This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.

John Healey

Labour MP for Wentworth

• Minister of State (Housing), Department for Communities and Local Government (since 10 Jun 2009)


• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
• Majority: 15,056 votes. — 33rd out of 643 MPs.

• Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
• Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
• Email me whenever John Healey speaks (no more than once per day)
• Help us add video by matching a speech by John Healey

• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How John Healey voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against 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 moderately for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly 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 very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. 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, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (since 3 Dec 2008)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Planning Bill Committee (18 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
• Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (20 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
• Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Employment Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Social Security Contributions Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Homes and Communities Agency (2 Jul 2009)

“I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 16 June 2009, Official Report, column 202W.”

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Armed Forces (2 Jul 2009)

“The Information requested on applications for assistance under the New Build HomeBuy and intermediate rent schemes is not held centrally. Applications are processed by Homebuy agents (appointed housing associations) as part of the Homes and Communities Agency's National Affordable Housing programme.”

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Low Incomes (2 Jul 2009)

“I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 10 June 2009, Official Report, column 897W. Participation in low cost home ownership schemes is a commercial decision for individual lenders. We are engaging regularly with lenders to ensure the continuance of mortgages for HomeBuy purchasers. For (ii)—OwnHome product is a joint venture between Places for People and the Co-operative...”

More of John Healey's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

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 23 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 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 84% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 24 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
• 71 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever John Healey speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 752 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. 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 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,458 (346th). Rail £10,886 (27th). Other: Rail £9 (196th).

^** Car £1,922 (431st). Rail £9,966 (33rd).