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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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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gregory Barker voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. 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 moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. 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 strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. 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 the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. 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)
- Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of 22)
- Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Hunting Bill Committee (26 out of 31)
- Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- 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)
- Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Feed-in Tariffs (9 Feb 2012)
“I am sorry that the Secretary of State cannot be here today. He is in Cumbria opening the world’s largest industrial offshore wind farm—another big step forward in the deployment of renewables under this coalition Government. The Government have today announced ambitious plans to ensure the future of the feed-in tariffs scheme and make it more predictable. The reforms will lead to...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Feed-in Tariffs (9 Feb 2012)
“The right hon. Lady might care to listen, because she clearly knows nothing about it. Rather than cackling, perhaps she will just listen for a change. The Opposition asked for a statement and I am giving it. We have looked at the feed-in tariffs budget and made the most of the flexibility available under the levy control framework to ensure that we can keep the scheme going, but we want to do...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Feed-in Tariffs (9 Feb 2012)
“I am sorry that the right hon. Lady constantly sees the glass as being half empty, and carps at a very ambitious scheme that will be very good news for the industry. She clearly wants to invest her political capital in failure. If she looks at the consultation, she will see that we are proposing a further cut in the tariff for solar power. She mentioned one of the options, but there are...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 18 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 71.80% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 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") 354 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 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).