Jeremy Hunt’s voting in Parliament

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

This is a selection of Jeremy Hunt’s votes.

• Consistently voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 15 votes for, 53 votes against, 23 absences, between 2008–2017
• Consistently voted for greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 12 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2013–2016
• Generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 12 votes for, 0 votes against, 5 absences, between 2011–2014
• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 3 votes against, 2 absences, between 2010–2016
• Generally voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 10 votes for, 4 votes against, 12 absences, between 2010–2015

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

Jeremy Hunt has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 29 Jun 2017

Recent appearances

• NHS Pay 13 Sep 2017

  I thank the shadow Health Secretary for introducing this debate. NHS staff are doing a superb job in tough circumstances, and it is right for this House to debate whether we are giving them an appropriate level of support. I start by addressing the areas on which we agree with the Opposition. First, it is incredibly important to have motivated staff, simply because motivated staff give better...

• NHS Pay 13 Sep 2017

  What I will not apologise for is the dreadful short staffing on NHS hospital wards that we inherited in 2010, which led directly to the problems of Mid Staffs. Nor will I apologise for sorting that out and making sure that we have 12,000 more nurses on our hospital wards today than we had in 2010.

• NHS Pay 13 Sep 2017

  What the hon. Lady’s constituents care about is that today we announced the lowest unemployment level since 1975, which is a massive benefit to her constituents. She says that we have been repeating our reasons for this terrible financial discipline, which has been so difficult. I am not someone who says that the entire responsibility for the recession in 2010 is the Labour...

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Profile

Conservative MP for South West Surrey

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

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @Jeremy_Hunt
• https://facebook.com/jeremyhuntsws

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Jeremy Hunt campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Culture Media and Sport
• Children
• Schools and Families
• Work and Pensions
• Health
• Treasury
• Departmental Information Officers
• Tourism
• Departmental Plants
• National Lottery
• Departmental Staff

Currently held offices

• The Secretary of State for Health (since 6 Sep 2012)

Other offices held in the past

• The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (12 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (3 Jul 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, International Development Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 24 Jul 2006)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (10 May 2005 to 3 Jul 2007)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Virginia Bottomley
• Maurice Macmillan

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (12 out of 12)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Jeremy Hunt’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 100.00% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 18 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.
• 249 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Jeremy Hunt’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1190 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)