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Gordon Banks
Labour MP for Ochil and South Perthshire

    • Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Gordon Banks voted on key issues:

    • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
    • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. 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 moderately for a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
    • Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
    • Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
    • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
    • Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
    • Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
    • Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
    • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
    • Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Health, Defence

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Regulation, Departmental Regulation, Departmental Billing, Departmental Public Expenditure, Departmental ICT

    (based on written questions asked by Gordon Banks and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Written Answers — Scotland: Training (3 Jun 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether (a) he or (b) Ministers in his Department have undertaken media training since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of any such training.”

    Written Answers — Scotland: Public Opinion (20 May 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his Department has conducted any polling or surveys since May 2010.”

    Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Regulation (25 Apr 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many and which regulations his Department has repealed between 1 June 2012 and 31 January 2013; and what estimate he has made of the savings which will accrue to those affected by each such regulation as a result of its repeal; (2) how many regulations his Department introduced between 1 June 2012 and 31 January...”

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    • Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 122 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 69.34% 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 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") 118 times in debates — below 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 April 2012, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,559.62 net) for the period 1-30 April 2012. Hours: 19 hrs. (Registered 9 May 2012)
    27 May 2012, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,559.62 net) for the period 1-31 May 2012. Hours: 21 hrs. (Registered 13 June 2012)
    27 June 2012, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,559.62 net) for the period 1-30 June 2012. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 2 July 2012)
    27 July 2012, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,559.22 net) for period 1-31 July 2012. Hours: 11 hrs. (Registered 16 August 2012)
    27 August 2012, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,559.22 net) for period 1-31 August 2012. Hours: 24 hrs. (Registered 17 September 2012)
    27 September 2012, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,559.22 net) for period 1-30 September 2012. Hours: 19 hrs. (Registered 24 October 2012)
    27 October 2012, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,559.22 net) for period 1-31 October 2012. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 6 November 2012)
    27 November 2012, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,559.22 net) for period 1-30 November 2012. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 11 December 2012)
    27 December 2012, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,559.22 net) for period 1-30 November 2012. Hours: 19 hrs. (Registered 27 January 2013)
    27 January 2013, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,559.22 net) for period 1-31 January 2013. Hours: 18 hrs. (Registered 26 February 2013)
    27 February 2013, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,559.22 net) for period 1-28 February 2013. Hours: 19 hrs. (Registered 31 March 2013)
    27 March 2013, received salary payment of £2,666.67 gross (£1,559.22 net) for period 1-31 March 2013. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 31 March 2013)
    11. Miscellaneous
    Honorary President of the charity DISC (Driving Instructors Scottish Council). (Registered 10 October 2012)

    Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

    Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
    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).