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Linda Riordan
Labour MP for Halifax
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Linda Riordan voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Transport, Home Department, Communities and Local Government, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Driving (Sleep Disorders), Railways, Arthritis: Drugs, Speed Limits, Crimes of Violence: Halifax
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Childcare Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
Most recent appearances
- Unemployment (Halifax) (1 Feb 2012)
“I am delighted to have secured this debate, and to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I also thank the Minister who will reply to the debate. Before I get to the heart of the issue, however, I would like to paint a background picture of Halifax and describe the social and economic situation in which we find ourselves today. I grew up in Halifax and went to school there, and I know the...”
- Unemployment (Halifax) (1 Feb 2012)
“I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, and as I will show later in my speech, I do not intend to talk down Halifax—quite the reverse. I saw the Halifax Courier on Saturday night and read about the new jobs that have been created in Calder Valley. The Halifax Courier is a great source of local knowledge. It talks up Halifax and I have worked with it on many local campaigns,...”
- Unemployment (Halifax) (1 Feb 2012)
“I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I agree with his point about apprenticeship schemes. In fact, just last Friday, I visited Goodall Transport in Sowerby Bridge in Halifax. It has been there for quite a few years. It would like more money coming up north, because it sees money directed more to the south of England. Also, it struggles with paying VAT before it gets that VAT into...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 33 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 67.39% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 40 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,215 (140th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £19,335 (250th) | £17,940 (349th) | £18,536 (454th) | £20,000 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £94,137 (356th) | £88,823 (283rd) | £86,924 (204th) | £81,276 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £12,918 (59th) | £3,336 (518th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £12,819 (114th)1 | £15,449 (66th)2 | £13,532 (101st)3 | £12,548 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £940 (82nd) | £570 (183rd) | £1,707 (52nd) | £1,799 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,525 (437th) | £1,182 (163rd) | £1,057 (261st) | £1,674 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,921 (249th) | £2,565 (330th) | £5,189 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,264 (joint 236th with 1 other) | £1,182 (131st) | £930 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £165,888 (117th) | £154,568 (191st) | £147,613 (124th) | £145,050 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,758 (292nd). Rail £9,969 (46th). Air £92 (158th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,904 (304th). Rail £10,312 (45th). Misc £1,028 (31st). Other: European £1,205 (38th).
3 Car £1,055 (532nd). 3rd party £1,547 (7th). Rail £9,645 (40th). European £1,285 (27th).