Glyn Davies’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Glyn Davies sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Glyn Davies consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes
• Glyn Davies generally voted against allowing marriage between two people of same sex, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Glyn Davies has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office: Boundary Commission 7 Sep 2016

  The number of electors in Welsh parliamentary constituencies varies hugely: Cardiff South and Penarth has more than 72,000 electors; Arfon has fewer than 40,000. My constituency of Montgomeryshire sits roughly in the middle, with about 48,000. Does the Minister agree that it cannot be right for each of these constituencies to elect one MP when the number of voters within them is so radically...

• Backbench Business: Squash and the Olympic Games — [Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] 19 Jul 2016

  I am very grateful to the hon. Lady for securing this debate. We are really dragging out the old squash players today; I, too, have loved the game for many years. We have watched golfers pulling out of the Olympic games; I understand why they are doing so, but not their comments about the Olympics not being the pinnacle of their sport and in a sense not being valuable. If squash was in the...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Farming Sector 13 Jul 2016

  What recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the farming sector to the economy in Wales.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire

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

• Maiden speech
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Health
• Energy and Climate Change
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Department of Health
• Home Department
• Wind Power
• Organs: Donors
• Bovine Tuberculosis
• Incontinence
• Palliative Care

Currently held offices

• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (since 25 Apr 2016)
• Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee (since 8 Jul 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (5 Nov 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 2 Nov 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Lembit Öpik
• Emlyn Hooson
• Clement Davies
• David Davies
• Arthur Humphreys-Owen
• Stuart Rendel
• Charles Wynn
• Herbert Wynn
• Charles Wynn

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Public Bodies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)

Numerology

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More about this

• Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Glyn Davies’s speeches
• Has received answers to 21 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 87.80% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 113 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Glyn Davies’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 196 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)