• Labour MP for Worsley
• Assistant Whip (funded by HM Treasury) (since 6 Oct 2008)
• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 9,368 votes. — 177th out of 630 MPs.
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How Barbara Keeley voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very 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 very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against stopping climate change. votes, speeches

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Finance & Services Committee (since 24 Jan 2006)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Defence, Constitutional Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Carers: Influenza, Hospital Re-admissions, NHS (Litigation), Mortality Rates, Middle East

(based on written questions asked by Barbara Keeley and answered by departments)

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: SATs Testing (22 Jul 2008) has video

“I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. I have written to him about a primary school in my constituency and the issue of marking quality. The school has achieved key stage 2 results of 74 per cent. in maths, which is good for our area of Salford, but its English results, which were expected to be 70 per cent., were only 34 per cent. That is having quite an impact on the English...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Welfare Reform (21 Jul 2008) has video

“I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement. Lone parents and carers would also benefit from the availability of more flexible work. Will steps be taken to promote flexible working, so that many more such jobs are flagged up and advertised, and many more people can be encouraged back to work?”

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] — Dementia Care (15 Jul 2008)

“I am delighted to speak in this debate under your chairmanship, Mr. Hood, and on such an important topic. I congratulate the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) on securing it. The debate comes as the national consultation proceeds on the dementia strategy and the funding of social care—both key policy aspects. Taken with the updated carers strategy, it is clear that the...”

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• Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 8 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 86% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 15 comments on this MP's speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 64 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Barbara Keeley speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 84 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

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Register last updated: 5 Nov 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £2,247 (391st). Rail £9,030 (49th).