Nigel Evans’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Nigel Evans sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Nigel Evans generally voted against encouraging occupational pensions, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Nigel Evans generally voted against university tuition fees, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Nigel Evans generally voted for requiring pub companies to offer pub landlords rent-only leases, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes

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

Nigel Evans has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iran: Human Rights 15 Sep 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to expand the list of Iranians responsible for human rights violations.

• Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Topical Questions 14 Sep 2016

  I recently visited Uganda and was proud to see British taxpayers’ money being used to vaccinate children against all sorts of diseases, but rubella is one area where we are failing to help. Please can my right hon. Friend look at ways in which we could use international development aid to vaccinate children against this hideous condition?

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Iran: Capital Punishment 13 Sep 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of people executed in Iran in the last 12 months.

More of Nigel Evans’s recent appearances

Profile

Conservative MP for Ribble Valley

Entered the House of Commons on 9 April 1992 — General election

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Department
• Health
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Treasury
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Surplus Assets Sales
• Correspondence
• Parliamentary Questions
• Departmental Data Protection
• Ministerial Accommodation

Currently held offices

• Member, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (since 28 Jun 2016)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (since 10 Feb 2016)
• Member, International Development Committee (since 8 Jul 2015)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (since 6 Jul 2015)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 25 Jun 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Administration Committee (8 Dec 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (7 Jul 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Public Administration Committee (23 Jun 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (8 Jun 2010 to 11 Sep 2013)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (13 Oct 2009 to 11 Sep 2013)
• Member, International Development Committee (13 Jul 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 13 Jul 2009)
• Member, Trade & Industry Committee (8 Dec 2003 to 12 Jul 2005)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (23 Oct 2003 to 17 Jul 2005)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (18 Sep 2001 to 6 Nov 2003)
• Vice-Chair, Conservative Party (1 Aug 1999 to 31 Jul 2001)
• Member, Environment Committee (20 Jan 1997 to 21 Mar 1997)
• Member, Public Service Committee (23 Oct 1996 to 21 Mar 1997)
• Member, Transport Committee (15 Dec 1992 to 5 Jul 1993)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Michael Carr
• David Waddington

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Mutuals' Deferred Shares Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (5 out of 10)
• Civil Contingencies Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• Health (Wales) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (5 out of 5)

Numerology

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More about this

• Has spoken in 61 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Nigel Evans’s speeches
• Has received answers to 98 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 74.11% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 32 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 107 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Nigel Evans’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1182 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)