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Roger Godsiff
Labour MP for Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath
- Also represented Birmingham Small Heath
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
- Majority: 3,289 votes. — 499th 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 Roger Godsiff voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against 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
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Work and Pensions, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): IT Contracts, Avian Influenza, Crime: Birmingham, Iraq, Retail Trade: Mobile Phones
(based on written questions asked by Roger Godsiff and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: DNA: Databases (5 Feb 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which organisation is responsible for the implementation of his Department's DNA isotope testing regime.”
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Death: Birmingham (28 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the 10 most frequently recorded causes of death for (a) men, (b) women, (c) boys under the age of 18 years and (d) girls under the age of 18 years were in Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency in each of the last five years.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme: Birmingham (28 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many applications from residents of Birmingham to the Warm Front Scheme for (a) heating, (b) insulation and (c) heating and insulation were approved in each of the last three years.”
More of Roger Godsiff's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 63 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 57% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — well below 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") 55 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 – 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 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £12,626 (498th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £8,561 (607th) | £16,376 (418th) | £19,224 (422nd) | £26,046 | £19,282 (joint 159th with 2 others) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,216 (joint 245th with 2 others) | £6,796 (595th) |
| Staffing costs | £113,729 (2nd) | £95,459 (52nd) | £88,484 (100th) | £78,035 | £70,379 (320th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £65,596 (joint 179th with 51 others) | £50,331 (175th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,056 (235th) | £10,008 (128th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,538 (265th)3 | £8,311 (281st)2 | £8,170 (300th)1 | £7,648 | £15,791 (123rd) | £13,181 (207th) | £13,056 (199th) | £9,364 (252nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,133 (68th) | £1,086 (89th) | £1,133 (107th) | £817 | £1,256 (148th) | £1,188 (134th) | £899 (183rd) | £1,037 (128th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,133 (104th) | £1,416 (96th) | 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 | £6,865 (64th) | £1,441 (106th) | £3,419 (37th) | £3,350 | £1,345 (200th) | £1,447 (joint 135th with 1 other) | £732 (455th) | £1,689 (122nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,497 (joint 17th with 1 other) | £6,525 (91st) | £9,776 | £2,110 (388th) | £3,543 (203rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,208 (joint 314th with 1 other) | £994 (427th) | £629 | £1,979 (joint 105th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 98th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 97th with 8 others) | £1,979 (joint 94th with 8 others) | |
| Other Costs | £15,318 (4th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £189,338 (2nd) | £163,885 (60th) | £150,059 (88th) | £147,935 | £133,044 (138th) | £128,493 (143rd) | £120,200 (166th) | £83,822 (434th) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £8,124 (9th). Rail £187 (539th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £8,092 (8th). Rail £446 (506th).