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Gordon Brown
Labour MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

  • Also represented Dunfermline East
  • Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Gordon Brown voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted moderately against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
  • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
  • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes

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Topics of interest

Asks most questions about

  • Departments: Defence, Work and Pensions, Health

  • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay, Dalgety Bay, Military Bases: Radioactive Waste, Radiation Exposure, Social Security Benefits: Kirkcaldy

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Written Answers — Defence: Rosyth Dockyard (13 Mar 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to announce final decisions following the consultation on the disposal of seven decommissioned nuclear submarines currently located at Rosyth.”

Written Answers — Defence: Radioactive Waste: Fife (11 Mar 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to complete reports on the (a) factual investigation into radioactive substances at Dalgety bay and (b) interpretation of that factual evidence; and if he will place those reports in the Library.”

Dalgety Bay Radiation (6 Mar 2013)

“Is the Minister saying that the only reason he is taking no action on Dalgety Bay is that he has no such commercial contract in that instance?”

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  • Has spoken in 2 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — below 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 13.55% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 762 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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") 2314 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments as Distinguished Global Leader in Residence at New York University: Campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi and Florence. Hours: ongoing commitment.
Address: 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012:
Flights paid for me and my staff to New York campuses; value £8,845. (Registered 14 May 2012)
Transport paid for me and my staff to New York campuses; value £1,598.14. (Registered 3 July 2012)
Payment of £126,380 for travel, staff and research fund. (Registered 4 February 2013)
Accommodation paid for me and my staff in New York; value £1,410.34 (Registered 9 April 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this role personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payments as Chairman of the World Economic Forum Policy Coordination Group. Address: Route de la Capite 91-93, 1223 Cologny/Geneva:
Payment for staff and research of £23,271.91 as Chairman of the World Economic Forum Policy Coordination Group. (Registered 14 May 2012)
Airfare, transport and accommodation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, also paid for me and my staff; £10,950.91. (Registered 3 July 2012)
Airfare, transport and accommodation in Geneva, Switzerland, also paid for me and my staff; £2,035.20. (Registered 18 July 2012)
Payment for staff and research of £40,679.51 as Chairman of the World Economic Forum Policy Coordination Group. (Registered 27 November 2012)
Airfare, transport and accommodation in Tianjin, China, also paid for me and my staff; £12,032.38. (Registered 27 November 2012)
Airfare, transport and accommodation in Gurgaon, India, also paid for me and my staff; £15,643.16. (Registered 4 February 2013)
Airfare, transport and accommodation in Dubai, also paid for me and my staff; £8,369.18. (Registered 4 February 2013)
Airfare, transport and accommodation in Geneva, Switzerland, also paid for me and my staff; £10,508.33. (Registered 9 April 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Signature advance of £22,500 from Simon and Schuster UK Ltd, for book to be published in 2012. Address: 222 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB. Hours: Nil at time of registration. (Registered 20 December 2011)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £101,412.63 for speeches to MPSF, Inc in California. Address of MPSC Inc: 1229 Burlingame Avenue, #204, Burlingame, CA 94010, USA. Hours: 9.40. Flights, accommodation and transport also paid for me and my staff; value £31,290.39. (Registered 14 May 2012)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £335 for flight to University of San Diego in California for speech. Address of University of San Diego: 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110, USA. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 14 May 2012)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £49,006.23 for speech to Institute for Corporate Governance in Copenhagen. Address of Institute of Corporate Governance: Olof Palmes Gade 8, Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark. Hours: 3 hrs. Flights, accommodation and transport also paid for me and my staff; value £4,729.47. (Registered 14 May 2012)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Flights and accommodation paid for me and my staff; value £12,470.46 to attend a forum in Mexico City hosted by the Nicolas Berggruen Institute. Address of Nicolas Berggruen Institute: 9720 Wilshire Blvd, 6F Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Hours: 2 days. (Registered 3 July 2012)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £49.497.95 for speech to Itau BBA in New York. Address of Itau BBA: Itau BBA USA, 767 5th Avenue, 50th Floor, New York, NY 10153, USA. Hours: 3 hrs. Flights and transport also paid for me and my staff; value £17,001.91. (Registered 3 July 2012)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £60,679.90 for speech to the Abu Dhabi Education Council Abu Dhabi. Address of the Abu Dhabi Education Council: PO Box 36005, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Hours: 1 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff; value £14,059.91. (Registered 3 July 2012)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £60,375.83 for speech to the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in Yalta, Ukraine. Address of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation: 2 Mechnikova Street, O1601 Kiev, Ukraine. Hours: 3 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £9,843.24. (Registered 27 November 2012)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £48,916.68 plus flight and other costs, for speech to Czech Teleaxis. Address of Czech Teleaxis: Vaclavske namesti 802/56, PalacBlanik, Praha 1, 110 00 Czech Republic. Hours: 2 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff; value £3,895.34. (Registered 27 November 2012; updated 4 February 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £61,009.54 plus flight and other costs for speech to the Global Forum Secretariat in Seoul, Korea. Address of the Global Forum Secretariat: Korea Economic Daily, 13F Hankyung Bldg, 441 Junglim-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, 100-791 South Korea. Hours: 4.5 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff; value £12,084.72 (Registered 27 November 2012; updated 4 February 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £48,469.03 plus flight and other costs for speech to LL Global Inc. Address of LL Global Inc: 300 Day Hill Road, Windsor, CT 06095 USA. Hours: 3 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff; value £20,812.15 (Registered 27 November 2012; updated 4 February 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £19,463.64 for speech to the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago. Address of Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: 30 S. Wells St, Chicago, Illinois 60606. Hours: 3.5 hrs. (Registered 27 November 2012)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education. Address: UN Headquarters, New York, NY 10017. Ongoing commitment. (Registered 18 July 2012):
Airfare, accommodation and transport paid by UNESCO; value £5,011.44. (Registered 27 November 2012)
Airfare, accommodation and transport paid by the UN; value £7,790.75, to Timor-Leste. (Registered 27 November 2012)
Airfare paid by UNESCO; value £5,106, to New York. (Registered 27 November 2012)
Airfares paid for me and my staff by UNESCO; value £1,198, to Paris. Accommodation; £560.40 (Registered 27 November 2012; updated 4 February 2013)
Flights, accommodation and transport paid for me and my staff; value £6,645.44 for Launch of Educate a Child to World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), Doha. Address of Qatar Foundation: PO Box 5825, Doha, Qatar. Hours 1.5hrs (Registered 4 February 2013)
Payment of £61,286.29 for speech to the Huatuo CEO Business Consultant in Shanghai, China. Address of the the Huatuo CEO Business Consultant: Sunnyworld Center, No 188,Lushan Road, Hexi CBD, Jiayne District,Nanjing, Jiangsu 210019 China. Hours: 5 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £30,105.46 (Registered 4 February 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £22,086.31 for speech to Corsair Capital in Paris, France. Address of Corsair Capital: 717 Fifth Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10022. Hours: 3hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £2,298.57 (Registered 4 February 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £48,569.11 for speech to Cisco in Oslo, Norway. Address of Cisco: 170 West Tasman, San Jose, CA 95134, USA. Hours: 3hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £4,157.47 (Registered 4 February 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £49,455.10 for speech to Callan Investments Institute in San Francisco, USA. Address of Callan Investments Institute: 101 California Street, Suite 3500, San Francisco, CA 94111. Hours: 1.5 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £4,835.08. (Registered 9 April 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £48,898.25 for presentations to Trinity University in San Antonio, USA. Address of Trinity University: 106 Oakmont, San Antonio, TX 78212. Hours: 5 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £9,479.46. (Registered 9 April 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £49,915 for speech to NAPE Expo in Houston, USA. Address of NAPE Expo: 4100 Fossil Creek Blvd, Ft. Worth, TX 76137. Hours: 1.5 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £8,248.92. (Registered 9 April 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
Payment of £62,622.17 for speech to Government Summit, Dubai, UAE. Address of the UAE’s Prime Minister’s Offfice: PO Box 212000, Dubai, UAE. Hours: 3 hrs. Flights, transport and accommodation also paid for me and my staff: value £29,146.49. (Registered 9 April 2013)
I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
7. Overseas benefits and gifts
See also my entries under Category 2.
9. Shareholdings
(a) Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown Ltd; company set up to provide administrative support for Mr and Mrs Brown in their ongoing activities.
11. Miscellaneous
Co-convenor of the Global Campaign for Education high level panel. Unpaid role: research and back-up support provided via members of the GCE Coalition.

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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£9,492 (522nd) £17,073 (461st) £17,017 (462nd) £18,681 £20,285 (292nd) £14,304 (486th) £17,688 (444th) £11,186 (539th)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Office running costs£12,794 (514th) £18,847 (300th) £18,961 (433rd) £18,704 £9,721 (609th) £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) £5,979 (609th)
Staffing costs£97,983 (231st) £69,915 (611th) £86,055 (257th) £83,755 £80,949 (38th) £71,446 (151st) £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) £60,546 (18th)
Communications Allowance£1,887 (553rd) £2,887 (530th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£7,394 (319th)1 £6,636 (371st)2 £9,745 (227th)3 £7,608 £14,899 (142nd) £14,452 (163rd) £11,037 (284th) £10,759 (181st)
Members' Staff Travel£0 £0 £0 £2,565 £5,622 (1st) £5,466 (2nd) £3,976 (6th) £3,052 (14th)
Members' Spouse Travel£2,321 (35th) £3,178 (24th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family Travel£3,308 (3rd) £3,104 (5th) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery£1,739 (547th) £294 (joint 581st with 1 other) £835 (joint 345th with 2 others) £1,254 £1,059 (268th) £602 (460th) £1,591 (146th) £1,465 (joint 178th with 1 other)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,382 (494th) £1,977 (415th) £2,019 £2,913 (278th) £3,343 (224th) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,138 (joint 434th with 5 others) £935 (joint 507th with 13 others) £0 £1,880 (joint 343rd with 1 other) £1,880 (joint 336th with 2 others) £1,880 (joint 329th with 1 other) £1,880 (joint 309th with 1 other)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£136,919 (487th) £124,454 (575th) £135,525 (372nd) £134,586 £137,328 (86th) £130,292 (113th) £123,618 (93rd) £94,867 (joint 171st with 1 other)

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,274 (427th). Air £6,120 (62nd).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,082 (429th). Air £5,554 (70th).

3 Rail £188 (525th). Air £9,557 (44th).

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  • Prime Minister (10 Jun 2009 to 11 May 2010)
  • Prime Minister (28 Jun 2007 to 10 Jun 2009)
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury (2 May 1997 to 28 Jun 2007)

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