David Davis’s voting in Parliament

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

However, David Davis sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• David Davis voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year, while most Conservative MPs consistently voted for. Show votes
• David Davis generally voted against military action against ISIL (Daesh), while most Conservative MPs consistently voted for. Show votes
• David Davis almost always voted against university tuition fees, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• David Davis generally voted against requiring the mass retention of information about communications, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• David Davis consistently voted against allowing marriage between two people of same sex, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• David Davis generally voted against greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections, while most Conservative MPs almost always voted for. Show votes
• David Davis voted for allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes
• David Davis generally voted for greater regulation of gambling, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes
• David Davis generally voted against a statutory register of lobbyists, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

David Davis has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill: Future Relationship Between the UK and the EU 18 Jul 2018

  The right hon. and learned Gentleman has had many discussions with me, on Privy Council terms, over the past two years, and I have to say to the House that he has always been supportive of the country’s interests in those discussions and, indeed—at least in my understanding —in his conversations in the European Union.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements 18 Jul 2018

  As the Prime Minister is aware, the Department for Exiting the European Union carried out a study of all the previous free trade deals that the European Union had done, in order to create a draft free trade deal that was based solely on European precedent. The Department was—until I left, at least—creating a legal text of such a draft treaty as a fall-back option for the current...

• Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill: EU VAT area and pre-commencement requirements 16 Jul 2018

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Profile

Conservative MP for Haltemprice and Howden

Entered the House of Commons on 11 June 1987 — General election

Also represented Booth Ferry

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Newspaper articles written by this MP

Social Media

• @DavidDavisMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

David Davis campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Department
• Health
• Education and Skills
• Justice
• Treasury
• Christmas Cards
• Ministerial Visits
• Police
• Departmental Data Protection
• Immigration and Nationality Directorate

Other offices held in the past

• The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (13 Jul 2016 to 8 Jul 2018)
• Shadow Secretary of State (Home Office) (10 Nov 2003 to 12 Jun 2008)
• Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (23 Jul 2002 to 10 Nov 2003)
• Shadow Minister without Portfolio (18 Sep 2001 to 23 Jul 2002)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (30 Oct 1997 to 11 May 2001)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (25 Jul 1997 to 11 May 2001)
• Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (20 Jul 1994 to 2 May 1997)
• Parliamentary Secretary (Duchy of Lancaster Office) (27 May 1993 to 19 Jul 1994)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (3 Dec 1990 to 27 May 1993)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Health Service Commissioner for England (Complaint Handling) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all David Davis’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below 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 78.66% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 53 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 147 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on David Davis’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1297 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)