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Barbara Keeley
Labour MP for Worsley and Eccles South

  • Also represented Worsley
  • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Barbara Keeley voted on key issues:

  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. 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 a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes

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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

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: A and E Departments (21 May 2013)

“Today, the Health Committee today heard that this Government’s cuts to social care were a direct cause of increased A and E attendances: patients cannot be returned home on time, and all the services that used to keep people well have been cut. This Government cut local authority budgets, resulting in £2 billion going out of adult social care. Will the Health Secretary now accept...”

Health and Social Care (13 May 2013)

“The Minister is back on his point about the Bill creating a single statute, but it will not do that for young carers, who will be left with the protection only of the private Member’s Bills I mentioned earlier. It is not good enough for young carers to face a higher threshold than other carers before their needs are assessed. That has to be looked at. The children’s Minister has...”

Health and Social Care (13 May 2013)

“I cannot speak for all parts of the country, but I campaigned in the recent county elections in Lancashire and there was huge enthusiasm for the Labour party.”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 53 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 2 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 70.59% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 19 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
  • 97 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Barbara Keeley’s activity.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 305 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Fees from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for responding to opinion research:
16 April 2012, fee of £75 donated to my local party. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 4 October 2012)
18 June 2012, £75 donated to my local party. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 4 October 2012)
16 July 2012, £75 donated to my local party. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 4 October 2012)
28 August 2012, £75 donated to my local party. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 4 October 2012)
28 November 2012, £75 donated to my local party. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 29 November 2012)
3 January 2013, £75 donated to my local party. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 4 January 2013)
1 March 2013, £75 donated to my local party. Hours: 30mins. (Registered 4 March 2013)
25 March 2013, £75 donated to my local party. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 26 March 2013)
Fee from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT, for responding to opinion research:
30 July 2012, fee of £70 donated to my local party. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 4 October 2012)

Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
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).

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