About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Barry Gardiner) represents you, and all of the people who live in Brent West, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Brent West

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Also represented Brent North

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @BarryGardiner
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Barry Gardiner campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for International Trade
• Treasury
• Trade and Industry
• International Development
• Iraq
• Arms Exports
• Fracking
• Natural Capital Accounting
• Bushmeat

Currently held offices

• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (since 28 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill Committee (15 May 2024 to 22 May 2024)
• Member, Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill Committee (17 Apr 2024 to 24 Apr 2024)
• Member, Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill Committee (22 Feb 2024 to 28 Feb 2024)
• Member, Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Committee (10 Jan 2024 to 30 Jan 2024)
• Member, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (12 Jun 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research (18 Jan 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (21 Sep 2020 to 8 Feb 2022)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee ( 8 Jun 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee ( 8 Jun 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Energy and Climate Change) (14 Jul 2016 to 6 Apr 2020)
• Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade (14 Jul 2016 to 6 Apr 2020)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (27 Jun 2016 to 14 Jul 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change) (18 Sep 2015 to 27 Jun 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) ( 7 Oct 2013 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (20 Dec 2010 to 4 Nov 2013)
• Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee ( 2 Nov 2010 to 4 Nov 2013)
• Member, Crossrail Bill Committee (14 Nov 2007 to 18 Nov 2007)
• Special Envoy for Forestry (28 Jun 2007 to 15 Sep 2008)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Biodiversity, Landscape and Rural Affairs) ( 5 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Trade and Industry) (Delivery and Efficiency) (10 May 2005 to 5 May 2006)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) ( 2 Apr 2004 to 10 May 2005)
• Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) (12 Dec 2001 to 5 May 2005)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (10 Jun 1999 to 16 Oct 2002)
• Member, Procedure Committee (31 Jul 1997 to 25 Jan 2000)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Trade Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Energy Bill Committee (15 out of 16)
• Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
• Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Employment Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (11 out of 13)
• Crime (International Co-operation) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Divorce (Religious Marriages) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Christmas Day (Trading) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Rare Cancers Bill: Clause 1 - Review of law on marketing authorisations 11 Jul 2025

  Like everyone else, I want to thank my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South West (Dr Arthur) for bringing this important Bill before the House. I had not intended to speak in this debate; I was simply going to intervene on my hon. Friend the Member for Mitcham and Morden (Dame Siobhain McDonagh), but she spoke so comprehensively that it would have been wrong to interrupt her. She...

• Electricity Market Review 10 Jul 2025

  I congratulate my right hon. Friend on this package of measures, which will reduce energy costs. The system left by the Conservatives needed to tackle three things: transmission charges, constraint payments and marginal cost pricing, by which the price of gas drives the cost of the whole system. I therefore welcome the strategic special energy plan, which will see assets built closer to their...

• Electricity Market Review 10 Jul 2025

  I congratulate my right hon. Friend on this package of measures, which will reduce energy costs. The system left by the Conservatives needed to tackle three things: transmission charges, constraint payments and marginal cost pricing, by which the price of gas drives the cost of the whole system. I therefore welcome the strategic special energy plan, which will see assets built closer to their...

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