Grant Shapps’s voting in Parliament

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

This is a selection of Grant Shapps’s votes.

• Almost always voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes
• Generally voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes
• Almost always voted for reducing central government funding of local government Show votes
• Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes
• Generally voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes

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

Grant Shapps has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: Planning Permission 16 Sep 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contingency plan his Department has to address increases in the time taken to process planning applications by local authorities.

• Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide 15 Sep 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made on reducing the time taken to publish UK suicide statistics.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Armed Forces: Housing 15 Sep 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications his Department has received for modifications and adapted housing in each year from 2010 to date.

More of Grant Shapps’s recent appearances

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Profile

Conservative MP for Welwyn Hatfield

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

• Maiden speech
• Twitter feed
• 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

• Communities and Local Government
• Treasury
• Home Department
• Work and Pensions
• Transport
• Housing: Low Incomes
• Departments: Property
• Departmental Training
• Homes and Communities Agency
• Mortgages: Government Assistance

Other offices held in the past

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (15 Jul 2015 to 26 Oct 2015)
• The Minister of State, Department for International Development (8 May 2015 to 28 Nov 2015)
• Minister without Portfolio (6 Sep 2012 to 8 May 2015)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (11 Oct 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• The Minister for Housing (13 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Shadow Minister (Housing and Planning) (20 Dec 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Public Administration Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 26 Feb 2007)
• Vice-Chair, Conservative Party (1 Jul 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Co-Chair, Conservative Party (1 Jul 2005 to 6 May 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Melanie Johnson
• David Evans
• Christopher Murphy

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (17 out of 17)
• Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Grant Shapps’s speeches
• Has received answers to 20 written questions in the last year — 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 81.25% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 12 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.
• 191 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Grant Shapps’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 246 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)