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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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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gordon Banks voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. 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
- 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 very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. 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, 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)
- Postal Services Bill Committee (18 out of 21)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Climate Change Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
- Crossrail Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
- Pensions Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Further Education and Training Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- 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)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (18 out of 21)
Most recent appearances
- 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...”
- Scotland Office: Welfare Reform (24 Apr 2013)
“There is a link between welfare and the use of food banks, and I have raised the topic of food banks a number of times in this place through questions and petitions and directly with the Prime Minister, which have all seemed to go unanswered. The Secretary of State will have seen today’s report from the Trussell Trust revealing that the number of people using food banks in Scotland has...”
- Written Answers — Scotland: Government Procurement Card (18 Apr 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland with reference to the Freedom of Information request responded to by his Department on 23 January 2013 and published on 3 April 2013, on Government Procurement Cards, what the purpose was of the stay at the Holiday Inn, Milton Keynes in July 2011.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 132 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 69.59% 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
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 | 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).