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Barbara Follett
Labour MP for Stevenage
- Minister of State (Culture and Tourism), Regional Affairs (since 10 Jun 2009)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Culture and Tourism), Department for Culture, Media & Sport (since 10 Jun 2009) - Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 3,139 votes. — 515th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Barbara Follett voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Health, Trade and Industry, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Foot Health Care, Equal Pay, Health Professions Council, Tax Law Rewrite Project, Zimbabwe
(based on written questions asked by Barbara Follett and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
- Equality Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Fire and Rescue Services Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Police Reform Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Cultural Heritage: Theft (1 Jul 2009)
“holding answer 30 June 2009 English Heritage are preparing a draft implementation plan for how they will respond to the recommendations of the Nighthawking Survey. They expect this to be ready shortly and will work with partners in the historic environment sector to implement it in the following months.”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: English Heritage: Finance (1 Jul 2009)
“English Heritage advises that its total expenditure on the conservation, maintenance, capital development and operational management of its property portfolio in 2008-09 was £64.4 million. Earned income was £41.2 million. The following table shows expenditure for site maintenance, property related publicity and staffing of properties as a proportion of that income: 2008-09 ...”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: English Heritage: Monuments (1 Jul 2009)
“Decisions on whether to designate monuments that meet the criteria set out in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the non-statutory criteria set out in PPG 16: Archaeology and Planning are taken on a case-by-case basis. No wreck sites in English waters have been designated as scheduled monuments since 2004, nor has the Department had recent discussions with English...”
More of Barbara Follett's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 81% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 109 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £22,254 (279th) | £22,107 (192nd) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st) | £20,333 (joint 3rd) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £15,400 (joint 308th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £19,907 (245th) | £20,674 (262nd) | £19,997 | £19,324 (joint 89th) | £18,796 (joint 213th) | £18,220 (joint 233rd) | £13,264 (407th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £91,715 (130th) | £81,462 (414th) | £83,157 | £76,931 (106th) | £68,717 (213th) | £69,212 (joint 77th) | £53,398 (92nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £372 (628th)* | £2,184 (584th)** | £2,277 | £2,822 (595th) | £2,201 (610th) | £1,878 (618th) | £1,060 (627th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £362 (joint 554th) | £701 (joint 413th) | £947 | £1,147 (248th) | £1,034 (238th) | £2,013 (joint 84th) | £626 (joint 499th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,047 (229th) | £4,384 (171st) | £2,143 | £4,757 (150th) | £3,672 (190th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,490 (joint 19th) | £1,788 (6th) | £816 | £1,407 (600th) | £1,407 (589th) | £886 (632nd) | £592 (591st) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,054 (47th) | £3,335 (43rd) | £0 |
| Total | £139,147 (419th) | £133,300 (413th) | £130,971 | £127,290 (joint 246th) | £118,214 (348th) | £115,266 (273rd) | £84,340 (423rd) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £372 (568th).