John Penrose’s voting in Parliament

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

However, John Penrose sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• John Penrose consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes

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

John Penrose has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office: Electoral Law Reform 7 Sep 2016

  I join in warmly welcoming the Minister to his new position. In the EU referendum The Daily Telegraph’s Charles Moore voted twice, spoiling the ballot paper from his second home, to show how the system could, in theory, be cheated. As the Minister considers proposals to strengthen electoral law against voter fraud, would he therefore also consider a new legal requirement for people with...

• EU Referendum Rules — [Mr James Gray in the Chair] 5 Sep 2016

  As Constitutional Reform Minister at the time, I had responsibility for the detailed election rules set out in the European Union Referendum Act 2015. Since those rules would have included any provision for a super-majority of the kind that is suggested in the petition, it might help if I explain why we did not include such a super-majority in that Act, which was passed by Parliament last...

• EU Referendum Rules — [Mr James Gray in the Chair] 5 Sep 2016

  My point was that had we set up a super-majority as the petition suggests, we would have tilted the rules unfairly in favour of the remain campaign. With a fair and level playing field, both sides are free to make their cases as strongly as they can and to rebut the other side’s case if they feel that it is wrong. The hon. Gentleman clearly feels that some of the points that were made...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Weston-Super-Mare

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

• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Home Department
• Health
• Business
• Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
• Education and Skills
• Members: Correspondence
• Speed Cameras
• National Employer Training Programme
• Consumer Credit: Licensing
• Departmental Finance

Other offices held in the past

• The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (8 May 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Member, Committee of Selection (17 Jul 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• The Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury (8 Feb 2014 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (7 Oct 2013 to 8 Feb 2014)
• Member, Administration Committee (3 Dec 2012 to 28 Oct 2013)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (17 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (29 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) (19 Jan 2009 to 27 Jul 2009)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 29 Jun 2009)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Brian Cotter
• Jerry Wiggin
• David Webster
• Ian Orr-Ewing
• Erskine
• Frank Murrell
• Erskine
• Gilbert Wills

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Care Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Water Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
• Live Music Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Equality Bill Committee (19 out of 20)
• Finance Bill Committee (15 out of 24)
• Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (7 out of 11)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 12)
• Rights of Savers Bill Committee (1 out of 2)

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• Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all John Penrose’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 93.75% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 22 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 151 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on John Penrose’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 271 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)