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Helen Goodman
Labour MP for Bishop Auckland
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions (since 10 Jun 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Majority: 10,047 votes. — 164th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
- Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Helen Goodman voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against 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 moderately for 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
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Work and Pensions, Home Department, Trade and Industry, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Rural Support, Departmental Finance, Benefits, Children's Play, Arms Exports
(based on written questions asked by Helen Goodman and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Legal Services Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Charities Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Commons Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Childcare Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Fraud (1 Jul 2009)
“To detect both fraud and error once a benefit claim is active within our systems we match our data against that from other sources. We do this using a range of data from both other Government Departments and private sector sources. Data are extracted from these sources at routine intervals and matched against our benefit data to identify anomalies, which are then referred for investigation.”
More of Helen Goodman's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well 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 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 92% 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 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") 121 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 24 Jun 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.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £23,083 (joint 1st) | £22,110 (joint 1st) | £21,555 | ||||
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £11,902 (547th) | £17,803 (480th) | £16,826 | ||||
| Staffing Allowance | £73,721 (594th) | £90,379 (66th) | £67,062 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,685 (89th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £18,360 (26th)* | £11,809 (142nd)** | £11,214 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £800 (136th) | £633 (190th) | £568 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,483 (90th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £753 (30th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £506 (487th) | £1,201 (222nd) | £773 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,453 (180th) | £3,982 (199th) | £2,467 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £970 (joint 592nd) | £930 (joint 523rd) | £930 | ||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £145,716 (341st) | £148,847 (103rd) | £121,395 |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,410 (476th). Rail £16,617 (1st). Misc £333 (91st).
** Car £1,634 (464th). Rail £9,991 (32nd). Air £184 (210th).