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Roberta Blackman-Woods

Labour MP for Durham, City of

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    • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
    • Majority: 3,274 votes. — 515th out of 643 MPs.

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Roberta Blackman-Woods voted on key issues since 2001:

    • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
    • Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
    • Voted moderately 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

    Committees and topics of interest

    Select Committee membership
    • Member, Commons Science and Technology Committee (since 7 Oct 2009)
    • Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (since 1 Nov 2005)
    • Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (since 29 Jun 2005)

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Health, Communities and Local Government, Transport, Education and Skills, Work and Pensions

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Licensed Premises, Planning, Breast Cancer, Internet Plagiarism, Palestine

    (based on written questions asked by Roberta Blackman-Woods and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

    RSS feed Most recent appearances

    Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Television: Advertising (11 Nov 2009)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects to publish the outcome of his Department's consultation on product placement on television programmes.”

    More of Roberta Blackman-Woods's recent appearances

    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 24 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
    • Is a member of 3 select committees (0 as chair).
    • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
    • Has voted in 80% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above 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 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
    • 107 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") 94 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    Nil

    Register last updated: 11 Nov 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.

    Type2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
    Additional Costs Allowance£23,041 (179th) £22,110 (joint 1st) £21,171        
    London Supplement£0 £0 £0        
    Incidental Expenses Provision£19,063 (293rd) £19,948 (370th) £19,980        
    Staffing Allowance£84,254 (432nd) £74,591 (564th) £62,363        
    Communications Allowance£11,873 (joint 50th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Travel£13,875 (106th)* £11,498 (149th)** £12,050        
    Members' Staff Travel£130 (joint 359th) £154 (joint 354th) £1,137        
    Members' Spouse Travel£409 (233rd) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Members' Family Travel£0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Centrally Purchased Stationery£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) £1,089        
    Other Costs£0 £0 £0        
    Total£158,136 (122nd) £134,948 (380th) £125,739        

    * Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (425th). Rail £11,741 (21st). Air £441 (121st). Misc £13 (244th).

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