This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
Jack Straw MP
- Labour MP for Blackburn
- Lord Chancellor, Ministry of Justice (since 28 Jun 2007)
- Majority: 8,009 votes. — 293rd out of 631 MPs.
- Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
- Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
- Email me whenever Jack Straw speaks (no more than once per day)
- Help us add video by matching a speech by Jack Straw
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jack Straw voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. 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
Select Committee membership
- Member, Members Estimate Committee (since 4 Jun 2008)
- Member, Speaker's Committee (since 4 Jun 2008)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Written Answers — Justice: Bail (22 Jul 2008)
“The following shows the average fine amount for those convicted of failing to surrender for bail in 2006. 2006 Number of persons—12,909 Average fine amount—£61.07 The proportion of those given various disposals for "failing to surrender to bail" at all courts are as follows, as well as guidance regarding the factors to be taken into account when sentencing for this offence:...”
- Written Answers — Justice: Bail Accommodation and Support Scheme (22 Jul 2008)
“Up to 16 July, 827 defendants on bail and 639 prisoners released from prison on Home Detention Curfew had been placed in the Bail Accommodation and Support Service. Of these 776 defendants and 621 offenders were provided with housing.”
- Written Answers — Justice: Criminal Records (22 Jul 2008)
“The information requested is not available. Figures on the proportions of the population with a criminal history in England and Wales can be found in 'Criminal careers of those born between 1953 and 1978' at: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/hosb401.pdf However, this publication does not provide figures for different ethnic groups as the court data from which these figures are derived does not...”
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Is a member of 2 select committees.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 60% of votes in parliament — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 116 comments 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.
- 91 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jack Straw speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1551 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 22 Jul 2008. More about the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £15,925 (496th) | £17,717 | £17,780 (402nd) | £12,877 (522nd) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £11,420 (531st) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £1,574 (joint 1st) | £1,527 (joint 1st) | £1,227 (joint 1st) |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £27,238 (58th) | £21,167 | £19,074 (220th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £18,234 (joint 1st) | £23,480 (95th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £67,235 (606th) | £71,207 | £63,606 (570th) | £62,500 (553rd) | £61,980 (joint 397th) | £37,692 (553rd) |
| Members' Travel | £4,457 (494th)* | £3,568 | £5,573 (517th) | £4,454 (541st) | £5,094 (526th) | £2,723 (joint 578th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,394 (75th) | £897 | £566 (264th) | £734 (joint 204th) | £1,469 (100th) | £1,266 (98th) |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,209 (82nd) | £2,261 | £1,954 (110th) | £1,544 (122nd) | £1,127 (276th) | £433 (577th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,944 (292nd) | £3,697 | £3,240 (joint 239th) | £2,378 (343rd) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,118 (joint 220th) | £0 | £1,998 (joint 75th) | £1,998 (joint 68th) | £1,998 (68th) | £1,998 (67th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £597 | £3,481 (50th) | £0 | £3,314 (45th) | £860 (43rd) |
| Total | £122,520 (532nd) | £121,111 | £118,890 (422nd) | £106,858 (549th) | £114,465 (292nd) | £81,099 (469th) |
Click on the platypus!
Did you know this site is run by a charity?
We've just added the Scottish Parliament and more advanced
search options — your donation would enable
us to continue to add new features, such as committees.
Search this person's speeches
More useful links for this person
- Jack Straw's personal website
- Biography (From The Guardian)
- Biography (From Wikipedia)
- Newspaper articles written by this MP (From Journalisted)
- Parliamentary career (From The Guardian)
- Election results for Blackburn (From The Guardian)
- Previous candidacies (From The Guardian)
- Contact details (From The Guardian)
- General information (From BBC News)
Nearby constituencies
- Hyndburn (5 miles)
- Rossendale & Darwen (7 miles)
- Chorley (8 miles)
- Preston (8 miles)
- Bolton North East (9 miles)
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Members Estimates Committee (20 Mar 2007 to 4 Jun 2008)
- Chairman, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (26 Jul 2006 to 27 Jul 2007)
- Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (16 May 2006 to 26 Jul 2006)
- Lord Privy Seal, House of Commons (8 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
- Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (8 Jun 2001 to 8 May 2006)
- Home Secretary (2 May 1997 to 8 Jun 2001)
Journalist?
Please feel free to use the data on this page, but if you do you must cite TheyWorkForYou.com in the body of your articles as the source of any analysis or data you get off this site. If you ignore this, we might have to start keeping these sorts of records on you...