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Joan Ruddock
Labour MP for Lewisham, Deptford
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Joan Ruddock voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. 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 moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. 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
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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, International Development, Health, Trade and Industry
- 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)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
- Energy Bill Committee (12 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 93 — Benefit cap (1 Feb 2012)
“We all appreciate that the hon. Gentleman’s constituents who are in work are hard-working and may be getting less than the national average wage, but will he acknowledge that they may well be entitled to a raft of in-work benefits such as working tax credit, child tax credit, child benefit and housing benefit? It is not a case of saying that people in work have only a certain amount of...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 93 — Benefit cap (1 Feb 2012)
“Let me remind my right hon. Friend and, through him, the House that we are talking about benefits and caps that are completely and utterly inappropriate in London where many people in receipt of housing benefit because of high rents are in work. When they are told to move, as the hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry) suggests, there is nowhere for them to move to. Our constituents are being...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 93 — Benefit cap (1 Feb 2012)
“I would support entirely what the Minister says but for the fact that in my constituency, rents are so high and housing shortages so great that people do not have a choice. They are obliged to rent properties that entitle them to higher housing benefit, which costs more than the cap. That is the fault of landlords for the rents that they charge, not of the poor people who have no choice and...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 49 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 16 written questions in the last year — below 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 72.89% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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 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") 666 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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).