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Mr Harry Barnes
Former Labour MP for North East Derbyshire

    • Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
    • Left Parliament on 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election

      Voting record (from PublicWhip)

      How Mr Harry Barnes voted on key issues since 2001:

      • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
      • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
      • Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
      • Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
      • Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
      • Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
      • Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
      • Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
      • Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
      • Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
      • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
      • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
      • Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
      • Voted a mixture of for and against a smoking ban. votes

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      Most recent appearances

      Written Answers — Solicitor-General: National Intelligence Database (7 Apr 2005)

      “To ask the Solicitor-General what procedures (a) Government Departments and agencies and (b) local authorities with independent prosecuting authority for particular criminal offences use to forward details of convictions, cautions and intelligence on possible criminals to (i) the Criminal Records Bureau and (ii) the Police National Computer; what amendments to these procedures are proposed in...”

      Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iraq (5 Apr 2005)

      “What recent discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary of Australia on policies in relation to the future of Iraq.”

      Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iraq (5 Apr 2005)

      “Is my hon. Friend aware that on four recent occasions in Question Time in the Australian Parliament the Australian Foreign Secretary has used my involvement with the organisation Labour Friends of Iraq in an attempt to undermine the stance adopted by the Australian Labour party? However, that has led only to establishing better links between Labour Friends of Iraq and the Australian Labour...”

      More of Mr Harry Barnes's recent appearances

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      • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
      • Has voted in 77.37% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
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      Expenses

      Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source).

      Type2008/092007/082006/072005/062004/05 (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      £612 £20,021 (305th) £20,036 (249th) £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) £16,354 (131st)
      London costs      £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Office running costs      £1,181 £7,898 (630th) £13,786 (595th) £15,558 (535th) £2,921 (650th)
      Staffing costs      £18,712 £72,923 (225th) £66,148 (joint 405th with 3 others) £61,121 (492nd) £50,567 (159th)
      Communications AllowanceN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Travel      £214 £9,174 (365th) £8,380 (joint 387th with 1 other) £10,110 (321st) £6,642 (joint 387th with 1 other)
      Members' Staff Travel      £166 £1,114 (166th) £1,154 (138th) £1,414 (103rd) £1,068 (126th)
      Members' Spouse TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Members' Family TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
      Centrally Purchased Stationery      £0 £391 (557th) £771 (joint 369th with 1 other) £1,165 (joint 267th with 2 others) £1,297 (228th)
      Stationery: Associated Postage CostsN/A N/A £0 £1,366 (joint 515th with 1 other) £3,324 (226th) N/A N/A
      Centrally Provided Computer Equipment      £0 £1,792 (464th) £1,792 (456th) £1,792 (435th) £0
      Other Costs      £34,533 £0 £0 £0 £0
      Total      £55,418 £114,679 (491st) £115,391 (405th) £110,882 (378th) £78,849 (501st)