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John Healey
Labour MP for Wentworth and Dearne
- Also represented Wentworth
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Healey voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Communities and Local Government, Education, Work and Pensions, Business, Innovation and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Non-departmental Public Bodies, Mortgages: Government Assistance, Transition Programme, Social Rented Housing: Standards, Housing: Construction
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
- Finance Bill Committee (16 out of 21)
- Finance Bill Committee (14 out of 16)
- Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Employment Bill Committee (7 out of 17)
- Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 16)
- Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 7)
- Social Security Contributions Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Local Government Finance Bill: New Clause 1 — Tax increment financing schemes (21 May 2012)
“Members of another place will study the Minister’s remarks this evening very carefully and return to a number of points. I am grateful to him for his comments about TIF funding, and I was pleased by most, if not all of them. I, too, will study the Hansard record of his comments very carefully indeed. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the clause. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. Proceedings...”
- Local Government Finance Bill: New Clause 1 — Tax increment financing schemes (21 May 2012)
“My hon. Friend, who has experience of local government, has put his finger on the button. What worries me is that the Bill gives the Secretary of State power to set the central and local shares—in other words, to determine the division of the business rates take—in each and every year, indefinitely. I am not talking just about what will happen next year and the year after that, or...”
- Local Government Finance Bill: New Clause 1 — Tax increment financing schemes (21 May 2012)
“My hon. Friend may well be right, and his Select Committee will doubtless keep a close eye on the matter. I hope that the Minister will give us some answers tonight, but I am sure that, if he does not, Ministers in the other place will be pressed on the point. The other gaping hole in the Bill is the absence of any specific measure that would tell us when and how the Government would deal...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 48 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 49 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 72.08% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 27 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 874 times in debates — well 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.
| 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 | £14,319 (445th) | £18,674 (423rd) | £22,102 (joint 199th with 3 others) | £13,940 | £20,882 (217th) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,401 (330th) | £13,974 (440th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,130 (joint 83rd with 26 others) |
| Office running costs | £19,073 (267th) | £24,894 (58th) | £27,508 (51st) | £19,657 | £19,313 (joint 123rd with 3 others) | £18,708 (341st) | £16,855 (486th) | £28,289 (43rd) |
| Staffing costs | £99,462 (184th) | £84,204 (435th) | £79,912 (joint 448th with 1 other) | £76,087 | £66,231 (516th) | £65,449 (joint 434th with 1 other) | £63,534 (368th) | £37,943 (551st) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,847 (413th) | £4,826 (469th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £13,366 (101st)1 | £13,353 (115th)2 | £11,888 (138th)3 | £8,778 | £11,240 (296th) | £9,157 (360th) | £9,682 (338th) | £7,758 (331st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,072 (74th) | £467 (221st) | £1,857 (47th) | £796 | £1,684 (102nd) | £1,051 (154th) | £416 (284th) | £1,371 (85th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £2,043 (45th) | £2,018 (63rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £266 (46th) | £264 (54th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,051 (118th) | £1,099 (193rd) | £2,016 (97th) | £712 | £1,538 (167th) | £1,382 (143rd) | £1,388 (joint 186th with 2 others) | £1,617 (136th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,258 (335th) | £4,136 (187th) | £1,992 | £2,557 (324th) | £2,489 (329th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,376 (joint 84th with 2 others) | £1,132 (joint 197th with 5 others) | £0 | £2,021 (joint 38th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 33rd with 8 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £162,499 (161st) | £153,433 (208th) | £150,551 (83rd) | £121,962 | £127,084 (252nd) | £122,164 (258th) | £114,824 (285th) | £94,103 (187th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,070 (366th). Rail £11,269 (30th). Misc £27 (222nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,458 (346th). Rail £10,886 (27th). Other: Rail £9 (196th).