James Duddridge’s voting in Parliament

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

This is a selection of James Duddridge’s votes.

• Almost always voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes
• Generally voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes
• Almost always voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes

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James Duddridge has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Exiting the European Union 5 Sep 2016

  As someone who supported Brexit, I offer congratulations on the creation of the Secretary of State’s Department and wish it success. However, may I gently ask him when he hopes to close down the Department and return the function of the Minister of Europe to the Foreign Office?

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Cayman Islands 13 Jul 2016

  My Rt Hon Friend, the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond MP), the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs briefly met Premier Alden McLaughlin at the Joint Ministerial Council in 2014. On 28 June, I spoke with the Premier to reassure him of the UK support for the Overseas Territories and to discuss the results of the EU Referendum. As the Prime Minister, the...

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: British Virgin Islands 13 Jul 2016

  My Rt Hon Friend, the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond MP), the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, briefly met Premier Orlando Smith at the Joint Ministerial Council in 2014. On 29 June, I spoke with the Premier to reassure him of the UK support for the Overseas Territories and to discuss the results of the EU Referendum. As the Prime Minister, the...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend 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

• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Transport
• Home Department
• Treasury
• Communities and Local Government
• Departmental Air Travel
• Departmental Public Relations
• Departmental Official Residences
• Dorneywood
• Departmental Procurement

Other offices held in the past

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (11 Aug 2014 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Member, Draft Deregulation Bill (Joint Committee) (10 Jul 2013 to 11 Dec 2013)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Dec 2012 to 12 Sep 2014)
• Chair, Regulatory Reform Committee (3 Dec 2012 to 12 Sep 2014)
• The Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury (12 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (20 Jan 2008 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, International Development Committee (24 Jul 2006 to 10 Mar 2008)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 19 Feb 2007)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Teddy Taylor

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Deregulation Bill Committee (15 out of 18)
• Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 9)
• FINANCE BILL Committee (14 out of 16)
• FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
• Antarctic Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Presumption of Death Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Education Bill Committee (22 out of 22)
• Financial Services Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (3 out of 12)
• Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants Etc.) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Saving Gateway Accounts Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Finance Bill Committee (15 out of 18)
• Political Parties and Elections Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Planning Bill Committee (9 out of 18)
• Pensions Bill Committee (6 out of 20)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 14)
• Mental Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Charities Bill Committee (9 out of 9)

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More about this

• Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all James Duddridge’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 59.23% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 13 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.
• 114 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on James Duddridge’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 210 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)