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Jeremy Browne

Liberal Democrat MP for Taunton

• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (since 8 Jan 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 573 votes. — 621st out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Jeremy Browne voted on key issues since 2001:

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

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Transport, Health, Communities and Local Government, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Information Officers, Departmental NDPBs, Departmental Travel, Departmental Advertising, Departmental Vehicles

(based on written questions asked by Jeremy Browne and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
• Saving Gateway Accounts Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (20 out of n/a)
• Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Pcsos (Somerset) (3 Nov 2009)

“Before I get on to the main substance of the debate, this is a fitting opportunity to pay tribute to a police officer, Sandy Padgett, who died only last month. She was a thoughtful, intelligent police officer who was the senior officer responsible for the half of Somerset within which my constituency lies, covering Taunton Deane, Sedgemoor and west Somerset. She died very unexpectedly at the...”

Pcsos (Somerset) (3 Nov 2009)

“I completely agree with my hon. Friend. Perhaps I can break down the role of PCSOs as part of the neighbourhood teams into three categories. The first role is visibility. How many times have we heard—not only in towns, but in small villages and more remote populated areas—how much people value having a visible police presence on the street? People often complain that they do not...”

Pcsos (Somerset) (3 Nov 2009)

“It is very much a concern for me. I would not want anyone to think that this claim had been invented by me or other Liberal Democrats. As my hon. Friend rightly says, it is a concrete plan put forward by the Conservative administration of Somerset county council. Further confirmation is provided by the fact that, in an expensive local newspaper advertisement, the prospective Conservative...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 37 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 206 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• 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 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 75% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 105 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jeremy Browne speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 300 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 28 Oct 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: Mileage £2,344 (359th). Rail £5,997 (152nd).

^** Car £2,038 (424th). Rail £4,794 (185th). European £650 (76th).