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Barry Gardiner
Labour MP for Brent North
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Barry Gardiner voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, Trade and Industry, International Development, Energy and Climate Change
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, Arms Exports, Natural Resources, Bushmeat, Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings
(based on written questions asked by Barry Gardiner and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Energy Bill Committee (15 out of 16)
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (11 out of 13)
- Crime (International Co-operation) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- Common Agricultural Policy: Financial Transaction Tax and Economic and Monetary Union (18 Jun 2013)
“GDP is a measure of productivity, but it is not a measure of wealth, and it is not a measure of growth in the real economy. Derivative volumes have ballooned out of all proportion to the growth of the real economy. Some would say that that says much more about rent extraction by the financial services sector than a real world story of genuine and proportionate insurance. When the global...”
- Common Agricultural Policy: Financial Transaction Tax and Economic and Monetary Union (18 Jun 2013)
“My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The public want politicians to get back to focusing on the real productive economy. They are bewildered, frankly, by the spin-off of derivatives. I was on the floor of the New York stock exchange when it all went belly up on 24 September 2008, and I remember discussing what all the turmoil was about with members of the Senate Banking Committee in...”
- Common Agricultural Policy (18 Jun 2013)
“I am delighted to speak after the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Miss McIntosh), the Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. Food security delivered by a viable farming industry and the sustainable management of our natural resources must be compatible. It would appear that the CAP does its best to ensure that they are not. Greening is a lie. The proposals are not...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 57 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 145 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 67.13% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 564 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
4. Sponsorships
(a) Donations to my constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by my party to the Electoral Commission:
(a) Name of donor: Surejogi GMS Ltd.
(a) Address of donor: 30 Poland Street, London W1F 8QS
(a) Nature and value of donation in kind: fundraising dinner for 40 people on 25 April 2012 , approx cost £2,500
(a) Donor status: company, registration no 04600051
(a) (Registered 10 May 2012)
(a) This dinner raised a total of £16,160.91 including the following registrable donations:
(a) Name of donor: The Leisure Database Company Ltd.
(a) Address of donor: 30-32 Bedford Street, London WC2E 9ED
(a) Amount of donation: £2,500
(a) Donor status: company, registration no 01534942
(a) (Registered 10 May 2012)
(a) Name of donor: Rational Group Ltd.
(a) Address of donor: Holland House, 1-4 Bury Street, London, EC3A 5AW
(a) Amount of donation: £2,500
(a) Donor status: company, registration no 05955836
(a) (Registered 10 May 2012)
(a) Name of donor: The Bank of East Asia Ltd
(a) Address of donor: 75 Shaftesbury Ave, London W1D 5BB
(a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
(a) Donor status: Bank, company registration no BR001344
(a) (Registered 14 May 2012)
(a) Name of donor: See Woo Foods Ltd
(a) Address of donor: See Woo House, Waxlow Road, Park Royal, London NW10 7NU
(a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
(a) Donor status: company, registration no 01295299
(a) (Registered 14 May 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: GLOBE International
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £7,149.14.
Destination of visit: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Date of visit: 8-23 June 2012.
Purpose of visit: to participate, as Vice President of GLOBE International, in the first World Summit of Legislators and to attend the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
(Registered 3 July 2012)
Name of donor: GLOBE International
Address of donor: 11 Dartmouth Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9BN.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £739.95
Destination of visit: Venice, Italy
Date of visit: 15-16 September 2012
Purpose of visit: to conduct a climate change workshop with Director General of the Chinese National Climate Change Strategy Centre at the National Development & Reform Commission (NRDC).
(Registered 27 September 2012)
Name of donor: GLOBE International
Address of donor: 11 Dartmouth Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9BN.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,488
Destination of visit: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date of visit: 17-21 September 2012
Purpose of visit: to conduct a workshop for members of the DRC Assemblée Nationale and Senate on REDD+.
(Registered 27 September 2012)
Name of donor: GLOBE International
Address of donor: 11 Dartmouth Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9BN.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,006
Destination of visit: Hyderabad, India
Date of visit: 16-19 October 2012
Purpose of visit: to launch, in my capacity as Vice President of GLOBE International, a Biodiversity Legislation Initiative at the Convention on Biological Diversity 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) with the World Future Council and the support of the UN CBD Executive Secretary.
(Registered 25 October 2012)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £21,107 (245th) | £15,079 (493rd) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,620 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,641 (272nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,609 (120th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,227 (459th) | £11,946 (545th) | £4,659 (640th) | £10,107 | £11,702 (586th) | £18,789 (joint 246th with 3 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £5,121 (619th) |
| Staffing costs | £107,978 (30th) | £93,888 (86th) | £119,193 (1st) | £91,258 | £83,825 (23rd) | £74,781 (51st) | £72,310 (joint 1st with 23 others) | £60,812 (17th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,288 (205th) | £10,587 (93rd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,392 (480th)1 | £4,501 (498th)2 | £4,010 (521st)3 | £4,213 | £6,262 (490th) | £11,403 (273rd) | £11,411 (267th) | £10,076 (215th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £14 (463rd) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,994 (joint 17th with 2 others) | £1,799 (47th) | £2,265 (79th) | £1,737 | £1,043 (271st) | £1,568 (118th) | £1,736 (119th) | £2,509 (35th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,959 (63rd) | £7,085 (79th) | £4,914 | £3,162 (248th) | £4,840 (123rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,333 (146th) | £1,142 (joint 175th with 17 others) | £0 | £1,940 (joint 220th with 2 others) | £1,940 (joint 216th with 2 others) | £1,940 (joint 213th with 2 others) | £1,940 (joint 203rd with 2 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,797 (50th) | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £164,986 (129th) | £144,092 (369th) | £160,464 (19th) | £133,849 | £130,445 (182nd) | £135,451 (65th) | £125,367 (66th) | £96,099 (146th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,350 (242nd). Rail £1,000 (458th). Other: Rail £42 (137th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,293 (271st). Rail £659 (473rd). Other: European £549 (100th).