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Barbara Keeley
Labour MP for Worsley and Eccles South
- Also represented Worsley
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Barbara Keeley voted on key issues:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Communities and Local Government, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Peat, Child Benefit, Carers: Influenza, Social Services: Finance, Housing Benefit
(based on written questions asked by Barbara Keeley and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Localism Bill Committee (22 out of 24)
- Equality Bill Committee (3 out of 20)
- Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Commons Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
- Animal Welfare Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
- Electoral Administration Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Child Benefit (22 May 2012)
“I have a further serious example. I have a constituent who from time to time works with his firm in Afghanistan. His firm pays him a bonus because of the difficulties of working in a theatre like that. There must be hundreds, if not thousands, of people who get that sort of payment.”
- [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Child Benefit (22 May 2012)
“Does my hon. Friend intend to refer to the breach of confidentiality in an individual’s tax affairs? That is a serious issue with couples. Years ago, my first piece of casework as a councillor involved a constituent who was being chased by bailiffs for his wife’s community charge. At the time, there were rules on joint liability for the community charge, and that caused huge...”
- [Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Child Benefit (22 May 2012)
“My hon. Friend’s figures are useful, but apparently the vast bulk of child benefit is spent on clothes, books and food, which shows the areas where the measure will have an effect.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 41 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2008: MP did not accept messages via WriteToThem.
- Has voted in 67.88% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 18 annotations 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 259 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,253 (139th) | £23,077 (joint 154th with 1 other) | £22,099 (joint 208th with 2 others) | £21,609 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £28,776 (15th) | £28,884 (17th) | £27,281 (57th) | £22,984 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £85,523 (514th) | £70,686 (607th) | £67,376 (604th) | £46,316 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,067 (233rd) | £7,401 (361st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,366 (157th)1 | £13,287 (117th)2 | £11,277 (156th)3 | £12,482 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £350 (208th) | £623 (170th) | £1,057 (113th) | £527 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £3,238 (16th) | £3,546 (20th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £764 (627th) | £652 (395th) | £1,246 (209th) | £2,118 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,092 (359th) | £4,852 (140th) | £7,047 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,012 (566th) | £930 (joint 523rd with 22 others) | £930 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £163,337 (153rd) | £151,260 (252nd) | £136,118 (358th) | £114,013 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,266 (463rd). Rail £9,194 (54th). Misc £906 (40th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,706 (424th). Rail £10,376 (43rd). Air £426 (123rd). Misc £779 (47th).