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 against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Anna Soubry generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes
• Anna Soubry generally voted for a wholly elected 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 never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2017

Recent appearances

• European Council 23 Oct 2017

  I commend the Prime Minister’s statement and the progress she has made in the EU negotiations. As we have heard, representatives of British businesses of all sizes and from all sectors have today written to the Government to warn of the consequences of no deal and relying on WTO rules. They said: “The Government should give certainty to business by immediately ruling this option...

• Universal Credit Roll-Out 18 Oct 2017

  My right hon. Friend and I are about the same age. Does he share my concern that anyone who is younger than us and listening to the debate might labour—no pun intended—under the misapprehension that, before the election of a Conservative Government in 2010, the previous system was perfect, when it has been bedevilled by flaws for decades? That is why this simplified system, when...

• Universal Credit Roll-Out 18 Oct 2017

  Thanks to a Conservative Government, we now have almost full employment in this country. For a number of people who claim unemployment benefits, their mental health is a barrier to getting work. What assurances can my right hon. Friend give us that the universal credit system will either help people with low-level mental health conditions to get back into work, or give them the support they...

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Conservative MP for Broxtowe

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @Anna_Soubry
• https://facebook.com/Anna-Soubry-121188384592158

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

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

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

Other offices held in the past

• 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

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)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (39 out of 40)
• Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (12 out of 18)

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• Has spoken in 84 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Anna Soubry’s speeches
• Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 95.83% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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.
• 125 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Anna Soubry’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 590 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)