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Gordon Banks
Labour MP for Ochil and South Perthshire
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gordon Banks voted on key issues:
- 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
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Treasury, Health, Work and Pensions, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Regulation, Departmental Billing, Departmental Public Expenditure, Departmental ICT, Departmental Energy
(based on written questions asked by Gordon Banks and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Postal Services Bill Committee (18 out of 21)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Pensions Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Climate Change Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
- Crossrail Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Further Education and Training Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (18 out of 21)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Standards (6 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to ensure compliance with clean energy targets and deadlines.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs (6 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to his planned changes to feed-in tariffs, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that rural businesses remain in the renewable energy industry.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy (30 Jan 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to meet its targets for renewable energy generation.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 235 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 72.23% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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 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") 107 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
1. Remunerated directorships
Cartmore Building Supply Co Ltd, Cartmore Industrial Estate, Lochgelly, Fife. Builders’ merchant. Work includes: attending meetings; reviewing management accounts; reviewing company procedures; performance and processes; management of staff; and, management of stock control and IT development.
27 August 2010, received salary payment of £3,500 gross (£1,767.36 net) for the period 1-31 August 2010. I also had the use of a company car for this period. Hours: 24 hrs. (Registered 13 September 2010)
27 September 2010, received salary payment of £3,500 gross (£1,767.36 net) for the period 1-30 September 2010. I also had the use of a company car for this period. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 13 October 2010)
27 October 2010, received salary payment of £3,500 gross (£1,767.36 net) for the period 1-31 October 2010. I also had the use of a company car for this period. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 24 November 2010)
27 November 2010, received salary payment of £3,500 gross (£2069.76 net) for the period 1-30 November 2010. I also had the use of a company car for this period. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 4 January 2011)
27 December 2010, received salary payment of £3,500 gross (£2069.76 net) for the period 1-31 December 2010. I also had the use of a company car for this period. Hours: 17 hrs. (Registered 25 January 2011)
27 January 2011, received salary payment of £3,500 gross (£2069.76 net) for the period 1-31 January 2011. I also had the use of a company car for this period. Hours: 19 hrs. (Registered 7 March 2011)
27 February 2011, received salary payment of £3,500 gross (£2069.76 net) for the period 1-28 February 2011. I also had the use of a company car for this period. Hours: 21 hrs. (Registered 7 March 2011)
27 March 2011, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,578.36 net) for the period 1-31 March 2011. Hours: 17 hrs. (Registered 26 April 2011)
27 April 2011, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,558.98 net) for the period 1-30 April 2011. Hours: 19 hrs. (Registered 24 May 2011)
27 May 2011, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,558.98 net) for the period 1-31 May 2011. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 28 June 2011)
27 June 2011, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,558.98 net) for the period 1-30 June 2011. Hours: 21 hrs. (Registered 28 June 2011)
27 July 2011, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,558.98 net) for the period 1-31 July 2011. Hours: 19 hrs. (Registered 29 August 2011)
27 August 2011, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,558.98 net) for the period 1-31 August 2011. Hours: 27 hrs. (Registered 29 August 2011)
27 September 2011, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,558.98 net) for the period 1-30 September 2011. Hours: 22 hrs. (Registered 18 October 2011)
27 October 2011, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,558.98 net) for the period 1-31 October 2011. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 8 December 2011)
27 November 2011, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,558.98 net) for the period 1-30 November 2011. Hours: 21 hrs. (Registered 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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £21,148 (244th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £20,264 (380th) | £21,468 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £21,139 (168th) | £23,778 (joint 69th with 1 other) | £26,444 (71st) | £26,609 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £98,915 (199th) | £87,744 (326th) | £79,618 (457th) | £67,745 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £8,839 (317th) | £10,276 (110th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £15,184 (65th)1 | £18,943 (22nd)2 | £18,693 (23rd)3 | £13,567 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £464 (169th) | £1,082 (91st) | £268 (joint 295th with 1 other) | £604 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,476 (78th) | £1,769 (72nd) | 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 | £6,300 (102nd) | £892 (269th) | £1,192 (225th) | £1,990 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,460 (301st) | £3,767 (214th) | £5,888 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,079 (508th) | £1,014 (joint 385th with 19 others) | £1,014 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £173,466 (50th) | £171,106 (14th) | £151,260 (77th) | £138,885 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,030 (369th). Rail £1,528 (401st). Air £10,461 (28th). Misc £1,165 (28th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,958 (297th). Rail £3,187 (279th). Air £11,760 (27th). Misc £1,038 (28th).
3 Car £3,007 (320th). Rail £2,081 (327th). Air £13,605 (20th).