Oliver Letwin’s voting in Parliament

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

This is a selection of Oliver Letwin’s votes.

• Generally voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2004–2011
• Almost always voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 18 votes for, 4 votes against, 4 absences, between 2010–2015
• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, 3 absences, between 2010–2016
• Almost always voted for reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 6 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2018
• Voted a mixture of for and against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 4 votes against, 6 absences, between 1999–2016
• Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 14 votes for, 0 votes against, 4 absences, between 2012–2018

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

Oliver Letwin has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• Previous Business – Commons: Select Committee 24 Oct 2018

  Procedure: Motions under section 13(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. 2:45 pm; Room 15, Palace of Westminster
  Witnesses: Rt Hon Mr Dominic Grieve QC MP Rt Hon Sir Oliver Letwin MP Mr Chris Leslie MP

• Agriculture Bill 10 Oct 2018

  Before my hon. Friend moves on, I share his ambition in those respects, but does he agree that as the general framework for subsidy support or payment for ecosystem services lies in this Bill, and the general framework for the environment will lie in the environment Bill, it is appropriate that issues such as the contracting he describes should be covered in secondary legislation?

• Agriculture Bill 10 Oct 2018

  I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way again. The question of how the Select Committee will proceed under his chairmanship seems an important one to resolve. I think that many of us would welcome his driving on that issue, as long as it is done in a way that recognises that we are not trying to build it into the two pieces of primary legislation, which would confuse the issue.

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Profile

Conservative MP for West Dorset

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @OliverLetwinMP
• https://facebook.com/Oliver-Letwin-1571628762849292

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Oliver Letwin campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Department
• Treasury
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Health
• Culture Media and Sport
• Units
• Departmental Accountancy
• Departments: Accountancy
• Departmental Public Expenditure
• Departments: Public Bodies

Other offices held in the past

• Minister for Government Policy (15 Jul 2014 to 14 Jul 2016)
• The Minister for Government Policy (12 May 2010 to 15 Jul 2014)
• Shadow Minister without Portfolio (8 Dec 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Secretary of State (Environment) (10 May 2005 to 8 Dec 2005)
• Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (10 Nov 2003 to 10 May 2005)
• Shadow Secretary of State (Home Office) (1 Sep 2001 to 10 Nov 2003)
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (26 Sep 2000 to 18 Sep 2001)
• Shadow Financial Secretary (23 Jul 1999 to 10 Jan 2000)
• Opposition Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs, Scotland and Wales) (1 Jul 1998 to 23 Jul 1999)
• Member, Deregulation Committee (23 Feb 1998 to 2 Jul 1999)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• James Spicer
• Simon Digby

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (7 out of 11)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 7)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Oliver Letwin’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below 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 91.02% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 6 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.
• 104 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Oliver Letwin’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 996 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)