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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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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Healey voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. 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 removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Communities and Local Government, Education, Treasury, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Telephone Services, Non-departmental Public Bodies, Public Expenditure, Mortgages: Government Assistance, Housing: Construction
(based on written questions asked by John Healey and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
- 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Turkey (18 Jun 2013)
“What assessment he has made of the implications of the recent violence in Turkey for stability in the region.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Turkey (18 Jun 2013)
“The Minister’s words were subdued. Is he not shocked to see this increasingly modern, secular and economically successful country arresting young people for using Twitter, blocking trade union demonstrations with riot police and now threatening to use the army on the streets against its own citizens? Will he and the Foreign Secretary now publicly urge the Turkish Government to respect...”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Construction (18 Jun 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) social, (b) other affordable and (c) other housing units starts on site have commenced using the borrowing guarantees scheme to date; and what the value was of starts of each such type of unit.”
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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 150 written questions in the last year — well 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 72.75% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 28 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") 917 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
1. Directorships
Group Board member of Incommunities Housing Association, The Quays, Victoria Street, Shipley, BD17 7BN. Commitment of approx 8 hrs a month from April 2013. Remuneration: £5,000.p.a. (Registered 30 April 2013)
Non-executive director of Titanic Brewery, 5 Callender Place, Lingard Street, Burslem, ST6 1JL. Commitment of approx 10 hrs a month from April 2013. Remuneration: £10,000.p.a. (Registered 30 April 2013)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Monthly articles for Municipal Journal magazine, 32 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SS. (Up to £5,000)
13 August 2012, received £200 for one article. Hours: 3 hrs approx. (Registered 15 August 2012)
18 September 2012, received £200 for one article. Hours: 3 hrs approx. (Registered 11 October 2012)
13 February 2013, received £400 for two articles. Hours: 6 hrs approx. (Registered 25 February 2013)
19 April 2013, received £400 for two articles. Hours: 6 hrs approx.
(Registered 30 April 2013)
Payment for completing opinion survey for Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY:
8 October 2012, £150. Hours: 90 mins. (Registered 11 October 2012)
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: 11 KBW
(b) Address of donor: 11 King’s Bench Walk, Temple, London EC4Y 7EQ
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £14,586 (fees and VAT) in kind; pro bono legal support for FOI tribunal
(b) Date of receipt: February-May 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: February-May 2012
(b) Donor status: barristers’ chambers
(b) (Registered 23 July 2012)
(b) Name of donor: Steel & Shamash Solicitors
(b) Address of donor: 12 Baylis Road, London SE1 7AA
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £14,283.56 (fees, disbursements and VAT) in kind; pro bono legal support for FOI tribunal
(b) Date of receipt: Feb-May 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 29 June 2012
(b) Donor status: limited liability partnership
(b) (Registered 23 July 2012)
11. Miscellaneous
Unremunerated non-executive director, Affordable Warmth Solutions CIC, 1st Floor East, 32 Homer Road, Solihull, West Midlands B91 3LT. Commitment of approx 3 hrs a month from April 2013. (Registered 30 April 2013)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 – 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).