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Helen Jones
Labour MP for Warrington North
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Helen Jones voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against 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 very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Education and Skills, Home Department, Communities and Local Government, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Mersey Regional Ambulance Service, Strokes: Health Services, Cheshire and Merseyside SHA, Higher Education, Strokes
(based on written questions asked by Helen Jones and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of 1)
- Bribery Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Employment Bill Committee (14 out of 17)
- Vehicles (Crime) Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
Most recent appearances
- Local Government Finance Bill: Clause 16 — Extent and short title (21 May 2012)
“Wow!”
- Local Government Finance Bill: New Clause 1 — Tax increment financing schemes (21 May 2012)
“My hon. Friend is quite right and that is true in many urban conurbations, such as Manchester and London, for example. Let us also consider the need for children’s services. Levels of child poverty, and thus the demand for services, vary hugely between authorities. In Hartlepool, 29% of children are in poverty. In Newcastle, the figure is 27%, as it is in Liverpool. That is 91,000...”
- Local Government Finance Bill: New Clause 1 — Tax increment financing schemes (21 May 2012)
“I could not have put it better than did my hon. Friend. These services are demand-led; they are not within the control of the local authority, and they are, as he said, very expensive to provide, as they must be. We are dealing with some extremely damaged and vulnerable children in local authority care. Surrey has 32 looked-after children per 10,000 of population, and Wokingham has 22,...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 51 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 190 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 69.16% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 284 times in debates — above 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 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £22,096 (193rd) | £23,014 (189th) | £22,101 (joint 203rd with 2 others) | £21,632 | £20,900 (joint 195th with 5 others) | £20,125 (238th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £16,026 (171st) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £30,218 (5th) | £25,756 (44th) | £27,731 (48th) | £28,372 | £19,313 (joint 123rd with 3 others) | £18,738 (joint 318th with 1 other) | £18,216 (joint 245th with 2 others) | £20,683 (143rd) |
| Staffing costs | £92,127 (408th) | £85,244 (410th) | £79,912 (joint 448th with 1 other) | £75,680 | £66,458 (joint 496th with 11 others) | £64,143 (505th) | £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) | £41,102 (490th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,337 (194th) | £9,797 (186th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £13,749 (96th)1 | £12,964 (120th)2 | £12,168 (126th)3 | £11,152 | £13,252 (209th) | £13,091 (210th) | £12,907 (204th) | £10,129 (210th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £901 (joint 142nd with 1 other) | £0 | £1,072 (170th) | £506 (joint 268th with 1 other) | £1,449 (101st) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £334 (joint 240th with 1 other) | £0 | 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 | £4,338 (226th) | £2,196 (13th) | £1,349 (joint 184th with 1 other) | £2,509 | £1,723 (140th) | £1,699 (101st) | £3,252 (22nd) | £1,232 (250th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,778 (79th) | £2,864 (300th) | £5,913 | £4,405 (170th) | £5,630 (90th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,353 (joint 106th with 1 other) | £1,125 (joint 205th with 11 others) | £0 | £1,992 (joint 81st with 2 others) | £1,992 (joint 75th with 2 others) | £1,992 (joint 74th with 2 others) | £1,992 (joint 73rd with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £4,134 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £411 (55th) |
| Total | £173,199 (54th) | £165,102 (44th) | £148,151 (116th) | £149,392 | £129,115 (208th) | £125,924 (186th) | £119,518 (178th) | £91,575 (joint 244th with 1 other) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,270 (344th). Rail £11,402 (28th). Other: Rail £77 (117th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,997 (295th). Rail £9,967 (51st).
3 Car £2,343 (383rd). 3rd party £85 (35th). Rail £9,740 (37th).