Rebecca Harris’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Rebecca Harris sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Rebecca Harris voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Rebecca Harris has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 11 Feb 2019

Recent appearances

• Backbench Business: Local and Regional News — [Mr David Nuttall in the Chair] 30 Mar 2017

  We are having this debate because of our deep concerns about the increasing erosion and loss of local news sources, but I am very blessed in Castle Point. I have a huge number of local papers, such as the monthly Canvey & Benfleet Times; at least three weeklies that cover my patch, the Yellow Advertiser, the Rayleigh, Rochford & Castle Point Standard and Essex’s The Enquirer; a small...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Political Developments 15 Mar 2017

  What assessment he has made of recent political developments in Northern Ireland.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Political Developments 15 Mar 2017

  Will my right hon. Friend confirm that in all their discussions the Government will maintain their full support for the Belfast agreement and its successors, including, crucially, the principle that Northern Ireland’s position within the Union will always be determined by the principle of consent?

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Profile

Conservative MP for Castle Point

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @RebeccaHarrisMP
• https://facebook.com/rebeccaharris4castlepoint

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Rebecca Harris campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Transport
• Communities and Local Government
• Home Department
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Visual Impairment
• Roads: Accidents
• Railways: Accidents
• Private Sector Investment
• Met Office

Currently held offices

• Government Whip (since 9 Jan 2018)
• Assistant Whip (since 15 Jun 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (15 Jun 2017 to 9 Jan 2018)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (12 Oct 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (3 Dec 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Bob Spink
• Christine Butler
• Bob Spink
• Bernard Braine

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Nuclear Safeguards Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crown Tenancies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Immigration Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Consumer Rights Bill Committee (14 out of 15)
• Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Offender Rehabilitation Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Scrap Metal Dealers Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Postal Services Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
• Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Daylight Saving Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 0 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Rebecca Harris’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — well below 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 97.02% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 108 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Rebecca Harris’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 75 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)