A selection of Nigel Evans's votes

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• Voted a mixture of for and against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, 22 absences, between 2010–2015
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2007–2016
• Generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 8 votes for, 0 votes against, 9 absences, between 2012–2014
• Generally voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 0 votes for, 8 votes against, 7 absences, between 2011–2016
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 7 votes for, 53 votes against, 31 absences, between 2008–2017

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Recent appearances

• Business of the House 20 Apr 2017

  I am sometimes asked by constituents who have watched our proceedings on television whether we really hate one another. They see us shouting across the Dispatch Box and ask, “What are they like after they’ve done battle?” I then explain the reality, which is that sometimes I have more difficulty with Members on my own side than with those sitting opposite.

• Business of the House 20 Apr 2017

  You know who they are, and they know who they are. The reality, of course, is that we build lasting and enduring friendships with Members from all parties, and none more so than the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Ms Stuart), who leaves an enduring legacy in the work she did on Brexit, and to whom I am grateful. Given your end-of-term latitude, Mr Speaker, I hope that you will...

• Persecution and Detention of LGBT Citizens: Chechnya 20 Apr 2017

  May I pay tribute to you, Mr Speaker, for the support that you have given to the LGBT community ever since you have occupied the Chair and prior to that? It is absolutely right that this issue should be raised here, as it has been determined that we have more openly gay Members of Parliament in this Parliament than anywhere else in the world. I was asked in 2010 why I came out. It was partly...

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Ribble Valley

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

Left the House of Commons on 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

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

Social Media

• @ElectNigel

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Nigel Evans campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

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

Other offices held in the past

• Member, International Trade Committee (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (28 Jun 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (10 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, International Development Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 28 Nov 2016)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (25 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• 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)

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• Has spoken in 51 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Nigel Evans’s speeches
• Has received answers to 111 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 73.02% 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.
• 108 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1200 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)