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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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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Gregory Barker voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. 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 against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. 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 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 moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. 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 (16 out of 16)
- Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Energy Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- 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)
- Municipal Waste Recycling Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- 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)
- Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) 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)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Anaerobic Digestion (21 May 2013)
“We do not hold information on which AD plants are crop only as part of the feed-in tariffs scheme which has been operational since April 2010. AD plants may use crops as part of a crop/waste mix although the split between the amounts of crops/waste used may vary from week to week.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change (21 May 2013)
“The Met Office is one of Government's key advisory institutions on climate science, which undertakes climate research and modelling and provides advice on technical questions related to climate, to the Department. Global temperatures, along with other aspects of the climate system, are primarily assessed using physically-based mathematical models, rather than statistical models.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Clothing (21 May 2013)
“There have been no claims by officials of (a) the Department of Energy and Climate Change or (b) its non-departmental public bodies for evening dress allowance.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 16 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 68.54% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 8 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") 425 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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.
| 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).