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Des Browne MP
- Labour MP for Kilmarnock & Loudoun
- Majority: 8,703 votes. — 282nd out of 630 MPs.
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Des Browne voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted 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 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 strongly 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
This MP is not currently on any select committee and has had no written questions answered for which we know the department or subject.
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (6 Oct 2008)
“As I stated in the answer I gave on 9 June 2008, Official Report, column 66W, to the hon. Member for Chichester (Mr. Tyrie), the Ministry of Defence is undertaking a review of its detention records. I will write to the hon. Member when the review has completed. Substantive answer from Des Browne to Mark Pritchard: I undertook to write to you in answer to your Parliamentary Question of...”
- Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (29 Sep 2008)
“holding answer 17 September 2008 In Iraq, the UK has tactical control of a number of US force elements in the MND(SE) area of operations. These include: 21 Military Police Company; a Military Transition Team embedded with 26 Brigade of the Iraqi Army; a Transition Team embedded with an Iraqi National Police Battalion; a Civil Military Operations Cell; an Explosive Ordnance Detachment; and a...”
- Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Deployment (29 Sep 2008)
“There have been over 100 deployments by UK forces since 1997. These vary in size, for example the current support to the UN Mission in Sudan with only two people up to the deployment of a whole division to Iraq in 2003. Defence planners use the terms large, medium and small to distinguish the scale of putative or generic operations. These are the building blocks which guide the size and shape...”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — 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 committee (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 71% of votes in parliament — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 51 comments 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.
- 62 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Des Browne speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 684 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 17 Dec 2008. More about the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.
| Type | 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 | £18,521 (435th) | £21,606 | £18,389 (383rd) | £18,670 (333rd) | £17,146 (463rd) | £10,157 (563rd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £1,574 (joint 1st) | £1,527 (joint 1st) | £1,130 (joint 83rd) |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £15,275 (552nd) | £15,883 | £14,621 (503rd) | £16,664 (540th) | £17,323 (462nd) | £17,991 (240th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £83,724 (344th) | £78,767 | £64,103 (562nd) | £61,314 (576th) | £61,289 (486th) | £44,481 (383rd) |
| Members' Travel | £11,285 (155th)* | £11,064 | £5,830 (joint 505th) | £13,678 (185th) | £12,028 (247th) | £6,317 (406th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £66 | £0 | £371 (300th) | £348 (314th) | £1,211 (110th) |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £737 (398th) | £880 | £1,332 (204th) | £852 (joint 329th) | £1,908 (98th) | £1,753 (108th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,031 (410th) | £2,519 | £4,270 (178th) | £1,327 (512th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,059 (joint 318th) | £0 | £1,892 (joint 314th) | £1,892 (joint 309th) | £1,892 (joint 304th) | £1,892 (joint 287th) |
| Other Costs | £4,714 (27th) | £402 | £0 | £1,718 (52nd) | £3,695 (40th) | £0 |
| Total | £137,346 (333rd) | £131,187 | £112,055 (523rd) | £118,060 (349th) | £117,156 (234th) | £84,932 (407th) |
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- Biography (From Wikipedia)
- Parliamentary career (From The Guardian)
- Election results for Kilmarnock & Loudoun (From The Guardian)
- Previous candidacies (From The Guardian)
- Contact details (From The Guardian)
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Nearby constituencies
- Ayrshire Central (11 miles)
- Renfrewshire East (11 miles)
- East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow (12 miles)
- Rutherglen & Hamilton West (15 miles)
- Glasgow South (15 miles)
Other offices held in the past
- Secretary of State, Scotland Office (28 Jun 2007 to 6 Oct 2008)
- Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (8 May 2006 to 6 Oct 2008)
- Chief Secretary, HM Treasury (11 May 2005 to 8 May 2006)
- Minister of State (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism), Home Office (1 Apr 2004 to 11 May 2005)
- Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (13 Jun 2003 to 1 Apr 2004)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland Office (11 Jun 2001 to 13 Jun 2003)
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