Anne Main’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Anne Main sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Anne Main generally voted against new high speed rail infrastructure, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Anne Main generally voted against allowing marriage between two people of same sex, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Anne Main voted against culling badgers to tackle bovine tuberculosis, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Anne Main has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 5 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• Brexit Negotiations and No Deal Contingency Planning 4 Sep 2018

  In his remarks on a no deal scenario, my right hon. Friend said that while we are mindful of our legal obligations, there would be a swifter end to our financial contributions to the EU. For my sins, I have spent the summer in my office trying to find more detail about the EU budgetary spend and what exactly the EU has been doing with taxpayers’ money. If we get into a position of no...

• Leaving the EU 9 Jul 2018

  My right hon. Friend refers to negotiations. Of course, negotiations are about give and take, and some people may think we have given rather too much, but I am actually not sure that the European Union will take it—I think it will want us to give a little more, and a little more. Will she recall Parliament over the summer if, in those deep and pacey negotiations, we are asked to give...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Gambling: Education 6 Jul 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to introduce requirements for schools to teach pupils in secondary school about the dangers of gambling online.

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Profile

Conservative MP for St Albans

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• https://facebook.com/stalbansconservatives

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Anne Main campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Home Department
• International Development
• Transport
• Treasury
• Bangladesh
• Departmental Data Protection
• Tax Credits
• Hotels
• Departmental Property

Currently held offices

• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 22 Jun 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Panel of Chairs (23 Jun 2010 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee (19 Jan 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Draft Marine Bill (Joint Committee) (8 May 2008 to 22 Jul 2008)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (3 Sep 2006 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (27 Jun 2006 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 27 Jun 2006)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Kerry Pollard
• Peter Lilley
• Victor Goodhew
• John Grimston
• Cyril Dumpleton
• John Grimston
• Francis Fremantle
• Edward Carlile
• John Slack
• Vicary Gibbs
• Grimston
• Jacob Bell
• Alexander Raphael
• George Repton
• Benjamin Cabbell
• George Repton
• Listowel
• Edward Grimston
• George Muskett
• Edward Grimston
• Henry Ward
• Richard Godson
• Henry Ward
• Francis Vincent
• Richard Godson
• Charles Tennant
• Grimston
• Charles Tennant
• Christopher Smith
• John Easthope
• Henry Wright-Wilson
• Christopher Smith
• Henry Wright-Wilson
• Christopher Smith
• Charles Spencer-Churchill
• William Robarts
• Charles Spencer-Churchill
• Christopher Smith
• William Robarts
• Christopher Smith
• Joseph Halsey
• Daniel Giles
• Joseph Halsey
• James Grimston
• William Poyntz
• James Grimston
• William Poyntz
• James Grimston
• William Poyntz

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
• Chairman, Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
• Chairman, Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Criminal Finances Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
• Chairman, Children and Social Work Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
• Chairman, Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill Committee (3 out of 10)
• Chairman, Childcare Payments Bill Committee (5 out of 9)
• Chairman, Pensions Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 12)
• Energy Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
• Energy Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
• Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Planning Bill Committee (0 out of 18)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill Committee (2 out of 5)
• Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (0 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 50 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Anne Main’s speeches
• Has received answers to 69 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.
• Has voted in 85.36% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 160 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Anne Main’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 411 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)