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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.

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• Voting record
• Committees and 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 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

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

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)

• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
• Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (0 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)
• Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (13 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)
• Education and Inspections Bill Committee (21 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 26 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 25 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.
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• 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: 28 Oct 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 £1,680 (425th). Rail £11,741 (21st). Air £441 (121st). Misc £13 (244th).

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