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Joan Walley
Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North

• Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — 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 Joan Walley voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted strongly against the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
• Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
• Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
• Voted moderately against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
• Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Work and Pensions, Trade and Industry, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Timber, Departmental Relocation, Refurbishment Projects, Refurbishment, Departmental Contracts

(based on written questions asked by Joan Walley and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Bribery Bill Committee (2 out of 5)
• Chairman, Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Climate Change Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Energy Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
• Municipal Waste Recycling Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Most recent appearances

Energy and Climate Change: Nuclear Power (17 May 2012)

“What his policy is on investment in new nuclear power.”

Energy and Climate Change: Nuclear Power (17 May 2012)

“I thank the Minister for that reply. Given the uncertainties about future investment, will he give us again an absolute assurance that if it is to be delivered, there will, as the coalition agreement requires, be no subsidy and no hidden subsidy, either?”

Sittings of the House (1 May): Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [Lords] (30 Apr 2012)

“Will the Minister clarify the position of the people in families who have opted in to Sunday working for those eight weeks? Will they be required, if they continue to be opted in, to work the additional hours that result from the extension?”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 59 written questions in the last year — 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 74.27% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 4 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") 429 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.

¹ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £790 (517th). Rail £9,830 (48th). Other: Mileage £82 (55th). Rail £668 (31st).

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £932 (530th). Rail £10,517 (39th). Misc £96 (166th).

³ Car £1,150 (521st). Rail £9,869 (35th).