Anna Soubry’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Anna Soubry sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Anna Soubry consistently voted for allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes
• Anna Soubry consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes

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

Anna Soubry has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Business without Debate: Nottingham Express Transit Extension 14 Sep 2016

  Does my hon. Friend agree that we might have an interesting debate in this place about the safety of tram tracks and bicycles? There are many examples in Sheffield and Edinburgh, I believe, and not just in Nottingham, of people who have suffered. I have a constituent who nearly died as a result of their wheels getting stuck in tram tracks. Does my hon. Friend share my concern? I can assure...

• Business without Debate: Nottingham Express Transit Extension 14 Sep 2016

  I think that there may be some hollow laughter from people in Beeston, which is a great town and a wonderful place with great independent shops, cafés, bars and fabulous pubs, as they are yet to see this regeneration and transformation. This is a town that was effectively strangled by the works. The works were meant to last for two years; in fact, they went on for an extra eight months....

• Business without Debate: Nottingham Express Transit Extension 14 Sep 2016

  Nottingham is not alone in having a tram system. Many other great cities in our country have tram systems, and many of the lessons to be learned will apply to them too. There is nothing new in it. I like the tram, but, my goodness, we are going to need to have more debates in this place about the cost of trams, and the fact that they have to connect with other types of transport. That is...

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Conservative MP for Broxtowe

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

• Culture Media and Sport
• Justice
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Transport
• Home Department
• Mobile Phones
• Contract Rights Renewal Merger Undertakings
• Roads: Accidents
• Gambia
• Developing Countries

Other offices held in the past

• The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (8 May 2015 to 15 Jul 2016)
• The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (15 Jul 2014 to 8 May 2015)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (7 Oct 2013 to 15 Jul 2014)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (6 Sep 2012 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Member, Justice Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 29 Nov 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Nick Palmer
• James Lester
• William Warbey
• Frederick Cocks
• George Spencer

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Enterprise Bill Committee (8 out of 16)
• Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Defamation Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (12 out of 18)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (39 out of 40)

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• Has spoken in 53 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Anna Soubry’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 medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 89.58% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 26 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
• 142 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Anna Soubry’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 542 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)