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Des Browne
Labour MP for Kilmarnock & Loudoun
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 8,703 votes. — 286th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Des Browne voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
- International Development Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- International Criminal Court Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Afghanistan (19 May 2009) has video
“I think my hon. Friend will agree that the success of our strategy for Afghanistan is dependent on a credible election—credible to the people of Afghanistan, that is. Does he also agree that one simple thing we can do to ensure that they receive the message that we support credible elections in Afghanistan is repeatedly to say—and encourage the American Administration to...”
- Penicillin (11 May 2009)
“It is 80 years and one day precisely since Alexander Fleming's research paper "On the antibacterial action of cultures of a Penicillium" was submitted for publication in The British Journal of Experimental Pathology. In the paper he wrote: "While working with staphylococcus variants a number of culture plates were set aside on the laboratory bench and examined from time to time. In the...”
- Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]: Sri Lanka (29 Apr 2009) has video
“I think that everybody in this House feels the weight of the nature and scale of the suffering in Sri Lanka and believes that it has been endured for far too long. When making my contribution, I will observe the time constraints set down by the Chair. I heard what the hon. Member for Mid-Norfolk (Mr. Simpson) said, and I do not intend to repeat all the statistics that the hon. Member for...”
More of Des Browne's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 72% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 51 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 55 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Des Browne speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 758 times in debates — well above 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.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £17,691 (445th) | £18,521 (435th) | £21,606 | £18,389 (383rd) | £18,670 (333rd) | £17,146 (463rd) | £10,157 (563rd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £1,574 (joint 1st) | £1,527 (joint 1st) | £1,130 (joint 83rd) |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £17,422 (373rd) | £15,275 (552nd) | £15,883 | £14,621 (503rd) | £16,664 (540th) | £17,323 (462nd) | £17,991 (240th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £87,337 (338th) | £83,724 (344th) | £78,767 | £64,103 (562nd) | £61,314 (576th) | £61,289 (486th) | £44,481 (383rd) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,497 (483rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,544 (237th)* | £11,285 (155th)** | £11,064 | £5,830 (joint 505th) | £13,678 (185th) | £12,028 (247th) | £6,317 (406th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £139 (joint 356th) | £0 | £66 | £0 | £371 (300th) | £348 (314th) | £1,211 (110th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £721 (158th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £821 (joint 302nd) | £737 (398th) | £880 | £1,332 (204th) | £852 (joint 329th) | £1,908 (98th) | £1,753 (108th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,204 (346th) | £2,031 (410th) | £2,519 | £4,270 (178th) | £1,327 (512th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,262 (joint 238th) | £1,059 (joint 318th) | £0 | £1,892 (joint 314th) | £1,892 (joint 309th) | £1,892 (joint 304th) | £1,892 (joint 287th) |
| Other Costs | £5,303 (26th) | £4,714 (27th) | £402 | £0 | £1,718 (52nd) | £3,695 (40th) | £0 |
| Total | £146,941 (320th) | £137,346 (333rd) | £131,187 | £112,055 (523rd) | £118,060 (349th) | £117,156 (234th) | £84,932 (407th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,376 (395th). Air £8,168 (56th).
** Car £260 (575th). Rail £1,584 (375th). Air £9,441 (46th).