Gordon Raymond Banks

Biography

Gordon Banks was successfully re-elected as MP for Ochil and South Perthshire in May 2010 with a majority of 5,187 votes.

Educated Lornshill Academy, Alloa

Further education: Glasgow College of Building (City and Guilds Construction Technology and Concrete Practice 1976) Stirling University (BA History and Politics)

Career: Chief Buyer Barratt Developments 1976-86; Director Cartmore Building Supply Co Ltd 1986-

Electoral History: Member for Ochil and South Perthshire since 5 May 2005 General Election

Committee Membership:

Member of Unopposed Bills Committee

Member of Regulatory Reform Committee

Opinion Formers

Latest News

Pressure, not wrongdoing, forced Hunt ex-spad Adam Smith's resignation

Adam Smith quit as Jeremy Hunt's special adviser over his 'inappropriate' contacts with News Corp's Fred Michel

Failing hospitals test gets go-ahead

Family and friends test to be put to all NHS hospital patients from April 2013

The memo that brings Hunt scandal to Cameron's door

Reason to be concerned? The memo raises problems for Cameron.

Confirmed: Double-dip recession even worse than feared

Chancellor George Osborne faces a double-dip recession

No 10 unleashes Tory gay marriage opposition with free vote move

New York has already opened its doors to gay marriage

No eurozone answers as crisis drifts on

David Cameron wants 'decisive action soon'

Must try harder: £35bn remains in uncollected tax

HMRC: Are spending cuts becoming self-defeating?

Leveson vs Paxman: 'You could become an irrelevance'

Paxman: "Your challenge will be to stop yourself becoming a total irrelevance."

Cameron lashes out: Ed Balls branded a "muttering idiot"

Balls managed to rile up the prime minister today

Special event coverage

Festival of Social Sciences: Celebrating the Social Sciences

Evidence-based policy should not be a radical concept. It needs to be celebrated.

Festival of Social Sciences: 2 languages: 2 brains, 2 minds, 2 cultures?

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, the Deafness Cognition And Language Research Centre (DCAL) hosted an event exploring the powerful benefits of bilingualism in spoken and sign languages, for hearing and deaf people alike - benefits that reach hearing and deaf people alike.

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Voice: Feeling stressed? Understand yourself? Now, move forward Conference

Application forms are now available for an exciting conference in Manchester. The fun-packed day will give you practical solutions and advice on managing stress and time to help you achieve a work/life balance.

BHA: The Marriage Debate - ‘This house would legalise same-sex marriage in England and Wales'

Two weeks before the Government’s consultation on same-sex marriage draws to a close, Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association is participating in a debate hosted by Catholic Voices on the motion, ‘This House Would Legalise Same-Sex Marriage’.

BSIA: Information Destruction Exhibition and Conference

This one-day event is targeted at professionals operating in the information destruction industry, and aims at keeping delegates updated on recent developments in their sector, providing an opportunity to network with fellow professionals, whilst offering access to an informative exhibition and a comprehensive conference programme.

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