Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4982
Fax: 020 7219 8018
woodsr@parliament.uk
Constituency
The Miners' Hall, Redhills, Flass Street, Durham, DH1 4BD
Tel: 0191-374 1915
Fax: 0191-374 1916
mail@roberta.org.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Member for City of Durham since 5 May 2005 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS to:
Hilary Armstrong as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2006-07,
Des Browne as Secretary of State for Defence 2007-08,
David Lammy as Minister of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills/Business, Innovation and Skills 2008-10;
Deputy Minister for the North East 2008-10;
Shadow Minister, Department of Business, Innovation and Skills May-October 2010;
Shadow Minister for:
Cabinet Office 2010-11,
Communities and Local Government 2011-
Party groups
Chair, CLP:
Newcastle East and Wallsend 1991-95,
City of Durham 2003-05
Select committees
Member: Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments and Commons Committee on Statutory Instruments 2005-10,
Education and Skills 2005-06,
Innovation, Universities[, Science] and Skills/Science and Technology 2007-10
Councils, public bodies
Councillor:
Newcastle City Council 1992-95,
Oxford City Council 1996-2000
International bodies
Vice-chair, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch) 2011-
Political interests
Education, housing, international development, regeneration, planning
Countries of interest
Afghanistan, Africa, China
General Election 2010 - City of Durham
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Blackman-Woods, Roberta |
Lab |
20496 |
44.26% |
| Woods, Carol |
Lib Dem |
17429 |
37.63% |
| Varley, Nick |
Con |
6146 |
13.27% |
| Musgrave, Ralph |
BNP |
1153 |
2.49% |
| Coghill-Marshall, Nigel |
UKIP |
856 |
1.85% |
| Collings, Jonathan |
Ind |
172 |
0.37% |
| Result |
Lab Hold (0.36% from Lab to Lib Dem) |