Jessica Morden’s voting in Parliament

Jessica Morden is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Jessica Morden’s votes.

• Almost always voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes
• Almost always voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes
• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes

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

Jessica Morden has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Security Guards: Licensing 16 Sep 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions the Security Industry Authority (SIA) has in place to compensate individuals who have lost their job as a result of delays of problems in SIA licence applications or renewals.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Security Industry Authority: Standards 16 Sep 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time taken was to respond to email enquiries by the Security Industry Authority in each month since January 2016.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Security Industry Authority: Standards 16 Sep 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Security Industry Authority has met its performance target of 80 per cent of applications being processed within 25 days in each month since January 2016.

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Profile

Labour MP for Newport East

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

• Work and Pensions
• Transport
• Wales
• Home Department
• Treasury
• Severn River Crossing
• Severn River Crossing: Tolls
• Recycling
• Work Capability Assessment
• Green Investment Bank: Privatisation

Currently held offices

• Member, Committee of Selection (since 10 Feb 2016)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (since 18 Sep 2015)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (since 16 Jul 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• PPS (Rt Hon Paul Murphy, Secretary of State), Wales Office (29 Jan 2008 to 16 Jan 2009)
• Member, Justice Committee (6 Nov 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• PPS (Rt Hon Peter Hain, Secretary of State), Wales Office (28 Mar 2007 to 24 Jan 2008)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (21 Nov 2005 to 4 Jun 2007)
• Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (13 Jul 2005 to 16 Jan 2006)
• Member, Constitutional Affairs Committee (11 Jul 2005 to 8 Nov 2007)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Alan Howarth
• Roy Hughes

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Trade Union Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Enterprise Bill Committee (8 out of 16)
• Prisons (Property) bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Marriage (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Flood and Water Management Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (22 out of 24)
• Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Police and Justice Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Education and Inspections Bill Committee (19 out of 21)

Numerology

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More about this

• Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Jessica Morden’s speeches
• Has received answers to 40 written questions in the last year — above 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 74.40% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 14 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.
• 68 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Jessica Morden’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 141 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)