Joan Ruddock
Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4513
Fax: 020 7219 6045
joan.ruddock.mp@parliament.uk
Constituency
No constituency office publicised
Tel: 020 8691 5992, 020 8691 1400 (Casework)
Fax: 020 8691 8242
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Newbury 1979 general election. Member for Lewisham Deptford 1987-2010, for Lewisham Deptford (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Private Member's Bill on flytipping – Control of Pollution Act (amendment) 1989;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Transport 1989-92,
Home Affairs 1992-94,
Environmental Protection 1994-97;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women 1997-98;
Promoted:
Ten-Minute Rule Bill 1999,
Prophylactic Mastectomy Registry Presentation Bill 1999,
Organic Food and Farming Targets Bill 1999,
Ten-Minute Rule Bill 2000,
Sex Discrimination (Amendment) No. 2,
Ten-Minute Rule Bill 2002, Waste Bill,
Private Member's Bill – Municipal Waste, Recycling Bill 2003, (Household Waste Recycling Act 2003);
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2007-08,
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) 2008-09;
Minister of State, DECC 2009-10;
Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change 2010
Select committees
Member: Modernisation of the House of Commons 2001-05,
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2003-05,
International Development 2005-07
International bodies
Member, British Delegation to Council of Europe and Western European Union 1988-89;
Inter-Parliamentary Union 2001-
Political interests
Environment, Women, Foreign Affairs
Countries of interest
Afghanistan, Palestine
General Election 2010 - Lewisham Deptford
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Ruddock, Joan |
Lab |
22132 |
53.28% |
| Langley, Tamora |
Lib Dem |
9633 |
23.19% |
| Townsend, Gemma |
Con |
5551 |
13.37% |
| Johnson, Darren |
Green |
2772 |
6.68% |
| Page, Ian |
SAP |
645 |
1.56% |
| Martin, Malcolm |
CPA |
487 |
1.18% |
| Result |
Lab Hold (3.67% from Lab to Lib Dem) |