Damian Collins’s voting in Parliament

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

This is a random selection of Damian Collins’s votes.

• Consistently voted for greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 12 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2013–2022.
• Generally voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 5 votes for, 3 votes against, 2 absences, between 2011–2016.
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 34 votes for, 69 votes against, 14 absences, between 2011–2022.
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Consistently voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011.
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2010–2017.

Last updated: 18 May 2022. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.

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Recent appearances

• Online Safety Bill: Clause 82 - General duties of OFCOM under section 3 of the Communications Act 12 Sep 2023

  Will the Minister make it clear that we should expect the companies to use proactive technology, because they already use it to make money by recommending content to people, which is a principal reason for the Bill? If they use proactive technology to make money, they should also use it to keep people safe.

• Online Safety Bill: Clause 82 - General duties of OFCOM under section 3 of the Communications Act 12 Sep 2023

  As Carnegie UK Trust observed online, a child born on the day the Government first published their original internet safety strategy would now be in its second year of primary school.

• Online Safety Bill: Clause 82 - General duties of OFCOM under section 3 of the Communications Act 12 Sep 2023

  The draft Bill was published in April 2021, so it is fantastic that we are now discussing its final stages after it has gone through its processes in the House of Lords. It went through pre-legislative scrutiny, then it was introduced here, committed to the Bill Committee, recommitted, came back to the House, went to the Lords and came back again. I do not think any Bill has had as much...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @DamianCollins
• https://facebook.com/damiancollins4mp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Damian Collins campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Department
• Treasury
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Sports
• Data Protection: Japan
• Paul Cleeland
• Palantir: Contracts
• Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Currently held offices

• Chair, Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee) (since 27 Jul 2021)
• Chair, Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee) (since 27 Jul 2021)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee ( 3 May 2023 to 23 May 2023)
• Member, Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill Committee ( 7 Dec 2022 to 15 Dec 2022)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport ( 8 Jul 2022 to 27 Oct 2022)
• Member, Dormant Assets Bill [HL] Committee (15 Dec 2021 to 11 Jan 2022)
• Member, Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee) (21 Jul 2021 to 27 Jul 2021)
• Chair, DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation (12 Mar 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation (12 Mar 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 12 Sep 2017)
• Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (19 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (19 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 19 Oct 2016)
• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) ( 6 Dec 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 29 Oct 2012)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Michael Howard
• Albert Costain
• Harry Mackeson

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Online Safety Bill Committee (3 out of 20)
• Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Dormant Assets Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Postal Services Bill Committee (18 out of 21)