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Roberta Blackman-Woods
Labour MP for City of Durham
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Roberta Blackman-Woods voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. 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 moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Communities and Local Government, Health, Work and Pensions, Business, Innovation and Skills, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Planning Permission, Licensed Premises, Housing Benefit, Planning, Breast Cancer
(based on written questions asked by Roberta Blackman-Woods and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Public Bodies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Flood and Water Management Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Policing and Crime Bill Committee (10 out of 16)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (13 out of 17)
- Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (17 out of 24)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (13 out of 18)
- Further Education and Training Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Childcare Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (21 out of 21)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Charities Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Derelict Land (2 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate his Department has made of the amount of previously developed land suitable for housing development in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each local planning authority area in each of the last 10 years.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 10 — Responsibility for children and young persons (1 Feb 2012)
“If ever a piece of legislation was to demonise and penalise people who live in the social rented sector, this Bill is it, and I have listened to the debate today. My local authority in Durham has written to me to say that many thousands of families will be affected by the under-occupancy provisions, and both the local authority and the housing associations have written to say that they simply...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 10 — Responsibility for children and young persons (1 Feb 2012)
“Will the Minister give way?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 41 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 40 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 72.23% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 8 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 152 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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.
| 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 | £21,785 (210th) | £23,041 (179th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,171 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £18,167 (302nd) | £19,063 (293rd) | £19,948 (370th) | £19,980 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £95,214 (328th) | £84,254 (432nd) | £74,591 (564th) | £62,363 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £13,769 (40th) | £11,873 (joint 50th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £14,210 (89th)1 | £13,875 (106th)2 | £11,498 (149th)3 | £12,050 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £5 (joint 422nd with 1 other) | £130 (joint 359th with 1 other) | £154 (joint 354th with 2 others) | £1,137 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,053 (111th) | £409 (233rd) | 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 | £5,473 (150th) | £2,251 (10th) | £1,816 (118th) | £2,233 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,116 (357th) | £3,742 (216th) | £5,716 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,124 (463rd) | £1,089 (joint 269th with 4 others) | £1,089 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £169,678 (81st) | £158,136 (122nd) | £134,948 (380th) | £125,739 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,540 (430th). Rail £12,065 (20th). Air £605 (113th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (425th). Rail £11,741 (21st). Air £441 (121st). Misc £13 (244th).