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Rosie Winterton

Labour MP for Doncaster Central

  • Minister of State (Yorkshire and the Humber), Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (since 13 Oct 2009)
    Minister of State (Yorkshire and the Humber), Regional Affairs (since 10 Jun 2009)
    Minister of State (Yorkshire and the Humber), Department for Communities and Local Government (since 10 Jun 2009)
  • Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
  • Majority: 9,802 votes. — 137th out of 643 MPs.

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Rosie Winterton voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
  • Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
  • Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
  • Voted very 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

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership
  • Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (since 29 Dec 2009)

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Treasury

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): National Debt

(based on written questions asked by Rosie Winterton and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

RSS feed Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Business: Government Assistance (5 Feb 2010)

“Under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee, as of 27 January, 744 businesses in the South West region have drawn down loans totalling £66.38 million. The figures for each individual constituency in the South West region will be deposited in the Library of the House. Businesses may apply for a loan from any one of the participating lenders who will assess which form of lending, including the...”

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Business: Wales (5 Feb 2010)

“The promotion of small business start-up schemes is a devolved matter and as such is the responsibility of the Welsh Assembly Government.”

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Business: Young People (5 Feb 2010)

“Young people in Stroud are able to benefit from a range of core services (see following list) provided by Business Link in the south-west. Support provided will depend on the needs of the individual and will follow the core Business Link IDB (Information, Diagnosis and Brokerage) Model. Examples of the type of support available are: The "gateway"-a helpline staffed by trained and accredited...”

More of Rosie Winterton's recent appearances

Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
  • Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 84% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 57 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
  • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
  • 67 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Rosie Winterton speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 600 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£16,762 (391st) £21,631 (309th) £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) £21,634 £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) £19,939 (260th) £19,698 (275th) £16,126 (154th)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) £1,130 (joint 83rd with 26 others)
Office running costs£19,001 (272nd) £10,539 (580th) £12,431 (593rd) £18,017 £18,792 (273rd) £16,401 (547th) £12,670 (590th) £14,027 (377th)
Staffing costs£59,702 (632nd) £85,780 (389th) £88,901 (94th) £74,345 £67,524 (463rd) £65,323 (440th) £59,564 (536th) £50,541 (162nd)
Communications Allowance£8,129 (joint 362nd with 1 other) £2,828 (535th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£4,569 (467th)3 £7,106 (346th)2 £6,500 (366th)1 £6,962 £10,962 (307th) £10,887 (291st) £11,892 (250th) £11,058 (169th)
Members' Staff Travel£161 (joint 306th with 1 other) £334 (263rd) £429 (joint 240th with 1 other) £199 £0 £109 (421st) £358 (joint 307th with 1 other) £170 (joint 367th with 2 others)
Members' Spouse Travel£0 £0 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£962 (612th) £1,486 (99th) £1,358 (181st) £2,122 £1,216 (230th) £1,113 (joint 215th with 2 others) £1,610 (138th) £1,243 (247th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£5,461 (22nd) £4,240 (178th) £6,714 £3,141 (253rd) £4,131 (157th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,034 (554th) £834 (589th) £835 £1,838 (joint 413th with 2 others) £1,838 (joint 406th with 2 others) £1,838 (joint 395th with 1 other) £1,002 (561st)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£109,285 (618th) £136,199 (462nd) £136,803 (343rd) £130,828 £125,993 (277th) £121,315 (277th) £109,157 (413th) £95,297 (164th)

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,988 (390th). Rail £5,118 (180th).

3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,176 (354th). Rail £2,393 (323rd).

1 Car £1,540 (480th). Rail £4,960 (176th).