| 词条 | Greg Barker, Baron Barker of Battle |
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| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable | name = The Lord Barker of Battle | honorific-suffix = PC | image = Gregory Barker, Minister of State of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.jpg | caption = |office = Minister of State for Climate Change |primeminister = David Cameron |term_start = 12 May 2010 |term_end = 14 July 2014 |predecessor = |successor = Amber Rudd | office1 = Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle | parliament = | term_start1 = 7 June 2001 | term_end1 = 30 March 2015 | predecessor1 = Charles Wardle | successor1 = Huw Merriman | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|3|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = British | spouse = Celeste Harrison (1992–2006) | partner = George Prassas[1] (2008-Present) | party = Conservative | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = Royal Holloway College, London | occupation = | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = www.gregorybarker.com | footnotes = }} Gregory Leonard George Barker, Baron Barker of Battle, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}} (born 8 March 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician and life peer. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change serving until 2015, when he stood down as MP for Bexhill and Battle. He now sits in the House of Lords. Early life and educationBorn in Sussex, Barker attended Upper Beeding Primary School, Steyning Grammar School and Lancing College, before attending Royal Holloway College, London, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in history and politics in 1987.[2] In 1990-91, he attended a "Corporate Finance Program" at London Business School.[3] Early careerBarker was a researcher at the Centre for Policy Studies in 1987, before joining "Gerard Vivian Gray"[4] as an Equity Analyst in 1988, and was a member of the Honourable Artillery Company between 1989 and 1994. In 1990, he became the Director for International Pacific Securities. He was the Deputy Chairman of Hammersmith Conservative Association in 1993. From 1998, he was a Director of Daric plc, an advertising company. Barker also developed strong links to the Russian oil companies, being Head of Communications at the Anglo-Siberian Oil Company from 1998–2000 and also worked in London and Moscow for the Sibneft Oil Group, owned by Roman Abramovich. Parliamentary careerBarker was at first unsuccessful in his attempts to be elected to Parliament when he contested the safe Labour seat of Eccles, where he was defeated by Ian Stewart. Barker then became the Deputy Chairman of Tooting Conservative Association and an advisor to Conservative MP David Willetts. In 2001, Barker became the MP for Bexhill and Battle after the retirement of the sitting Conservative MP, Charles Wardle. Barker's nomination by the Conservative Party was hotly debated when sitting MP and former Home Office Minister Charles Wardle accused Barker of being disingenuous about his business career and formally requesting Conservative Party Leader Iain Duncan Smith to investigate possible links between Barker and the infamous Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky.[5] Wardle supported Nigel Farage (who later became the Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party), but Barker won the safe seat securing over 10,500 votes ahead of LibDem Stephen Hardy. Close to Conservative leader David Cameron, Barker, in his capacity as Shadow Environment Secretary, accompanied Cameron on his trip to the Arctic Circle in April 2006 for a fact-finding mission about global warming. In April 2011, Barker was filmed addressing an audience at the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, during which he said of the Conservative-led British government: "We are making cuts that Margaret Thatcher, back in the 1980s, could only have dreamed of." [6] Barker was implicated in the 2009 MPs' expenses scandal for his purchase and sale of London flats; this led to widespread outrage from tax payers.[7][8] On 5 February 2013 MP Gregory Barker voted in favour in the House of Commons Second Reading vote on marriage equality in Britain.[9] On 14 July 2014, he announced he would not be standing at the 2015 general election.[10] House of LordsIn August 2015, Barker was nominated for a life peerage in the Dissolution Peerages List.[11] On 12 October 2015, he was created Baron Barker of Battle, of Battle in the County of East Sussex.[12] He now sits in the House of Lords as a life peer. On 10 November, he was introduced to the Lords. He was supported during the ceremony by John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley, and Guy Black, Baron Black of Brentwood.[13] In February 2019, Barker took a leave of absence from the House of Lords upon accepting an executive position within En+ Group.[14] Personal lifeBarker married Celeste Harrison, an heiress to the Charles Wells brewery fortune, in 1992. Following a diary report in The Observer,[15] Barker confirmed he and his wife had separated, and on 26 October 2006 the British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror revealed that he had left his wife and children for vintage fashion expert William Banks-Blaney. The paper backed the story by quoting his mother-in-law.[16] The Sun reported that Banks-Blaney had been employed to oversee renovations on the Barkers' Peasmarsh family home.[17] It was later revealed that Barker was divorcing his wife. The Independent on Sunday later reported that Barker has confirmed that he is homosexual.[18] Barker's wealth is estimated at £3.9m.[19] In May 2012 Barker attracted media attention after it was reported he used a staff microwave at the Department of Energy and Climate Change to warm a cushion for his pet dachshund, Otto.[20] In January 2012 Otto was a participant in the 20th Westminster Dog of the Year Show, but was beaten to the winning prize by Star, a Norfolk terrier owned by Barker's fellow Conservative MP, Charlie Elphicke.[21] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2014-07-02/tory-summer-party-2013-setting-the-scene|title=Tory summer party 2013: setting the scene|publisher=|accessdate=28 April 2018}} 2. ^Election highs for Royal Holloway alumni Royal Holloway University of London, 19 October 2007 3. ^https://uk.linkedin.com/in/rt-hon-gregory-barker-79029617 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gerrard.com |title=Gerrard Investment Management |work=Gerrard |publisher= Barclays Wealth|accessdate=15 May 2010}} 5. ^{{cite web|author=Anne Perkins|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/apr/13/politics.conservatives |title=Row over Tory candidate threatens safe seat |publisher=The Guardian |date=13 April 2001 |accessdate=15 May 2010}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=http://politicalscrapbook.net/2011/04/greg-barker-thatcher-video/ |title=Video: Minister claims Thatcher could "only have dreamed" of Coalition cuts |publisher=Political Scrapbook |date=5 April 2011 |accessdate=28 May 2013}} 7. ^{{cite web|last=Watt |first=Holly |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5298307/Greg-Barker-The-320000-profit-on-flat-bought-with-taxpayer-help.html |title=Greg Barker: The £320,000 profit on flat bought with taxpayer help|publisher=Telegraph |date=9 May 2009 |accessdate=15 May 2010}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4373780.MP_will_pay_thousands_to_taxman/ |title=MP will pay thousands to taxman|publisher=Brighton Argus|date=16 May 2009 |accessdate=15 May 2010}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/marriagesamesexcouplesbill.html|title=Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 — UK Parliament|website=services.parliament.uk|accessdate=10 June 2017}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/07/14/out-tory-mp-greg-barker-sacked-as-minister-and-wont-stand-again-in-2015/|title=Out Tory MP Greg Barker steps down as minister and won’t stand again in 2015|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2017}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Dissolution Peerages 2015|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dissolution-peerages-2015|website=Gov.uk|accessdate=27 August 2015}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=notice 2417523|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2417523|website=The London Gazette}} 13. ^{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |title=Introduction: Lord Barker of Battle |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldhansrd/text/151110-0001.htm |house=House of Lords |date=10 November 2015 |column=1925}} 14. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/greg-barker-leaves-lords-to-run-oligarch-oleg-deripaskas-metals-empire-km7gclptf|subscription=yes|title=Greg Barker leaves Lords to run oligarch Oleg Deripaska's metals empire|newspaper=The Times (UK)|date=24 February 2019}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/7days/story/0,,1884960,00.html |title=Can Dave really get his eco policies to fly?|publisher=The Observer|date=3 February 2010|accessdate=15 May 2010}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=it-s-such-a-shock---but-men-think-they-can-get-away-with-it-these-days---mother-in-law-georgina-&method=full&objectid=17992356&siteid=94762-name_page.html |title=EXCLUSIVE: TOP TORY DUMPS WIFE FOR MAN |publisher=Daily Mirror|date=26 October 2006|accessdate=15 May 2010}} 17. ^{{cite web |last=Reilly |first=Tom |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006490561,00.html |title=Gay fling for Tory MP |publisher=The Sun |date=26 October 2006 |accessdate=15 May 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202042045/http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C2-2006490561%2C00.html |archivedate=2 December 2006 |df=dmy-all }} 18. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2516664.ece |title=The pink list 2007: The IoS annual celebration of the great and the gay |publisher=The Independent |date=6 May 2007 |accessdate=15 May 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704211658/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2516664.ece |archivedate=4 July 2008 |df=dmy-all }} 19. ^Samira Shackle, Stephanie Hegarty and George Eaton The new ruling class New Statesman, 1 October 2009 20. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9271611/Energy-minister-used-department-microwave-to-warm-sausage-dogs-cushion.html |title=Energy minister used department microwave to warm sausage dog's cushion |publisher=Telegraph |date= 17 May 2012|accessdate=28 May 2013}} 21. ^{{cite news|author= |url=http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/local-news/dogged-determination-but-no-prize-for-mp-s-dog-otto-1-4421469 |title=Dogged determination but no prize for MP’s dog Otto |publisher=Eastbourne Herald |date=11 January 2012 |accessdate=28 May 2013}} External links{{Commons category|Gregory Barker}}
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