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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 allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. 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 very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Trade and Industry, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury, International Development, Energy and Climate Change
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Iraq, Arms Exports, Bushmeat, Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings, Pensions
(based on written questions asked by Barry Gardiner and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- 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
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Olympic Games 2012 (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport on what date his Department was first made aware of Dow Chemicals' interest in sponsoring the stadium wrap for the London 2012 Olympics.”
- Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation: Environment Protection (6 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how his Department will assess the effect on (a) jobs and (b) investment in low carbon environmental goods of the recent change to the control framework for DECC levy-funded spending.”
- Business of the House (2 Feb 2012)
“The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting is due to take place in Sri Lanka in December of next year. Given that President Rajapaksa is turning that country into a kleptocracy, that term limits on the presidency have been abolished—turning that country, potentially, into a dictatorship—and that there has been no adequate response to the UN Secretary-General’s commissioner...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 78 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 282 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 64.86% 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 — 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") 492 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT:
Received on 22 August 2011, payment of £75 for participating in research project. Hours: 25 mins. Payment donated to local organisation. (Registered 16 September 2011)
£7,300 in expenses for visit to Perth, Australia to deliver a presentation and chair the Green Growth & Clean Technology Forum organised by the Commonwealth Business Council. No salary paid. Visit from 23 to 27 October 2011 (Registered 3 November 2011)
£6,000 received on 18 October 2011 for consultancy to prepare strategy paper for Council. Hours: 16 hrs. (Registered 8 November 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: GLOBE International
Address of donor: 11 Dartmouth Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9BN.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £8,157.90
Destination of visit: Nagoya, Japan and Tianjin, China
Date of visit: 24 October-7 November 2010
Purpose of visit: to chair the Parliamentarians Forum of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity organized by the Convention Secretariat and GLOBE International and to attend the Parliamentary Forum on Climate Change organized by China’s National People’s congress and GLOBE International.
(Registered 10 January 2011)
Name of donor: GLOBE International
Address of donor: 11 Dartmouth Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9BN.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £424
Destination of visit: Mexico City, Mexico
Date of visit: 4-5 December 2010
Purpose of visit: to chair the Parliamentary Forum on Climate Change organized by the Mexican National Congress and GLOBE International.
(Registered 10 January 2011)
Name of donor: AWEPA Cape Town (European Parliamentarians for Africa)
Address of donor: Plein Park Big, 16th floor, 69 Plein Street, 8001
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,513
Destination of visit: Cape Town, South Africa
Date of visit: 27 February – 3 March 2011
Purpose of visit: to attend and deliver the opening address to the AWEPA Regional Seminar on Climate Change mitigation.
(Registered 10 March 2011)
Name of donor: GLOBE International
Address of donor: 11 Dartmouth Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9BN.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,225.8
Date of visit: 27-30 March 2011
Purpose of visit: series of meetings with vice presidents of the World Bank and members of the US Congress on climate change and the environment.
(Registered 12 April 2011)
Name of donor: GLOBE International
Address of donor: 11 Dartmouth Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9BN.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £584.81
Destination of visit: Warsaw, Poland
Date of visit: 4–5 May 2011
Purpose of visit: addressing the 10th International conference on Landscape Architecture and Spatial Management on the subject of Natural Capital. The Conference was organised by the Polish Law & Justice Party and was dedicated to Pope John Paul II.(Registered 12 October 2011)
Name of donor: GLOBE International
Address of donor: 11 Dartmouth Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9BN.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,240.91
Destination of visit: Washington DC, US
Date of visit: 27–30 March 2011
Purpose of visit: to meet with Vice Presidents and Directors of the World Bank responsible for sustainable development and environmental policy and to discuss the Bank’s forthcoming initiative on Forestry. (Registered 12 October 2011)
Name of donor: GLOBE International
Address of donor: 11 Dartmouth Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9BN.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £4,785.5
Destination of visit: New York City, US and Mexico City, Mexico
Date of visit: 19–22 September 2011
Purpose of visit: Attending the ICCF's Conservation Council of Nations "Leaders in Conservation" Heads of State Reception in New York City and launching the Mexico Inception Workshop of the GLOBE Legislators’ Forest Initiative held at the Cámara de Diputados in Mexico City..(Registered 12 October 2011)
Name of donor: GLOBE International
Address of donor: 11 Dartmouth Street, Westminster, London SW1H 9BN.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £713
Destination of visit: Berlin, Germany
Date of visit: 28-29 October 2011
Purpose of visit: To meet with the national chairs of GLOBE in the most important continental parliaments to discuss the current situation and agree pan-European objectives for GLOBE Europe. (Registered 3 November 2011; updated 8 December 2011)
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. 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).