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
• David Davies generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes

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

David Davies has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• The BBC and Political Impartiality — [Geraint Davies in the Chair] 14 Sep 2016

  I beg to move, That this House has considered the BBC and political impartiality. Thank you, Mr Davies, for your chairmanship of this debate. May I begin by saying that this debate is about the BBC and impartiality, and the bias that has a tendency to creep in? This is not in any way meant to be a full-scale attack on the BBC, which is an organisation greatly respected by everyone, not least...

• The BBC and Political Impartiality — [Geraint Davies in the Chair] 14 Sep 2016

  I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. It is not just that programme, but many others and many other aspects of the BBC. I took a few examples of this from the website earlier. I do not want to go through all of them, but an article asked, “Was there a Brexit graduate gap?” to try and perhaps suggest that people voting to leave the EU were not intelligent. Another article...

• The BBC and Political Impartiality — [Geraint Davies in the Chair] 14 Sep 2016

  I suppose all biases are different. I accept the point the hon. Gentleman is making, and in fact, I was going to come on to climate change in a moment. Suffice it to say that I agree with what my hon. Friend the Member for Kettering (Mr Hollobone) said: the reporting since the referendum has been an absolute disgrace, and the BBC has to remember that a majority of those who voted, who buy...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Monmouth

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
• Newspaper articles written by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

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

Currently held offices

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 10 Sep 2015)
• Chair, Welsh Affairs Committee (since 18 Jun 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• 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 54 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all David Davies’s speeches
• Has received answers to 36 written questions in the last year — 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.
• Has voted in 80.36% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• 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.
• 135 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on David Davies’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 368 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)