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Joan Ruddock
Labour MP for Lewisham, Deptford
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Joan Ruddock voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, International Development, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Afghanistan, Iraq, GM Crops, Departments: Equal Opportunities, Recycling
(based on written questions asked by Joan Ruddock and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Energy Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
- Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
- Municipal Waste Recycling Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
Most recent appearances
- Health and Social Care (13 May 2013)
“My right hon. Friend will have heard me refer to the situation in Newark, when intervening on the Secretary of State. Does my right hon. Friend agree that when a promise is made that closing or downgrading an A and E will save lives, that is what one logically expects to happen? The fact that the death rate subsequently went up is an indictment of what the Secretary of State has done. Does my...”
- Health and Social Care (13 May 2013)
“Will the Secretary of State give way?”
- Health and Social Care (13 May 2013)
“I am grateful to the Secretary of State—out-of-hours is relevant to my point. He will be familiar with Newark. He closed the A and E department and the rate of deaths among local residents went up from 3.5% to 4.9%. Why does he therefore persist in saying that, if he downgrades Lewisham A and E, 100 lives will be saved across the south-east of London?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 17 written questions in the last year — 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 73.40% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 694 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £21,042 (173rd) | £22,852 (97th) | £27,072 (62nd) | £26,896 | £13,545 (541st) | £13,889 (593rd) | £15,150 (544th) | £8,673 (553rd) |
| Staffing costs | £100,612 (140th) | £88,964 (276th) | £80,621 (429th) | £79,155 | £81,338 (35th) | £74,957 (42nd) | £72,310 (joint 1st with 23 others) | £57,145 (40th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,307 (390th) | £8,894 (286th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £228 (636th)1 | £471 (627th)2 | £1,798 (594th)3 | £1,154 | £2,203 (613th) | £2,030 (614th) | £3,966 (560th) | £2,895 (568th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £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 | £4,181 (248th) | £1,179 (joint 165th with 1 other) | £1,198 (223rd) | £1,675 | £1,588 (158th) | £1,580 (joint 112th with 1 other) | £2,112 (73rd) | £2,006 (70th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,938 (65th) | £4,035 (195th) | £4,434 | £4,358 (174th) | £3,556 (198th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,127 (joint 455th with 3 others) | £989 (joint 432nd with 6 others) | £180 | £1,962 (joint 166th with 3 others) | £1,962 (joint 161st with 3 others) | £1,962 (joint 159th with 3 others) | £1,962 (joint 152nd with 3 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £136,287 (493rd) | £131,237 (523rd) | £118,425 (566th) | £116,107 | £106,612 (581st) | £99,548 (598th) | £97,027 (570th) | £73,908 (561st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £228 (561st).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £400 (566th). Other: European £71 (138th).
3 Car £1,363 (503rd). Rail £86 (550th). European £349 (104th).