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Philip Davies is a former MP for Shipley.

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Shipley

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

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @PhilipDaviesUK
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Philip Davies campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Ministry of Justice
• Justice
• Home Department
• Treasury
• Health
• Prisoners' Release
• Reoffenders
• Sentencing
• Borders: Personal Records
• Departmental Equality

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee ( 5 Jan 2022 to 12 Jan 2022)
• Member, Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill Committee (15 Dec 2021 to 5 Jan 2022)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee ( 9 Jun 2021 to 29 Nov 2022)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation (10 Mar 2020 to 9 Nov 2020)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 9 Nov 2020)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (15 Jan 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (15 Jul 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation (15 Jul 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (22 Jun 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee (19 Dec 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Justice Committee ( 6 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (14 Jul 2011 to 12 Mar 2012)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (29 Jun 2010 to 1 May 2012)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (28 Jun 2010 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (12 Mar 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (27 Feb 2006 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Chris Leslie
• Marcus Fox
• Geoffrey Hirst
• Arthur Jones
• James Lockwood
• William Mackinder
• Henry Rae
• Oswald Partington
• Percy Illingworth
• James Flannery
• William Byles
• Joseph Craven

Future MPs in this constituency

• Anna Dixon

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Chairman, Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (0 out of 4)
• Chairman, Seafarers’ Wages Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Chairman, Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Chairman, Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Building Safety Bill Committee (4 out of 16)
• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (0 out of 5)
• Chairman, Financial Services Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
• Chairman, Medicines and Medical Devices Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Chairman, Trade Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• Chairman, Energy BILL Committee (3 out of 14)
• Chairman, Serious Crime Bill Committee (3 out of 7)
• Chairman, Mesothelioma Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Leasehold Reform (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (7 out of 14)
• Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Concessionary Bus Travel Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of 4)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Suspended Sentences: Reoffenders 24 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rates are for people given a suspended sentence order with a custodial period of (a) 14 days to less than one month, (b) one month to less than three months, (c) three months to less than six months, (d) six months to less than nine months, (e) nine months to less than 12 months and (f) 12 months in the latest period for which...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Probation Service: Staff 24 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of provisions in the Sentencing Bill on the number of new probation officers required.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Reoffenders: Prison Sentences 24 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rates were for people given an immediate prison sentence of (a) less than 1 month, (b) 1 month to less than 3 months, (c) 3 months to less than 6 months, (d) 6 months to less than 9 months, (e) 9 months to less than 12 months and (f) 12 months in the latest period for which data is available.

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