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Barbara Follett
Labour MP for Stevenage
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (the East of England), Department for Communities and Local Government (since 24 Sep 2009)
Minister of State (the East of England), Regional Affairs (since 24 Sep 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
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 — Communities and Local Government: Departmental Energy (5 Nov 2009)
“Communities and Local Government have no strategy for local authorities to encourage voltage optimisation in the estate of local authorities.”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Departmental Recruitment (5 Nov 2009)
“All civil servants in the Department provide policy advice to Ministers as necessary and regardless of job title. According to the Department's Staff Directory, 87 staff currently have policy adviser within their job title and no staff have departmental adviser within their job title.”
More of Barbara Follett's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 25 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 medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, 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") 124 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
8. Land and Property
Residential flat in London, from which rental income is received.
Residential house in Cape Town, South Africa, from which rental income is received.
A holiday home in Antigua, jointly owned with my husband, occasionally let for rental.
9. Registrable shareholdings
(a) BEK Partnership; recording studio.
Register last updated: 28 Oct 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).