A selection of Anna Soubry’s votes

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• Almost always voted for greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 10 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2013–2016.
• Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 0 votes for, 15 votes against, between 2011–2016.
• Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 15 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2012–2018.
• Almost always voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 10 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2016.
• Almost always voted for reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2010–2019.
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 43 votes for, 48 votes against, 14 absences, between 2010–2019.

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Recent appearances

• Northern Ireland: Armed Forces Veterans 30 Oct 2019

  Further to the question from the hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson), may I gently say to the Secretary of State —and I apologise for all the grief I have given him over the past few years—that, on this very important matter, when I was the Veterans Minister I had the great honour of visiting Northern Ireland, and I have to say to him that the covenant, which the coalition...

• Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Early parliamentary general election 29 Oct 2019

  On a point of order, Mr Speaker. [Interruption.] I know that it is sometimes uncomfortable to speak truth to power. Mr Speaker, would it be in order to record that, in private, many of us have come to the conclusion that the majority of Back Benchers on both sides do not want a general election? As the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts) has said, fear, from...

• Early Parliamentary General Election 28 Oct 2019

  The hon. Lady knows that I was a founding member of People’s Vote and she knows, too, the cost that I and many others have paid for our belief, which, at the time, was certainly not popular or fashionable. She also knows—because of the meetings that she has attended—that there is no doubt that, across the House, there is a majority, at the right moment, for that confirmatory referendum....

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Profile

Former Independent MP for Broxtowe

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

Left the House of Commons on 6 November 2019 — Dissolved for election

Party was Conservative until 19 Feb 2019

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @Anna_Soubry
• https://facebook.com/MPAnnaSoubry

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Anna Soubry campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Culture Media and Sport
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Justice
• Transport
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Mobile Phones
• Heart Diseases: Death
• High Speed 2 Railway Line: Broxtowe
• Gambia
• Contract Rights Renewal Merger Undertakings

Other offices held in the past

• Leader of the Independent Group for Change (5 Jul 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Leader of Change UK - The Independent Group (4 Jun 2019 to 5 Jul 2019)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (11 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee (26 Nov 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (28 Nov 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• 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

Future MPs in this constituency

• Darren Henry

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)