A selection of Sarah Wollaston's votes

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• Consistently voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, in 2013
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2010–2016
• Voted a mixture of for and against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, between 2011–2016
• Consistently voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 48 votes for, 0 votes against, 6 absences, between 2012–2016
• Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 12 votes for, 0 votes against, 5 absences, between 2012–2014
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2016

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

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Immigrants: Detainees 27 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has paid in compensation for unlawful immigration detention since figures on such compensation payments were published in 2014-15.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Immigrants: Detainees 26 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether procedures have changed as a result of recent successful prosecutions for unlawful immigration detention.

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Former Conservative MP for Totnes

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

Left the House of Commons on 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @sarahwollaston
• https://facebook.com/drsarahwollaston

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Sarah Wollaston campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health
• Health
• Department for Transport
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• HM Coastguard: Fareham
• Carers
• Roads: Planning Obligations
• Surgery
• Rescue Services

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Health Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (18 Jun 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Health Committee (18 Jun 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Health Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 18 Jun 2014)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Anthony Steen
• Raymond Mawby
• Ralph Rayner
• Samuel Harvey
• Henry Vivian
• Samuel Harvey
• Francis Mildmay
• John Pender
• Alfred Seymour
• John Pender
• Thomas Mills
• Gifford
• Thomas Mills
• Gifford
• Seymour
• Thomas Mills
• Seymour
• Charles Baldwin
• Seymour
• Charles Baldwin
• Seymour
• James Parrott
• Seymour
• James Parrott
• James Cornish
• Charles Baldwin
• Thomas Courtenay
• Charles Baldwin
• Darlington
• Thomas Courtenay
• Darlington
• John Bent
• Thomas Courtenay
• John Bent
• William Holmes
• Thomas Courtenay
• William Holmes
• Thomas Courtenay
• Ayshford Wise
• Benjamin Hall
• Thomas Courtenay
• William Adams
• Benjamin Hall
• William Adams
• Vicary Gibbs
• John Burland
• William Adams

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Care Bill Committee (11 out of 15)

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• Has spoken in 52 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Sarah Wollaston’s speeches
• Has received answers to 105 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 83.30% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 155 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 236 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)