Therese Coffey’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Therese Coffey sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Therese Coffey consistently voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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Therese Coffey

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting 27 Jun 2017

  The Government’s manifesto includes a free vote on the Hunting Act 2004.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Land: Contamination 27 Jun 2017

  There are no central targets for the remediation of contaminated land. The majority (around 90 per cent) is remediated via the planning system as part of development and redevelopment. Some of the remaining land is cleaned up voluntarily by landowners. Legislation under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 is used to clean up land contamination where there is no market solution....

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Litter: Drinks 26 Jun 2017

  In line with civil service guidance, work to establish the Working Group was paused during the recent pre-election period. Defra officials will be establishing the Working Group soon, with the aim of the Group providing advice to Ministers in the new year. Once the Working Group has been established, I will write to the hon. Member with details of its membership and place a copy in the...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Suffolk Coastal

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @theresecoffey

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Therese Coffey campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Transport
• Treasury
• Justice
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Shipping: Oil
• Clinical Commissioning Groups
• Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation
• Roads: Construction
• A14

Currently held offices

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (since 17 Jul 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (10 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (8 May 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (15 Jul 2014 to 8 May 2015)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 29 Oct 2012)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Gummer

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Infrastructure Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Deep Sea Mining Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Therese Coffey’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• People have made 3 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.
• 134 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Therese Coffey’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 377 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)