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Rt Hon John Healey MP

Labour Rawmarsh and Conisbrough M
The Rt Hon John Healey is the Labour MP for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997. He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Defence.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £35,246 / £93,904 annual
137 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £35,246
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Ministerial activity

Records on file 47
16 meetings · 0 hospitality · 0 gifts · 31 overseas trips · 2024-01-01 → 2025-12-31
Total overseas travel cost £341,685

Recent meetings

Date Met with Purpose Source
2025-09-24 Leonardo Discussion of New Medium Helicopter ministry-of-defence
2025-09-10 Palantir Discussion of strategic defence partnership ministry-of-defence
2025-09-01 Labrats International Discussion of Nuclear Test Veterans ministry-of-defence
2025-08-06 Leonardo Discussion of New Medium Helicopter ministry-of-defence
2025-07-21 Rheinmetall Discussion of Artillery Barrell Production ministry-of-defence
2025-07-14 Tony Gallagher; Editor; Times, Ted Verity; Editor-in-Chief; Mail, Rob Winnett; Deputy Editor; Telegraph, Geordie Greig; Editor-in-Chief; Independent Media Interviews ministry-of-defence
2025-07-07 Airbus SE Discussion of Space Sector ministry-of-defence
2025-07-02 BAE Systems Discussion of BAE Systems labour rates ministry-of-defence
2025-06-17 Unite the Union Follow-up from the meeting in April. Discussed Typhoon, NMH and other Defence industrial matters, plus discussion of Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) ministry-of-defence
2025-05-14 Rheinmetall Call to talk about Rheinmetall investment into UK (Telford) ministry-of-defence
2025-04-02 Unite the Union Discussed Typhoon, NMH and other Defence industrial matters ministry-of-defence
2025-04-01 Harry Yorke, Deputy Political Editor, The Sunday Times Coffee ministry-of-defence
2025-02-04 Royal United Services Institute Ukraine discussion ministry-of-defence
2024-10-21 Thales Group Discussion on leadership handover and an overview of Thales current work and supporting MOD ministry-of-defence
2024-10-14 BAE Systems plc, Airbus SE, Leonardo S.p.A, Babcock International Group plc, Rheinmetall International Investment Summit ministry-of-defence
2024-09-10 Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land Meet and greet at Wellington Barracks ministry-of-defence

Recent overseas travel · latest 20 of 31

Dates Destination Purpose Total cost
2025-12-09 2025-12-11 Washington DC; US
RAF flight, Scheduled flight
Bilateral Meeting £24,283
2025-11-13 2025-11-14 Berlin; Germany
RAF flight
E5 Defence Ministers Summit £12,485
2025-11-04 2025-11-05 Bodo; Norway, Paris; France
RAF flight
Joint Expeditionary Force Defence Ministers Summit and Bilateral Meeting £18,381
2025-10-28 2025-10-29 Doha; Qatar
Scheduled flight
Qatar Visit £4,400
2025-10-14 2025-10-15 Brussels; Belgium
RAF flight
NATO Ministers of Defence £10,414
2025-09-02 2025-09-04 Kyiv; Ukraine, Oslo; Norway
RAF flight, Rail
Defence engagement and bilateral advancement of UK-Norway relationship £19,616
2025-08-27 2025-08-30 Tokyo; Japan
Scheduled flight
OP Highmast visit and bilateral meetings £9,128
2025-08-14 2025-08-15 Birmingham; UK
Scheduled flight, taxi
Return to UK to attend VJ Day 80th Anniversary commemorations at the National Memorial Arboretum £754
2025-07-23 2025-07-28 Sydney; Australia, Melbourne; Australia, Darwin; Australia, Perth; Australia
Scheduled flight
Bilateral meetings with Australian counterparts and visiting OP Highmast £7,706
2025-06-24 2025-06-25 The Hague; Netherlands
Scheduled flight
NATO Summit £2,250
2025-06-18 2025-06-18 Paris; France
Eurostar
Defence Diplomacy £565
2025-06-04 2025-06-05 Brussels; Belgium, Caen; France
RAF flight
Coalition of the Willing and D-Day 81 £18,034
2025-05-15 2025-05-16 Rome; Italy
Scheduled flight
E5 Format Defence Ministers' Meeting £309
2025-05-15 2025-05-15 Berlin; Germany
RAF flight
Trinity House Agreement £85,516
2025-04-10 2025-04-11 Brussels; Belgium
Eurostar
Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) £328
2025-04-06 2025-04-08 Nairobi; Kenya
Scheduled flight
Defence Diplomacy £3,988
2025-03-12 2025-03-13 Ankara; Turkey
RAF flight
Bilateral meetings with Turkish counterparts
2025-03-11 2025-03-12 Paris; France
Eurostar
E5 Defence Summit £188
2025-03-05 2025-03-07 Washington DC; USA
RAF flight
Bilateral meetings with US counterparts £27,583
2025-02-19 2025-02-20 Kirkenes; Norway, Bodo; Norway
RAF flight
Official visit to British forces
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage: HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.

Constituencies represented

2024-07-04present
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough current
2010-05-062024-05-30
Wentworth and Dearne
1997-05-012010-05-06
Wentworth

Party history

1997-05-01present
Labour current

Government posts

2024-07-05present
Secretary of State for Defence
2009-06-052010-05-06
Minister of State (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Housing)
2007-06-292009-06-05
Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Local Government)
2005-05-102007-06-28
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
2002-05-302005-05-10
Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
2001-06-112002-05-30
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Skills)

Opposition posts

2020-04-062024-05-30
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
2018-01-092020-04-06
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing
2016-10-072018-01-09
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing
2015-09-142016-06-27
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning)
2010-10-082011-10-07
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
2010-05-122010-10-08
Shadow Minister (Housing)

Committee memberships

1997-07-141999-11-29
Education & Employment
2004-12-202009-01-12
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
2005-07-202007-11-19
Public Accounts Committee
2007-11-022009-10-12
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

Parliamentary office
john.healey.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 4031 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
john.healey.mp@parliament.uk
01709 875943 · 79 High Street, Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7QB
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Transatlantic Trade
Subject Group
Officer 4 2024-05-21
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Voting record (2026)
36 / 109
73 missed (67%) of 109 divisions
Salary value of missed votes
£23,605
67% of £35,246 paid this year
Projected at annual salary
£62,890
67% of £93,904 annual — if the same absentee rate held over a full year
Implied cost per vote cast
£979
Salary ÷ Aye/No votes cast
vs median MP (2026)
+39.4 pp Bad
Median MP missed 28% of divisions · within ±2 pp = Neutral

Commons votes · 2026

109 divisions 25 Aye(22.9%) 11 No(10.1%) 73 didn't vote(67.0%)
2026-04-22
Didn't vote
Crime and Policing Bill: Government motion in relation to LA439
253143 Pass
2026-04-22
Didn't vote
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Govt Motion to insist on Amdt 38J and disagree with Amdts 38V to 38X
260161 Pass
2026-04-22
Didn't vote
Pensions Schemes Bill: Govt motion relating to Lords Reason 88D
272149 Pass
2026-04-22
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026
3807 Pass
2026-04-21
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98
287150 Pass
2026-04-21
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41
284149 Pass
2026-04-21
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37
291144 Pass
2026-04-21
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36
288147 Pass
2026-04-21
Didn't vote
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26
287149 Pass
2026-04-21
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13
297147 Pass
2026-04-21
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4
298152 Pass
2026-04-21
Didn't vote
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2
293155 Pass
2026-04-20
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Motion relating Lords Reasons 359B and 439B
292158 Pass
2026-04-20
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Reason 342B
29461 Pass
2026-04-20
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Reason 11B
294156 Pass
2026-04-20
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 2D and 2E
293159 Pass
2026-04-15
Didn't vote
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion relating to Lords Amendment 106
248139 Pass
2026-04-15
Didn't vote
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion relating to Lords Amendment 102
259136 Pass
2026-04-15
Didn't vote
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B
254144 Pass
2026-04-15
Didn't vote
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion relating to Lords Amendment 38
256150 Pass
2026-04-15
Didn't vote
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78
277150 Pass
2026-04-15
Didn't vote
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77
27195 Pass
2026-04-15
Didn't vote
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43
273159 Pass
2026-04-15
Didn't vote
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35
275159 Pass
2026-04-15
Didn't vote
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26
269162 Pass
2026-04-15
Didn't vote
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15
276155 Pass
2026-04-15
Didn't vote
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5
269103 Pass
2026-04-15
Didn't vote
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1
278158 Pass
2026-04-14
Didn't vote
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments
24721 Pass
2026-04-14
Didn't vote
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359
277158 Pass
2026-04-14
Didn't vote
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357
27873 Pass
2026-04-14
Didn't vote
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342
28170 Pass
2026-04-14
Didn't vote
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334
35690 Pass
2026-04-14
Didn't vote
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333
301157 Pass
2026-04-14
Didn't vote
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311
300101 Pass
2026-04-14
Didn't vote
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11
291174 Pass
2026-04-14
Didn't vote
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6
299169 Pass
2026-04-14
Didn't vote
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2
307176 Pass
2026-03-25
Didn't vote
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6
290163 Pass
2026-03-25
Didn't vote
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5
292162 Pass
2026-03-25
Didn't vote
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4
300149 Pass
2026-03-25
Didn't vote
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3
286163 Pass
2026-03-25
Didn't vote
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2
295162 Pass
2026-03-25
Didn't vote
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1
291158 Pass
2026-03-24
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence
98306 Fail
2026-03-24
Didn't vote
Opposition Day Motion: Oil and Gas
108297 Fail
2026-03-23
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6
278164 Pass
2026-03-23
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5
281167 Pass
2026-03-23
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3
280164 Pass
2026-03-23
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2
279167 Pass
2026-03-23
Didn't vote
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1
280161 Pass
2026-03-18
No
Opposition day motion: student loans
88266 Fail
2026-03-18
Didn't vote
Opposition day motion: fuel duty
103259 Fail
2026-03-18
Didn't vote
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
27799 Pass
2026-03-18
Didn't vote
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026
368107 Pass
2026-03-11
Didn't vote
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading
292161 Pass
2026-03-11
Didn't vote
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6
175292 Fail
2026-03-11
Didn't vote
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5
172283 Fail
2026-03-11
Didn't vote
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11
174292 Fail
2026-03-10
Didn't vote
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading
304203 Pass
2026-03-10
Didn't vote
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
203311 Fail
2026-03-09
Didn't vote
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106
304177 Pass
2026-03-09
Didn't vote
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102
315163 Pass
2026-03-09
Didn't vote
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44
315109 Pass
2026-03-09
Didn't vote
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41
316171 Pass
2026-03-09
Didn't vote
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38
307173 Pass
2026-03-09
Didn't vote
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37
321106 Pass
2026-03-09
Didn't vote
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17
306182 Pass
2026-03-09
Didn't vote
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16
309181 Pass
2026-03-02
Didn't vote
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment
105410 Fail
2026-02-24
Didn't vote
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms
69279 Fail
2026-02-23
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading
36184 Pass
2026-02-23
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3
73256 Fail
2026-02-23
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3
77280 Fail
2026-02-23
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2
156273 Fail
2026-02-23
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1
161272 Fail
2026-02-11
Didn't vote
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
27990 Pass
2026-02-11
Didn't vote
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
277143 Pass
2026-02-11
Didn't vote
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
362107 Pass
2026-02-04
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
392116 Pass
2026-02-03
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading
458104 Pass
2026-01-28
Didn't vote
Opposition Day: Youth unemployment
91287 Fail
2026-01-28
No
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory
103284 Fail
2026-01-28
Aye
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026
294108 Pass
2026-01-27
Didn't vote
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1
88310 Fail
2026-01-27
Didn't vote
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2
61311 Fail
2026-01-27
Didn't vote
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9
91378 Fail
2026-01-21
Didn't vote
The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025
373106 Pass
2026-01-21
Didn't vote
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading
316194 Pass
2026-01-21
Didn't vote
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5
195317 Fail
2026-01-21
Didn't vote
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5
191326 Fail
2026-01-20
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6
347184 Pass
2026-01-20
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5
347185 Pass
2026-01-20
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1
344182 Pass
2026-01-20
Didn't vote
Sentencing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7
319127 Pass
2026-01-14
Didn't vote
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025
301110 Pass
2026-01-13
Didn't vote
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26
172334 Fail
2026-01-13
Didn't vote
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9
181335 Fail
2026-01-13
Didn't vote
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part
344173 Pass
2026-01-13
Didn't vote
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25
187351 Fail
2026-01-13
Didn't vote
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24
184331 Fail
2026-01-13
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part
348167 Pass
2026-01-12
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7
188341 Fail
2026-01-12
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3
185344 Fail
2026-01-12
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part
344181 Pass
2026-01-12
Aye
Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part
324180 Pass
2026-01-12
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12
167350 Fail
2026-01-07
No
Opposition Day: Rural communities
105332 Fail
2026-01-07
Didn't vote
Opposition Day: Jury trials
182290 Fail
Source: Commons Votes API. Tellers count toward their lobby's total. "Didn't vote" covers MPs recorded as not voting (typically excluding tellers and the Speaker).

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

No written questions tabled in 2026.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

1 bills 1 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Armed Forces Bill Lead Report stage 2026-01-15
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are MPs who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

6 bills 6 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Armed Forces Bill Sponsored Report stage 2026-01-15
Armed Forces Commissioner Act Sponsored Royal Assent 2024-11-06
Letting Agents (Competition, Choice and Standards) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2013-07-02
Surrogate Parents (Leave, Pay and Allowance Arrangements) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2012-04-17
Appropriation Act 2007 Sponsored Royal Assent 2007-03-12
Consolidated Fund Act 2006 Sponsored Royal Assent 2006-12-07
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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