Crispin Blunt’s voting in Parliament

Crispin Blunt is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.

However, Crispin Blunt sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Crispin Blunt generally voted for a wholly elected House of Lords; most current Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes 11 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 2003–2016. Conservative, 14 votes, between 2003–2016
• Crispin Blunt consistently voted for allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life; most current Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, between 1997–2015. Conservative, 4 votes, between 1997–2015

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Crispin Blunt has sometimes rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Violence in Israel and Palestine 12 May 2021

  If my right hon. Friend examines his statements today and compares them with those made by the Foreign Office 25 years ago in respect of illegal settlements at Har Homa, he will find a remarkable similarity. What has changed is the end of any hope for the Oslo peace process, built out of existence by illegal settlements, and the dominance of factions in both communities of those least...

• Outer London Congestion Charge — [Ms Christina Rees in the Chair] 23 Mar 2021

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. Ms Rees. I apologise that I have not been able to log in in the usual manner, so I am using my telephone. Sorry for the sub-optimal reception. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Gravesham (Adam Holloway), I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford (Gareth Johnson) for raising this issue, and for the leadership he has shown in...

• Integrated Review 16 Mar 2021

  I strongly welcome the much greater coherence that this review will deliver to our national security strategy, both for our nation’s immediate defence and so that all its elements are working together towards an open international order and being a force for good in the world, supporting open societies, human rights and good governance. As part of this, can I continue to assume that we will...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Reigate

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

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

Social Media

• @crispinbluntmp
• https://facebook.com/crispinbluntreigate

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Crispin Blunt campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Home Department
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Trade and Industry
• Departmental Data Protection
• Vaccination
• Departmental Lost Property
• Departmental Manpower
• Human Papillomavirus

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee (5 Jan 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (30 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill Committee (4 Mar 2013 to 16 Dec 2013)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) (Prisons and Probation) (17 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) (19 Jan 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Finance and Services Committee (17 Jul 2005 to 9 Feb 2009)
• Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 15 Jul 2005)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (15 Jun 2004 to 19 Jan 2009)
• Member, Defence Committee (17 Nov 2003 to 1 Nov 2004)
• Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry) (3 May 2002 to 1 Jul 2003)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) (3 May 2002 to 1 Jul 2003)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Northern Ireland) (18 Sep 2001 to 3 May 2002)
• Member, Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs Committee (21 Feb 2000 to 1 Jun 2001)
• Member, Defence Committee (14 Jul 1998 to 21 Feb 2000)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• George Gardiner
• Geoffrey Howe
• John Vaughan-Morgan
• Gordon Touche
• George Cockerill
• Richard Rawson
• Harry Brodie
• Henry Cubitt
• James Lawrence
• Granville Leveson-Gower
• William Monson
• Henry Rawlinson
• William Hackblock
• Thomas Cocks
• Eastnor
• Eastnor
• Charles Yorke
• Joseph Yorke
• Joseph Yorke
• James Cocks
• Joseph Yorke
• James Cocks
• Joseph Yorke
• James Cocks
• Joseph Yorke
• James Cocks
• Joseph Yorke
• James Cocks
• Eastnor
• Edward Cocks
• James Cocks
• Edward Cocks
• Philip Yorke
• Edward Cocks
• Philip Yorke
• John Yorke
• Philip Cocks
• John Yorke

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (18 out of 18)
• Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Offender Management Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Health Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
• Company Law Reform Bill Committee (21 out of 22)
• Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (4 out of 4)
• Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (14 out of 15)
• International Criminal Court Bill Committee (10 out of 10)