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John Barrett
Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West
- Shadow Work and Pensions Minister (since 8 Jan 2009)
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
- Standing down at the next election
- Majority: 13,600 votes. — 122nd out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How John Barrett voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: International Development, Work and Pensions, Treasury, Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Members: Correspondence, Angola, Correspondence, Burma, Tax Credits
(based on written questions asked by John Barrett and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Child Poverty Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Employee Share Schemes Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Home Department: Members: Correspondence (29 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Edinburgh West of 15 July, 17 September and 14 October 2009 on his constituent Mr. Neil McAlpine and the visa for Analia Hasson.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Payments: Overpayments (25 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how long on average her Department took to investigate alleged instances of benefit overpayment following the death of the claimant in the last 12 months.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Payments: Overpayments (25 Jan 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions her Department has had with the Law Society on the number of personal estates that are prevented from winding up because of an ongoing investigation into alleged benefit overpayments by her Department.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 65 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 67% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 9 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") 191 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. 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 | £23,377 (123rd) | £22,663 (249th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £16,821 | £18,433 (379th) | £17,082 (412th) | £16,537 (484th) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £26,970 (29th) | £21,833 (115th) | £25,392 (89th) | £20,839 | £19,139 (202nd) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £15,053 (548th) | £20,937 (140th) |
| Staffing costs | £84,130 (535th) | £81,275 (512th) | £80,418 (433rd) | £74,778 | £68,677 (424th) | £67,649 (349th) | £54,314 (594th) | £38,678 (536th) |
| Communications Allowance | £13,016 (57th) | £9,980 (148th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,768 (141st)3 | £11,071 (183rd)2 | £12,004 (135th)1 | £10,170 | £13,405 (202nd) | £13,666 (186th) | £12,287 (234th) | £11,200 (162nd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £826 (93rd) | £486 (216th) | £968 (133rd) | £2,041 | £1,517 (118th) | £2,800 (27th) | £3,718 (9th) | £3,357 (10th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,173 (100th) | £719 (159th) | 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 | £4,023 (265th) | £1,195 (152nd) | £1,067 (256th) | £380 | £3,150 (49th) | £1,839 (86th) | £2,115 (72nd) | £1,683 (124th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,992 (375th) | £1,460 (joint 509th with 1 other) | £1,005 | £7,053 (76th) | £4,158 (154th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,211 (joint 311th with 1 other) | £1,008 (joint 410th with 5 others) | £309 | £1,811 (445th) | £1,811 (438th) | £1,811 (418th) | £1,502 (464th) | |
| Other Costs | £2,912 (59th) | £2,016 (55th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £168,195 (91st) | £154,441 (194th) | £144,427 (181st) | £126,343 | £133,185 (136th) | £127,804 (159th) | £105,835 (476th) | £95,366 (161st) |
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £2,558 (319th). Air £8,408 (55th). Other: Rail £105 (112th).
3 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £1,526 (403rd). Air £10,242 (33rd).