David Davies’s voting in Parliament

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

However, David Davies sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• David Davies generally voted against allowing marriage between two people of same sex, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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David Davies

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Backbench Business 20 Apr 2017

  May I add my thanks to you for how you have chaired this debate, Mr Evans? In closing, let me briefly say that there is a surprising amount of agreement in the Chamber, considering that we are on the verge of what I suspect will be a rather fiery election campaign. Representatives of various different political parties have spoken in agreement with the general principle, but with concern that...

• Backbench Business 20 Apr 2017

  I do not disagree with anything the Minister says, but does he believe that the standards of justice applied in all countries that have the European arrest warrant match the standards that we would apply in the United Kingdom?

• Backbench Business 20 Apr 2017

  I agree with the points the right hon. Gentleman is making. Does he agree that another problem is that British nationals who are extradited to countries in the EAW area cannot get bail because they do not habitually reside in those countries? They are denied a right that would be almost automatic in the UK.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Monmouth

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

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP
• Newspaper articles written by this MP

Social Media

• @davidtcdavies
• https://facebook.com/davidtcdavies

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

David Davies campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Department
• Health
• Defence
• Treasury
• Work and Pensions
• Departmental Expenditure
• Carbon Emissions
• Parliamentary Questions
• Departmental Assets
• Departmental Internet

Other offices held in the past

• Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee (20 Feb 2017 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Welsh Affairs Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee (21 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (19 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Welsh Affairs Committee (10 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (22 Oct 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (17 Jul 2005 to 10 Jun 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Huw Edwards
• Roger Evans
• Huw Edwards
• John Stradling Thomas
• Donald Anderson
• Peter Thorneycroft
• Leslie Pym
• John Herbert
• Charles Forestier-Walker

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Marriage (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
• UK Borders Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

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• Has spoken in 42 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all David Davies’s speeches
• Has received answers to 31 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• People have made 17 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
• 145 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on David Davies’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 390 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)