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John Healey

Labour Rawmarsh and Conisbrough

Voting record

4
Voted for
0
Voted against
5
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

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Whip meter Estimate 78%

How often John Healey voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

John Healey currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Chancellor of the Exchequer — HM Treasury — since 2026-07-20 Government
Previously held
Secretary of State for Defence — Ministry of Defence (2024-07-05 to 2026-06-11) Government
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence — Ministry of Defence (2020-04-06 to 2024-05-30) Shadow
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (2018-01-09 to 2020-04-06) Shadow
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing — Department for Communities and Local Government (2016-10-07 to 2018-01-09) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning) — Department for Communities and Local Government (2015-09-14 to 2016-06-27) Shadow
Shadow Secretary of State for Health — Department of Health (2010-10-08 to 2011-10-07) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Housing) — Department for Communities and Local Government (2010-05-12 to 2010-10-08) Shadow
Minister of State (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Housing) — Department for Communities and Local Government (2009-06-05 to 2010-05-06) Government
Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Local Government) — Department for Communities and Local Government (2007-06-29 to 2009-06-05) Government
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) — HM Treasury (2005-05-10 to 2007-06-28) Government
Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) — HM Treasury (2002-05-30 to 2005-05-10) Government
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Skills) — Department for Education and Skills (2001-06-11 to 2002-05-30) Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for John Healey →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (Two bed apartment owned by me and my two siblings, following the death of my mother. Probate was 10 Jan 2025. The value is £180,000 and I own a third.)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Hove
Interest held: from 10 January 2025 until 7 November 2025
Ownership details: I no longer have any ownership in this property (ownership now with my two sisters)
(Registered 7 May 2025; updated 13 November 2025)

8. Miscellaneous

Member of Goldthorpe Towns Fund Board. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 May 2020
Date interest ended: 23 May 2024
(Registered 11 April 2023; updated 22 October 2025)

Chair of Rotherham 9th Scouts Group. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 11 April 2023)

Executive Committee Member of the British American Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 12 July 2023
Date interest ended: 4 July 2024
(Registered 4 January 2024; updated 21 October 2025)

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name: Jackie Bate
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Office Manager
Working pattern: Part time

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for John Healey yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question John Healey has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£342,575.35 paid out to or for John Healey across 299 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include John Healey’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £232,001.33 (2 claims)
Office Costs — £50,289.26 (268 claims)
Accommodation — £26,794.29 (14 claims)
Miscellaneous — £23,475.43 (4 claims)
MP Travel — £5,047.05 (6 claims)
Staff Travel — £4,967.99 (5 claims)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £145.93, 2026-04-01 — Electricity
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £124.92, 2026-03-20 — Landline
Postage & couriers — £108.00, 2026-03-16 — Royal Mail´s collection service to pick up the leaflets to go to Warrington for distribution
Postage & couriers — £682.82, 2026-03-11 — Royal Mail Door to Door delivery of MP leaflet
Stationery & printing — £256.17, 2026-03-09 — Instantprint A4 double sided newsletter
Mobile telephone - equipment purchase — £1,059.05, 2026-03-09 — MY O2 BILL PAYMENT [200013613-12054]
Subletting — £0.00, 2026-03-05 — Sublet Rent
Stationery & printing — £375.41, 2026-03-04 — Banner March 2026

Every claim on file for John Healey →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by John Healey — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily John Healey’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

John Healey isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.

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