Talk:Roberta Blackman-Woods

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This page needs a photo to be found Matthewfelgate 22:28, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some Proposed Changes

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

INFORMATION TO BE REMOVED FROM INTRODUCTION: is a British Labour Party Politician INFORMATION TO BE ADDED TO INTRODUCTION: is a British academic EXPLANATION OF ISSUE: Out of date information - no longer a politician

INFORMATION TO BE REMOVED FROM BIOGRAPHY: Following this she was employed as a welfare rights officer at Newcastle City Council INFORMATION TO BE ADDED TO BIOGRAPHY: Following this she was employed at Newcastle City Council

INFORMATION TO BE REMOVED FROM BIOGRAPHY: Roberta's brother in law is former Wokingham Borough Council Conservative Council Leader David Lee. David Lee was also Chairman of the Wokingham Conservative Association between 2017–2019. EXPLANATION OF ISSUE: Extraneous information not relevant to subject biography

INFORMATION TO BE REMOVED FROM PARLIAMENTARY CAREER: Remove paragraph beginning Elected to It's wonderful". INFORMATION TO BE ADDED TO PARLIAMENTARY CAREER: First elected in 2005 with a majority of 3274, Blackman-Woods made her maiden speech<https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2005-05-24a.560.3&s=%22it%27s+wonderful%22+speaker%3A11558#g630.0> to the House of Commons on 24 May 2005. She was returned to Parliament in 2010 with a majority of 3067; in 2015 with a majority of 11,439 and again in 2017 with a majority of 12,362, retaining the City of Durham seat four times for the Labour Party. EXPLANATION OF ISSUE: Edited for brevity and actual maiden speech cited. Updated information about electoral history.

INFORMATION TO BE REMOVED FROM PARLIAMENTARY CAREER: Remove from Blackman-Woods was a member of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments to subsequently rejoined when Corby was elected. INFORMATION TO BE ADDED TO PARLIAMENTARY CAREER: During her time in Parliament, Blackman-Woods served as a Deputy Minister in Gordon Brown’s Government, a Shadow Minister, and was a member of a number of select committees, including education and science and technology. She was also the a member of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Board, and was Chair or Vice Chair of several All-Party Parliamentary Groups, including the All-Party Parliamentary Universities Group and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the United Nations. Blackman-Woods was also an active member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the International Parliamentary Union throughout her Parliamentary career. EXPLANATION OF ISSUE: Edited to remove slight errors and for brevity.

INFORMATION TO BE ADDED TO PARLIAMENTARY CAREER:Follow On 16 July 2019 she announced that she would not be standing at the next general election with for family reasons. She gave her valedictory speech in the House of Commons on 5 November 2019 <https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2019-11-05b.684.0&s=maiden+speaker%3A11558#g724.1></ref>

NickRippin (talk) 15:15, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nick, thanks for using this procedure.

I've made most, I think, of those changes. I think "academic and former Labour Party politician" is the correct framing - her notability is mostly related to her political career.

I don't quite agree with the suggestion of cutting out the chronological specifics of her parliamentary career to the extent that you suggest, but I've rearranged a bit and cut out some bits that seemed extraneous, polemic or unsourced. (Sourcing isn't great throughout, but can be improved.) If there are specific remaining inaccuracies, could you point them out? TSP (talk) 16:06, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

PROPOSED CHANGE:

INFORMATION TO BE DELETED FROM PARLIAMENTARY CAREER: In 2021 it was reported that Blackman-Woods had bullied two of her staff and that the Labour Party had first heard allegations about her behaviour in 2018.

INFORMATION TO BE ADDED TO PARLIAMENTARY CAREER: In 2021 it was reported that Blackman-Woods had been subject to an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. The Commissioner applied no sanctions to Blackman-Woods, who stated there was "strong medical reasons' for the issues that were raised.

EXPLANATION OF ISSUE: Misleading entry as does not refer to the investigation. Also, misleading use of allegation about her behaviour in 2018. Implication that no action was taken when the investigation in fact took a year.

NickRippin, I agree and have implemented the changes. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 19:18, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]