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Robert Goodwill

Conservative MP for Scarborough & Whitby

• Shadow Minister, Transport (since 6 Jul 2007)


• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 1,245 votes. — 593rd out of 643 MPs.

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• 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 Robert Goodwill voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly 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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Transport, Home Department, Health, Treasury, Environment Food and Rural Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Motor Vehicles: Registration, Railways: Freight, Driving: Licensing, School Meals, Motor Vehicles: Testing

(based on written questions asked by Robert Goodwill and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Department for Transport: Road Safety (2 Jul 2009)

“The Minister will be aware that Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has applied to the Department to allow cyclists to turn left on red, to reduce the hazard from large vehicles' back wheels as they turn left as well. Can the Minister give us any news on that application?”

Department for Transport: Road Safety (2 Jul 2009)

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Mrs. Ellman), the Chair of the Select Committee, on its report. As a former member of the Committee, I know what good work it does and I remember with great affection her predecessor, Gwyneth Dunwoody, who always treated its members kindly—that generosity of spirit was not always extended to those hapless witnesses who gave...”

Department for Transport: Road Safety (2 Jul 2009)

“I hear what the hon. Gentleman says, but feel that his proposal may be seen as too draconian. All too often, when we read of an accident in the newspapers, it involves a person who is twice or three times over the limit. We need to make sure that we are policing the existing limit before we move further. I turn now to the issue of drug-driving, in respect of which the UK is lagging behind...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 46 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 100 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (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 71% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 125 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Robert Goodwill speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 92 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

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 £4,152 (192nd). Rail £4,120 (228th). Misc £66 (181st). Other: Mileage £872 (6th). Rail £162 (97th).

^** Car £4,578 (185th). 3rd party £202 (25th). Rail £3,980 (226th). Air £130 (230th). European £850 (49th).