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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 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
- 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, Iraq, Retail Trade: Mobile Phones, DNA Database
(based on written questions asked by Roger Godsiff and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Digital Broadcasting: Birmingham (3 Nov 2009)
“To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of (a) households and (b) businesses in Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency which will be liable for payment of the levy proposed in the .”
More of Roger Godsiff's recent appearances
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 38 written questions in the last year — 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 58% 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.
- 97 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Roger Godsiff speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 53 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
6. Overseas visits
25-31 May 2008, to Syria, as a member of a delegation to meet government ministers, parliamentarians and business leaders. The costs of flights and hospitality was met by the British Syrian Society and the Syrian Government. (Registered 27 June 2008)
12-19 April 2009, to Syria, as a member of a parliamentary delegation to meet government ministers, parliamentarians and business leaders. The cost of flights and hospitality was met by the British Syrian Society and the Syrian Government. (Registered 1 May 2009)
24-31 May 2009, to Vietnam as member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Vietnam, to further co-operation with our counterpart parliamentary group. The cost of external and internal flights and accommodation was paid by the Group's registered sponsors, Premier Oil and the University of Central Lancashire. The National Assembly of Vietnam paid for ground travel costs and some hospitality. (Registered 9 June 2009)
Name of donor: Government of Mauritius and Air Mauritius
Address of donor: Mauritius
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Accommodation and flights, value TBC.
Destination of visit: Mauritius
Date of visit: 22-29 July 2009
Purpose of visit: To meet with the Prime Minister and government officials
(Registered 11 August 2009)
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.
| Type | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £23,083 (joint 1st) | £22,110 (joint 1st) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st) | £20,333 (joint 3rd) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £12,626 (498th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £16,376 (418th) | £19,224 (422nd) | £26,046 | £19,282 (joint 159th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £18,216 (joint 245th) | £6,796 (595th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £95,459 (52nd) | £88,484 (100th) | £78,035 | £70,379 (320th) | £68,023 (joint 228th) | £65,596 (joint 179th) | £50,331 (175th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,008 (128th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,311 (281st)* | £8,170 (300th)** | £7,648 | £15,791 (123rd) | £13,181 (207th) | £13,056 (199th) | £9,364 (252nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,086 (89th) | £1,133 (107th) | £817 | £1,256 (148th) | £1,188 (134th) | £899 (183rd) | £1,037 (128th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,416 (96th) | 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 | £1,441 (106th) | £3,419 (37th) | £3,350 | £1,345 (200th) | £1,447 (joint 135th) | £732 (455th) | £1,689 (122nd) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,497 (joint 17th) | £6,525 (91st) | £9,776 | £2,110 (388th) | £3,543 (203rd) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,208 (joint 314th) | £994 (427th) | £629 | £1,979 (joint 105th) | £1,979 (joint 98th) | £1,979 (joint 97th) | £1,979 (joint 94th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £163,885 (60th) | £150,059 (88th) | £147,935 | £133,044 (138th) | £128,493 (143rd) | £120,200 (166th) | £83,822 (434th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £8,124 (9th). Rail £187 (539th).