Dawn Butler speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 35 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £61 (567th).

^** Car £979 (536th). Rail £206 (523rd). Other £4 (74th).