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Gregory Barker
Conservative MP for Bexhill and Battle
- Minister of State (Climate Change), Energy and Climate Change (since 13 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gregory Barker voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Transport, International Development, Trade and Industry, Energy and Climate Change
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Energy, CDC Capital Partners, A21, Renewable Energy, Climate Change
(based on written questions asked by Gregory Barker and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Energy Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of 22)
- Waste and Emissions Trading Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Municipal Waste Recycling Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Hunting Bill Committee (26 out of 31)
- Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Emissions (21 May 2012)
“The Department's calculated emissions were (a) 1,135.37 tonnes CO2e in the 2010-11 financial year, and (b) 1,046.28 tonnes CO2e in the 2011-12 financial year. Emissions data for DECC, and its arm’s length bodies falling within the scope of the Greening Government Commitments, will be published in our 2011-12 Annual Report and Accounts.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Emissions (21 May 2012)
“In the year from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 DECC introduced a range of measures to reduce carbon emissions from its buildings, including: the installation of a dedicated chiller to cool our server rooms; the establishment of occupancy controls in all meeting rooms; and the replacement of tungsten halogen and fluorescent lighting with LED lighting. In the year from 1 April 2011 to 31...”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Consultants (21 May 2012)
“The Department of Energy and Climate Change's external consultancy expenditure in (a) 2010-11 was £9,163,000 and in (b) 2011-12 £6,690,000. This figure excludes expenditure by the Department's arm's length bodies.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 68.25% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 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") 375 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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.
| 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 | £22,880 (152nd) | £21,700 (joint 302nd with 1 other) | £21,507 (311th) | £16,996 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £18,001 (joint 61st with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £25,957 (40th) | £25,056 (52nd) | £27,296 (56th) | £18,664 | £18,862 (joint 264th with 1 other) | £18,485 (409th) | £18,153 (312th) | £20,943 (139th) |
| Staffing costs | £91,652 (419th) | £92,391 (115th) | £77,580 (510th) | £66,615 | £70,118 (373rd) | £71,117 (160th) | £61,980 (joint 397th with 36 others) | £55,997 (54th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,399 (172nd) | £8,733 (296th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £5,953 (383rd)1 | £6,135 (390th)2 | £6,567 (360th)3 | £3,337 | £5,339 (524th) | £4,055 (558th) | £5,163 (521st) | £4,323 (499th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £370 (joint 198th with 1 other) | £282 (286th) | £0 | £77 | £0 | £164 (378th) | £647 (joint 223rd with 1 other) | £633 (207th) |
| 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 | £4,243 (240th) | £1,024 (212th) | £403 (571st) | £396 | £293 (601st) | £475 (joint 526th with 2 others) | £861 (joint 398th with 2 others) | £778 (418th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,047 (joint 133rd with 1 other) | £1,166 (561st) | £1,824 | £1,335 (joint 523rd with 2 others) | £1,170 (533rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,262 (joint 238th with 1 other) | £1,150 (171st) | £0 | £1,961 (joint 170th with 5 others) | £1,961 (joint 165th with 5 others) | £1,961 (joint 163rd with 5 others) | £1,961 (joint 156th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £2,348 (62nd) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £163,799 (144th) | £160,630 (90th) | £135,669 (367th) | £107,909 | £118,810 (425th) | £117,760 (355th) | £108,487 (426th) | £102,636 (60th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,333 (334th). Rail £545 (501st). Other: Rail £1,278 (11th). Air £113 (37th). European £1,684 (23rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,746 (316th). Rail £466 (496th). Other: Mileage £22 (83rd). Rail £1,660 (10th). Air £262 (29th). European £979 (59th).
3 Car £3,805 (258th). Rail £1,574 (377th). Air £501 (153rd). European £687 (70th).