Ben Wallace’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Ben Wallace sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Ben Wallace 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 Ben Wallace’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Ben Wallace’s full vote analysis page for more.

Ben Wallace has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 29 Jun 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Qatar: Counter-terrorism 24 Jul 2017

  The Sharaka is a bilateral forum between the United Kingdom and the State of Qatar. It covers a range of regional and bilateral issues, including occasional discussion of counter terrorism, for example our work through the Global Counter Daesh Coalition to tackle the threat posed by Daesh.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Qatar: Counter-terrorism 24 Jul 2017

  Since the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in December 2016, the Metropolitan Police – in conjunction with the Charity Commission -have continued to develop mentoring activity in Doha on countering terrorist finance, as well as arranging for a visit to the UK by a cross-agency Qatari delegation. We are planning for further engagement on the issue of terrorism and terrorist...

• Written Answers — Home Office: Metropolitan Police 24 Jul 2017

  For reasons of national security we do not publically disclose detailed allocation of funding for counter terrorism by force area or by capability. The Government has a constructive dialogue with policing to ensure that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place. Overall this Government has protected Counter-Terrorism police spend in real terms over the Spending Review period,...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Wyre and Preston North, Former Conservative MSP for North East Scotland

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

Entered the Scottish Parliament on 6 May 1999 — Election

Left the Scottish Parliament on 31 March 2003 — Election

Also represented Lancaster and Wyre; North East Scotland

• Personal website
• Page on the Scottish Parliament website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @BWallaceMP
• https://facebook.com/benwallaceWPN

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Ben Wallace campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Defence
• Home Department
• Health
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Communities and Local Government
• Committees: Ministerial Attendance
• Afghanistan
• Iran
• Future Large Aircraft
• QinetiQ

Currently held offices

• Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (since 17 Jul 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) (8 May 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Member, Administration Committee (1 Dec 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (15 Jul 2014 to 8 May 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Scotland) (6 Jul 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 6 May 2010)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Criminal Finances Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (16 out of 18)
• Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (8 out of 14)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Identity Cards Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)

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• Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Ben Wallace’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 100.00% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 121 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Ben Wallace’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 287 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)