Nick Gibb’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Nick Gibb sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Nick Gibb generally voted for allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes

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

Nick Gibb has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 29 Jun 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Schools: Closures 15 Aug 2017

  The current school system has delivered places where they are needed, on time, to ensure that every child has a school place, with 735,000 new school places created between 2010 and 2016. 39 schools have been opened and then closed since 2010. These are listed in the attached table. The Department does not record the number of pupils on a school roll at the time of closing. Schools opened...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Teachers: Qualifications 14 Aug 2017

  The number and percentage of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieving[1] each type of school based qualification in (a) Music, (b) Drama, (c) Theatre studies and (d) Art for the years 2013/14 - 2015/16 are shown in the attached table. Drama and Theatre Studies are grouped together as part of the school performance tables and are therefore presented together in the data. The percentages of...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Schools: Closures 14 Aug 2017

  The current school system has delivered places where they are needed, on time, to ensure that every child has a school place, with 735,000 new school places created between 2010 and 2016. The 13 schools that have been opened and have since closed in the middle of a school year since 2010 are listed in the table below. The Department does not record the number of pupils on a school roll at the...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

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

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

Social Media

• @NickGibbMP
• https://facebook.com/nickgibbofficial

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Nick Gibb campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Education and Skills
• Children
• Schools and Families
• Home Department
• Trade and Industry
• Health
• Literacy and Numeracy
• Secondary Education: Curriculum
• Departmental Staff
• GCSEs
• BNFL

Currently held offices

• Minister of State (Department for Education) (since 15 Jul 2014)

Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill Committee (15 May 2013 to 16 Dec 2013)
• Member, Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill Committee (4 Mar 2013 to 15 May 2013)
• Minister of State (Department for Education) (13 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Shadow Minister (Education) (Schools) (8 Dec 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Minister (Education) (10 May 2005 to 8 Dec 2005)
• Member, Education & Skills Committee (8 Dec 2003 to 12 Jul 2005)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (5 Nov 2001 to 11 Dec 2003)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry) (1 Jun 1999 to 1 Jun 2001)
• Member, Treasury Sub-committee (15 Jun 1998 to 30 Nov 1998)
• Member, Treasury Committee (15 Jun 1998 to 30 Nov 1998)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury) (1 Jun 1998 to 1 Jun 1999)
• Member, Social Security Committee (14 Jul 1997 to 20 Jul 1998)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Education and Adoption Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Public Service Pensions Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Education Bill Committee (22 out of 22)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
• Education and Skills Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
• Education and Inspections Bill Committee (21 out of 21)
• Childcare Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Education Bill Committee (1 out of 2)

Numerology

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More about this

• Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Nick Gibb’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 100.00% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 150 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Nick Gibb’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 822 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)