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Helen Jones
Labour MP for Warrington North
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- 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 smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. 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 moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. 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, Work and Pensions, Communities and Local Government
- 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
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Empty Property (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many empty homes there are in each local authority in England; and what proportion of such properties are in areas previously designated as part of the housing market renewal programme.”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Second Homes (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many properties in each local authority in England are classed as second homes.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills: Tax Avoidance (Public Servants) (2 Feb 2012)
“The Chief Secretary to the Treasury has still not answered the question, so I shall put it to him again. Which Minister or Ministers signed off this tax avoidance scheme, and on what date?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 60 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 177 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 69.85% 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") 277 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Fees from Comres, 4 Millbank, London SW1:
Fee of £300. Hours: 2.5 hours. Fee paid to my constituency party. (Registered 11 April 2011)
Fee of £75. Hours: 15 mins. Fee paid to my constituency party. (Registered 23 May 2011)
Fee of £75. Hours: 15 mins. Fee paid to my constituency party. (Registered 12 July 2011)
Fee of £75 received on 3 August 2011. Hours: 15 mins. Fee paid to my constituency party. (Registered 30 August 2011)
Fee of £75. Hours: 15 mins. Fee paid to my constituency party. (Registered 16 November 2011)
Fee of £75. Hours: 15 mins. Fee paid to my constituency party. (Registered 21 December 21)
Fee of £75 from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London, EC1V 0AT. Hours: 20 mins. Fee paid to my constituency party. (Registered 11 April 2011)
4. Sponsorships
(a) Donations to the constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by the party to the Electoral Commission:
(a) Name of donor: USDAW
(a) Address of donor: 188 Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6LJ.
(a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
(a) Donor status: trade union
(a) (Registered 23 May 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Address of donor: c/o Taipei Representative Office in the UK, 50 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1 W0EB
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,600
Destination of visit: Taiwan
Date of visit: 29 May-5 June 2011
Purpose of visit: meetings with members of the Government and Legislative Yuan
(Registered 13 June 2011)
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. 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.
| 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).