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Roberta Blackman-Woods
Labour MP for City of Durham
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- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Roberta Blackman-Woods voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Work and Pensions, Home Department, Communities and Local Government, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Licensed Premises, Housing Benefit, Planning, Breast Cancer, Internet Plagiarism
(based on written questions asked by Roberta Blackman-Woods and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Flood and Water Management Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Policing and Crime Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (0 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
- Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
- Further Education and Training Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (21 out of n/a)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
- Charities Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Childcare Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: EU Grants and Loans (27 Jul 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent representations he has received from regional development agencies on the future of the European Regional Development Fund.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Regional Development Agencies: Land (27 Jul 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has for the land assets held by each regional development agency following dissolution.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Manpower (27 Jul 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what estimate she has made of the number of police officers to be recruited in (a) England and Wales and (b) Durham constituency consequent on the financial savings arising from the abolition of voluntary identity cards; (2) what proportion of the financial savings attributable to the abolition of voluntary identity cards she...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 26 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 41 written questions in the last year — above 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 75% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 8 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.
- 117 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Roberta Blackman-Woods speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 117 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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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).