Cheryl Gillan’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Cheryl Gillan sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Cheryl Gillan consistently voted against new high speed rail infrastructure, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Cheryl Gillan generally voted against allowing marriage between two people of same sex, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Cheryl Gillan generally voted against university tuition fees, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Cheryl Gillan

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Housing and Social Security 22 Jun 2017

  I welcome you to the Chair, Mr Deputy Speaker—on a temporary basis—and thank you for presiding over yet another day of debate on the Gracious Speech. Let me, at the outset, associate myself with the remarks of both Front Benchers about the recent tragedies that have affected all of us, throughout the country, and will continue to do so. Let us hope that, after all the bad things...

• Terror Attacks 22 Jun 2017

  I thank my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary and through her the people in the police and security services, who put their lives on the line to keep us all safe. Following on from the question from the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge), I think that the Home Secretary acknowledges that all our communities, and particularly our Muslim communities, including the Muslim...

• Grenfell Tower 22 Jun 2017

  The amount of remedial work that may need to be carried out on a limited timescale will possibly mean that great pressures will fall on the workforce that are capable of carrying out that remedial work. Will the Prime Minister ensure that her colleagues in Government will make all the necessary funds and resources available if we need to recruit or train further personnel to carry out...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Chesham and Amersham

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

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

Social Media

• @CherylGillanMP
• https://facebook.com/cherylgillanmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Cheryl Gillan campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Department
• Transport
• Department for Transport
• Health
• Justice
• High Speed 2 Railway Line
• Prisons
• National Offender Management Service
• High Speed Two
• Probation Service

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (10 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (25 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Public Administration Committee (12 May 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• The Secretary of State for Wales (12 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (10 May 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (11 Dec 2003 to 24 Mar 2004)
• Shadow Minister of State (Home Office) (10 May 2003 to 10 May 2005)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (10 May 2001 to 10 May 2003)
• Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (10 May 1998 to 10 May 2001)
• Shadow Minister (International Development) (1 Apr 1998 to 5 Apr 2001)
• Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry) (5 May 1997 to 10 May 1998)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Employment) (6 Jul 1995 to 1 May 1997)
• Member, Procedure Committee (20 Apr 1994 to 17 Oct 1995)
• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Commons) (27 Apr 1992 to 7 Nov 1995)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ian Gilmour

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Health Service Commissioner for England (Complaint Handling) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Autism Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
• Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (20 out of 23)
• Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Police Reform Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Animal Health Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• International Development Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• International Criminal Court Bill Committee (10 out of 10)

Numerology

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More about this

• Has spoken in 74 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Cheryl Gillan’s speeches
• Has received answers to 105 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 138 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Cheryl Gillan’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 827 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)