Owen Paterson’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Owen Paterson sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Owen Paterson generally voted for a wholly elected House of Lords, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes

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

Owen Paterson has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• Brexit Negotiations and No Deal Contingency Planning 4 Sep 2018

  There is currently a border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland: a currency border, a tax border, an excise border and, very importantly, a security border. That all works very satisfactorily with good co-operation and modern technology. Could the Secretary of State explain which areas of cross-border activity cannot be solved by a further extension of modern technologies?

• Eu: Future Relationship White Paper 12 Jul 2018

  Paragraph 7 of chapter 1 of the White Paper states that the UK’s proposal is to “maintain a common rulebook for goods, including agri-food”. Lobbyists estimate that there are currently 170,000 pages of the acquis communautaire. How many of those pages will have to be re-legislated back into UK law and, once they are there, will they ever be amendable?

• Leaving the EU 9 Jul 2018

  The announcement that the Government are preparing for a no deal—an inaccurate term for moving to WTO terms, on which we trade with the vast majority of countries in the world—is very welcome and sensible. Given the intransigence and churlishness with which the EU has welcomed the Prime Minister’s generous offers so far, what is the date by which she judges it will be a...

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Profile

Conservative MP for North Shropshire

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @Owen_PatersonMP
• https://facebook.com/owen.paterson.94

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Owen Paterson campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Northern Ireland
• Transport
• Health
• Home Department
• Badgers/Bovine TB
• Bovine TB
• Fisheries
• Badgers
• Avian Influenza

Other offices held in the past

• The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (6 Sep 2012 to 15 Jul 2014)
• The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (12 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (3 Jul 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Minister (Transport) (10 Nov 2006 to 3 Jul 2007)
• Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (1 Oct 2005 to 10 Nov 2006)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (1 Jun 2000 to 1 Jun 2001)
• Member, Agriculture Committee (21 Feb 2000 to 11 May 2001)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (26 Jul 1999 to 20 Nov 2000)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (14 Jul 1997 to 11 May 2001)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Biffen

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Vehicle Registration Marks Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (9 out of 9)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Owen Paterson’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 medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 76.15% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 129 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Owen Paterson’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 656 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)