Graham Brady’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Graham Brady sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Graham Brady generally voted against culling badgers to tackle bovine tuberculosis, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Graham Brady’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Graham Brady’s full vote analysis page for more.

Graham Brady has occasionally rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• West Coast Rail Franchise — [Mr Graham Brady in the Chair] 14 Jun 2016

  Briefly.

• West Coast Rail Franchise — [Mr Graham Brady in the Chair] 14 Jun 2016

  We have about 40 minutes for the three Front-Bench winding-up speeches, and perhaps a brief comment from the hon. Gentleman who moved the debate. I trust the Front-Bench spokesmen to co-operate with each other to ensure that that happens.

• Written Answers — Department of Health: NHS: Translation Services 9 Jun 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the total NHS budget was spent on translation services in 2015-16; and how much was spent on translation services in each NHS (a) trust and (b) foundation trust in 2015-16.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Altrincham and Sale West

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

• Maiden speech
• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP
• Newspaper articles written by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Education and Skills
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Treasury
• Health
• Home Department
• European Union
• Parliamentary Questions
• Working Time Regulations
• EU Constitution
• Departmental Public Expenditure

Currently held offices

• Chair, Conservative Party 1922 Committee (since 26 May 2010)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 26 May 2010)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Panel of Chairs (13 Oct 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Committee on Reform of the House of Commons (20 Jul 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Treasury Committee (17 Jul 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Minister (Europe) (15 Jun 2004 to 3 Jul 2007)
• Parliamentary Private Secretaries To Leader of the Opposition (10 May 2004 to 9 Sep 2004)
• Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee (5 Jan 2004 to 12 Jul 2005)
• Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee (5 Jan 2004 to 12 Jul 2005)
• Shadow Minister (Education) (18 Sep 2001 to 1 Jul 2003)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (1 Jun 2000 to 1 Jun 2001)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (1 Jan 2000 to 1 Jun 2000)
• Member, Education & Employment Committee (14 Jul 1997 to 11 May 2001)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Bank of England and Financial Services Bill Committee (3 out of 12)
• Chairman, Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill Committee (8 out of 16)
• Chairman, Defence Reform Bill Committee (5 out of 14)
• Chairman, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (7 out of 17)
• Chairman, Local Government Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Pensions Bill Committee (3 out of 8)
• Chairman, National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
• Chairman, Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Education Bill Committee (16 out of 20)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Graham Brady’s speeches
• Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 79.46% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 20 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 135 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Graham Brady’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 497 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)