A selection of James Gray's votes

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• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 11 votes for, 56 votes against, 24 absences, between 2008–2017
• Generally voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 31 votes for, 0 votes against, 23 absences, between 2013–2016
• Generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 10 votes for, 0 votes against, 7 absences, between 2012–2014
• Consistently voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Generally voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 3 votes for, 2 votes against, between 2004–2011
• Almost always voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 6 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2007–2016

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Offences against Children 22 Mar 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Wiltshire Police will conclude the Operation Conifer inquiry into the late right hon. Sir Edward Heath; to whom and by what mechanism that inquiry will report; and whether that report will be made public.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Maintenance Loans 20 Mar 2017

  Britain’s record in engineering and technical training at the moment is deplorable, with our being 16th among OECD countries, so I very much welcome the Minister’s announcement earlier about maintenance grants. Does he agree that the private sector has a role to play? In particular, will he welcome Sir James Dyson’s recent announcement that he intends to open a new technical...

• Scottish Devolution and Article 50 15 Mar 2017

  You can “appear” before a judge.

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for North Wiltshire

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — 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

• @JamesGrayMP
• https://facebook.com/jamesgraymp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

James Gray campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Defence
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Treasury
• Health
• Home Department
• RAF Lyneham
• Hospitality
• Horse Passports
• Inland Revenue
• RAF Bases

Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Defence Sub-Committee (7 Feb 2017 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Defence Sub-Committee (8 Sep 2015 to 7 Feb 2017)
• Member, Administration Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 16 Jan 2017)
• Member, Defence Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (1 Dec 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Defence Committee (4 Nov 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Procedure Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Finance and Services Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 10 Dec 2013)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (21 Jun 2010 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (19 Feb 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (8 May 2005 to 19 May 2005)
• Member, Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs Committee (14 Jul 1997 to 13 Dec 2000)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Richard Needham

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Farriers (Registration) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill Committee (4 out of 7)
• Chairman, Housing and Planning Bill Committee (4 out of 20)
• Chairman, Control of Horses Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Water Bill Committee (5 out of 9)
• Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Antarctic Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Justice and Security Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
• Chairman, Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, PARTNERSHIPS (PROSECUTION) (SCOTLAND) BILL [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Welfare Reform Bill Committee (15 out of 26)
• Chairman, Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Chairman, Financial Services Bill Committee (3 out of 18)
• Chairman, Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Coroners and Justice Bill Committee (12 out of 16)
• Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Hunting Bill Committee (26 out of 31)
• Equine Welfare (Ragwort Control) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Export Control Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
• Criminal Justice and Police Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Rating (Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

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More about this

• Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all James Gray’s speeches
• Has received answers to 22 written questions in the last year — 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 66.38% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 15 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.
• 97 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 765 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)