Barry Gardiner

Barry Gardiner

Barry Gardiner (born 10 March 1957, Glasgow) is Labour Party MP for Brent North and a former mister under the Blair and Brown governments.

In the May 2015 general election, Gardiner was re-elected with a majority of 10,834.

Parliamentary career

• parliamentary under-secretary of state for Northern Ireland in April 2004
• parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Trade and Industry in May 2005
• parliamentary under-secretary of state at Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs between May 2006-June 2007
• July 2007 appointed as the prime minister's special representative on forestry. He left this position in September 2008, after having accused Mr Brown of 'vacillation, loss of international credibility and timorous political manoeuvres that the public cannot understand'cl.

Affiliations

• Senior adviser, September 2007-2010, Reynolds Partners (http://www.reynoldspartners.com/) - Independent investment bank. Approved by ACOBA subject to "12 months after leaving office, he should not become personally involved in lobbying the Government on behalf of the firm or their clients"

Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes

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Resources

• BBC, "Beckett warning to Labour rebels," 15 September 2008, accessed 25 November 2008.
• Gardiner, Barry, Barry Gardiner Biography, accessed 25 November 2008.
• Reynolds Partners, Barry Gardiner, accessed 25 November 2008.
• Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., "Revealed: how minister cashed in on contacts," The Sunday Times, 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.