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Barbara Keeley

Labour MP for Worsley

• Parliamentary Secretary, House of Commons (since 10 Jun 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 9,368 votes. — 177th 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 Barbara Keeley voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against 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 very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

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)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Equality Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Animal Welfare Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
• Electoral Administration Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Commons Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Leader of the House: Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (5 Nov 2009)

“I hope that motions to establish the new Joint Committee will be put to the House soon.”

Written Answers — Leader of the House: Will Write (3 Nov 2009)

“On those occasions where an "I will write" answer is necessary, a copy of the subsequent substantive response will be sent to Hansard, to be printed with the written answers in the next edition. The guidance on letters written by chief executives of Government agencies and non-departmental public bodies, in response to parliamentary questions, is outlined in the recently published 'Guide to...”

More of Barbara Keeley's recent appearances

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 14 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 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2008: MP did not accept messages via WriteToThem.
• Has voted in 88% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 17 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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.
• 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") 125 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 £1,706 (424th). Rail £10,376 (43rd). Air £426 (123rd). Misc £779 (47th).

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