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

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• 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

[Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Child Benefit (22 May 2012)

“Perhaps we should also note, especially as the idea for the policy appears to have come from Liberal Democrat members of the coalition, that there are no Liberal Democrats here at all to defend their ridiculous policy.”

[Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Child Benefit (22 May 2012)

“My hon. Friend is being most generous. A back-dated pay increase is another circumstance that must be quite common.”

[Mr Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Child Benefit (22 May 2012)

“Is it not critical that women should understand at this stage that that is a possible outcome of the changes? People have already started writing to me on the issue, and the Government need to take action.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 37 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 44 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 72.78% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 161 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 30 Apr 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.

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).

³ Car £1,540 (480th). Rail £9,552 (41st). Air £406 (166th).