John Healey’s voting in Parliament

John Healey is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of John Healey’s votes.

• Consistently voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes
• Generally voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes
• Generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes

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John Healey has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Points of Order 15 Sep 2016

  Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I am grateful for the remarks you just made to the House. Were you given any indication that Ministers were considering an oral statement on the consequences of their cuts to the housing benefit of many thousands of vulnerable people in supported housing? The written statement raises more questions than it answers. The policy is delayed, but the...

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: Housing: Construction 12 Sep 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2016 to Question 43423, on housing: construction, if he will publish statistics for net new dwellings in England for the years 1997-98 to 2005-06 comparable to those published for subsequent years.

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: Tenants: Training 12 Sep 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much central government funding has been (a) made available for tenant training in each of the last 10 years and (b) allocated, or he plans to make available, for tenant training in (i) 2016 and (ii) each subsequent year of the current Parliament.

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Profile

Labour MP for Wentworth and Dearne

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Also represented Wentworth

• Maiden speech
• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Health
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Education
• Work and Pensions
• Performance Appraisal
• Telephone Services
• Housing: Construction
• Non-departmental Public Bodies
• Public Expenditure

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Housing and Planning) (14 Sep 2015 to 27 Jun 2016)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Health (8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing) (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• The Minister for Housing (5 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (2 Nov 2007 to 12 Oct 2009)
• Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Local Government) (29 Jun 2007 to 5 Jun 2009)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (20 Jul 2005 to 19 Nov 2007)
• The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (10 May 2005 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (20 Dec 2004 to 12 Jan 2009)
• The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (30 May 2002 to 10 May 2005)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Skills) (11 Jun 2001 to 30 May 2002)
• Member, Employment Sub-committee (23 Jul 1997 to 29 Nov 1999)
• Member, Education & Employment Committee (14 Jul 1997 to 29 Nov 1999)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
• Business Rate Supplements Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
• Statistics and Registration Service Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
• Finance Bill Committee (16 out of 21)
• Finance Bill Committee (14 out of 16)
• Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Employment Bill Committee (7 out of 17)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 16)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 7)
• Social Security Contributions Committee (1 out of 1)

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• Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all John Healey’s speeches
• Has received answers to 98 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 70.54% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 30 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
• 90 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on John Healey’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1011 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)