Adam Holloway’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Adam Holloway sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Adam Holloway generally voted against military action against ISIL (Daesh), while most Conservative MPs consistently voted for. Show votes
• Adam Holloway generally voted against new high speed rail infrastructure, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Adam Holloway generally voted against allowing marriage between two people of same sex, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Adam Holloway has occasionally rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: River Thames: Tunnels 14 Jul 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2016 to Question 37232, what assessment his Department made of the potential vehicular capacity of the two long tunnel options for the Lower Thames Crossing connected either (a) through junctions 2 and 30 on the M25 or (b) by direct connection to the motorway beyond the junctions.

• Iraq Inquiry Report 14 Apr 2016

  I completely agree with my right hon.—and gallant—Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) that it is unconscionable to continue to delay the publication of this report. National security checking of the Iraq inquiry is holding up publication of a report that is critical to our national security. Only by understanding how we got involved in this gigantic...

• Iraq Inquiry Report 14 Apr 2016

  I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman in the sense that the original invasion of Afghanistan was highly effective and that the Afghan people essentially removed al-Qaeda and the Taliban, but unfortunately it was the disastrous NATO deployment to Afghanistan that whipped up the insurgency. I shall come on to that point in a minute if I may. As I was saying, people do not get promoted for...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Gravesham

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Department
• Health
• Transport
• Defence
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
• Afghanistan
• Housing
• Afghanistan: Reconstruction
• Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Road Traffic

Currently held offices

• Member, Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee (since 5 Jan 2016)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (since 8 Jul 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Public Administration Committee (12 May 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Defence Committee (5 Nov 2012 to 3 Nov 2014)
• Member, Defence Committee (6 Feb 2006 to 2 Nov 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Chris Pond
• Jacques Arnold
• Timothy Brinton

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Health Service Commissioner for England (Complaint Handling) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Coinage (Measurement) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

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• Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Adam Holloway’s speeches
• Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — 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 76.79% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 160 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Adam Holloway’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 75 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)