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John Healey
Labour MP for Wentworth and Dearne

  • Also represented Wentworth
  • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How John Healey voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. 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
  • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
  • Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes

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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)

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Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Non-domestic Rates (7 Feb 2012)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) forecast and (b) actual yield was for national non-domestic rates in each of the last 20 years.”

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Non-domestic Rates (6 Feb 2012)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the reduction in yield from business rates due to successful appeals was in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of the total business rates yield this represented in each of the last 10 years.”

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Non-domestic Rates (6 Feb 2012)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the change was in the (a) amount and (b) proportion of business rates yield as a result of successful appeals in each billing authority in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 68 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 70.50% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 29 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") 857 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(b) Address of donor: 1 Embankment Place, London WC2N 6RH
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Policy analysis provided to me as Shadow Health Secretary, part-time over six months, December 2010 to May 2011, to the value of £12,852.
(b) Date of receipt: December 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: December 2010
(b) Donor status: limited liability partnership
(b) (Registered 5 January 2011)
(b) Name of donor: Barbara and Ken Follett
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
(b) Date of receipt: 7 June 2011
(b) Date of acceptance:7 June 2011
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 11 July 2011)

Register last updated: 13 Jan 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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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).

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