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Kevin Barron
Labour MP for Rother Valley
- Entered Parliament on 9 June 1983 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Kevin Barron voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Trade and Industry, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): NHS, Mining-related Compensation Claims, Coalminers (Compensation), Hospitals: Drugs, Coal Health Claims
(based on written questions asked by Kevin Barron and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (38 out of 40)
- Mental Capacity Bill Committee (7 out of 12)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Ministerial Code (Culture Secretary) (30 Apr 2012)
“The Prime Minister is well aware that for many years now, the machinery has been in place for investigations of breaches of the codes of conduct for Ministers and for Members of the House of Commons. Why does the Prime Minister not implement that, as opposed to going to a third party?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Fire and Rescue Services (30 Apr 2012)
“What assessment he has made of the potential effect of funding reductions on the operational activities of fire and rescue services.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Fire and Rescue Services (30 Apr 2012)
“It is estimated that South Yorkshire fire and rescue service will lose 100 firefighters’ jobs. It is all very well for the Minister to say, “We’ll pass the budget cuts down and somebody else has to take the responsibility.” What happens if response times increase in South Yorkshire and the people in South Yorkshire, who are not a party to the decision that has been...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 26 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 75.36% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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") 643 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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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 | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £14,909 (joint 364th with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,188 (464th) | £12,160 (536th) | £13,036 (580th) | £11,393 | £12,280 (573rd) | £18,796 (joint 213th with 3 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £18,157 (232nd) |
| Staffing costs | £85,346 (515th) | £98,254 (32nd) | £94,517 (26th) | £92,675 | £79,320 (51st) | £69,898 (joint 182nd with 10 others) | £67,404 (joint 154th with 7 others) | £48,975 (217th) |
| Communications Allowance | £6,714 (416th) | £8,724 (297th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £6,311 (367th)1 | £9,577 (235th)2 | £9,979 (215th)3 | £9,168 | £13,012 (223rd) | £13,659 (187th) | £17,563 (87th) | £17,111 (37th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £408 (185th) | £274 (293rd) | £203 (324th) | £488 | £485 (joint 281st with 1 other) | £1,500 (101st) | £353 (311th) | £1,016 (133rd) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £681 (167th) | 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 | £472 (632nd) | £377 (549th) | £600 (joint 473rd with 3 others) | £424 | £457 (joint 531st with 2 others) | £271 (604th) | £588 (joint 530th with 1 other) | £1,089 (298th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £565 (607th) | £1,285 (539th) | £1,200 | £0 | £140 (648th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,089 (joint 503rd with 1 other) | £973 (joint 454th with 10 others) | £978 | £1,556 (561st) | £1,556 (545th) | £1,556 (520th) | £1,556 (442nd) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £137,444 (484th) | £154,784 (187th) | £142,703 (221st) | £137,960 | £128,012 (229th) | £126,153 (181st) | £125,420 (65th) | £102,813 (57th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,737 (111th). Rail £1,574 (395th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £7,950 (11th). Rail £1,627 (374th).