A selection of Kevin Barron’s votes

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• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2013.
• Generally voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 4 votes against, 3 absences, between 2010–2016. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Consistently voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 17 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2018.
• Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees Show votes 9 votes for, 5 votes against, 2 absences, between 1997–2017.
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.
• Generally voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 3 votes for, 9 votes against, 2 absences, between 2003–2016.

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Recent appearances

• Valedictory Debate 5 Nov 2019

  I rise to make my final contribution after more than 36 years in this House. As I said when I announced that I was standing down, it has been the honour of my life to represent Rother Valley, a constituency that I first moved to at the age of eight, when my father, a Durham miner, moved to the south Yorkshire coalfields. Having been elected in 1983, my baptism came very shortly after, when...

• E-cigarettes — [Sir Henry Bellingham in the Chair] 31 Oct 2019

  On this idea that smoking is an adult thing, very few people start smoking after the age of 21. The hard reality is that for most people, the starting point comes when they are quite young. I think I was about 11 or 12 when I started getting addicted to nicotine. I think we have to be very careful about this. It is not really an adult choice; it is just something that adults have done from a...

• E-cigarettes — [Sir Henry Bellingham in the Chair] 31 Oct 2019

  I am really happy to be here this afternoon, also giving my last speech in Westminster Hall, which is something that I have been looking forward to for a considerable time—since 2016, when something that I do not want to mention happened. I have been active in smoking cessation over many years in Parliament. This is a good, well sourced and evidenced report about where we should move in the...

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Profile

Former Labour MP for Rother Valley

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 6 November 2019 — Dissolved for election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @KevinBarronMP
• https://facebook.com/kevinbarronforrothervalley

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Kevin Barron campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department of Health
• Trade and Industry
• Treasury
• Pharmacy: Negligence
• Health Services
• Obesity
• Pharmacy
• NHS

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committee of Privileges (23 Oct 2018 to 25 Feb 2019)
• Chair, Committee of Privileges (21 Nov 2017 to 23 Oct 2018)
• Chair, Committee of Privileges (21 Nov 2017 to 23 Oct 2018)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 6 Nov 2017 to 23 Oct 2018)
• Member, Committee of Privileges (26 Oct 2017 to 21 Nov 2017)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Committee on Standards (12 Jul 2017 to 15 Oct 2018)
• Chair, Committee on Standards (12 Jul 2017 to 15 Oct 2018)
• Chair, Committee of Privileges ( 4 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Committee of Privileges ( 4 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committee of Privileges (28 Oct 2015 to 4 Nov 2015)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Committee on Standards (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Committee on Standards (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Committee of Privileges (15 Jan 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Committee of Privileges (15 Jan 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Committee on Standards (15 Jan 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Committee on Standards (15 Jan 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Committee of Privileges ( 7 Jan 2013 to 15 Jan 2013)
• Member, Committee on Standards ( 7 Jan 2013 to 15 Jan 2013)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (27 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee (27 Jul 2010 to 7 Jan 2013)
• Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee (27 Jul 2010 to 7 Jan 2013)
• Chair, Health and Social Care Committee (18 Jul 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Chair, Health and Social Care Committee (18 Jul 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Standards and Privileges Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 27 Jul 2010)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 18 Jul 2005)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (11 Jul 2005 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament ( 1 Jun 1997 to 17 Jul 2005)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament ( 1 Jun 1997 to 17 Jul 2005)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Health) ( 1 Jan 1995 to 1 Jan 1998)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) ( 1 Jan 1993 to 31 Dec 1995)
• Member, Environment Committee (26 Oct 1992 to 13 Dec 1994)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change) ( 1 Jan 1988 to 1 Jan 1993)
• Member, Energy Committee ( 9 Jun 1983 to 26 Feb 1986)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Peter Hardy
• David Griffiths
• Edward Dunn
• Thomas Grundy

Future MPs in this constituency

• Alexander Stafford

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)