Grahame Morris’s voting in Parliament

Grahame Morris is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Grahame Morris sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Grahame Morris generally voted against requiring the mass retention of information about communications, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Grahame Morris has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 29 Jun 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: Private Property: Repairs and Maintenance 28 Jul 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will grant local authorities the power to insist that landlords or home owners maintain their properties to an acceptable standard where that condition is having a negative impact upon the local community.

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: Letting Agents: Fees and Charges 28 Jul 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria were used to select the location of letting agents' fees ban workshops.

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Employment: Disadvantaged 24 Jul 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to prevent embedded elitism within the professions and higher-paying careers from restricting access to such careers for working-class students.

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Profile

Labour MP for Easington

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @grahamemorris
• https://facebook.com/grahame.morris

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Grahame Morris campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Department of Health
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Radiotherapy
• General Practitioners
• Offshore Industry
• Cancer
• NHS: Reorganisation

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention (28 Jun 2016 to 7 Oct 2016)
• Member, Consolidation Bills (Joint Committee) (9 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (18 Sep 2015 to 28 Jun 2016)
• Member, Health Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Cummings
• Jack Dormand
• Emanuel Shinwell

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Psychoactive Substances Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 20)
• Control of Horses Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Affordable Homes bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Care Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Prisons (Property) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (39 out of 40)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Grahame Morris’s speeches
• Has received answers to 196 written questions in the last year — well 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 88.89% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 101 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Grahame Morris’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 293 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)