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Lorely Burt

Liberal Democrat MP for Solihull

• Shadow Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Minister; Chair of the Parliamentary Party (since 8 Jan 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 279 votes. — 633rd 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 Lorely Burt voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for 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 moderately 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

Select Committee membership

• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (since 4 May 2006)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Home Department, Health, Treasury, Communities and Local Government

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departments: Equal Opportunities, Departmental Procurement, Departmental Contracts, UK Trade and Investment, Shareholder Executive

(based on written questions asked by Lorely Burt and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Employment Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Pensions Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Company Law Reform Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 162 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (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 70% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 91 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Lorely Burt speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 145 times in debates — below 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 £3,101 (285th). Rail £2,422 (327th). Other: Mileage £296 (23rd). Rail £214 (85th).

^** Car £2,329 (386th). Rail £1,688 (361st). Air £97 (236th).