Neil Parish’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Neil Parish sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Neil Parish voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Neil Parish generally voted against allowing marriage between two people of same sex, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Neil Parish has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 19 Dec 2018

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Trade Agreements: Environmental and Animal Welfare 29 Nov 2018

  What steps he is taking to ensure that agricultural products produced to lower environmental and animal welfare standards than UK products will not be included in any future trade agreements.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Trade Agreements: Environmental and Animal Welfare 29 Nov 2018

  Ministers are naturally keen to raise welfare standards in this country, and to reduce the use of antibiotics and produce greater and better food than we already have, but if we are undermined by imports, that will put farmers out of business and reduce global animal welfare. Will Ministers therefore accept the amendment that the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has tabled to...

• Fisheries Bill 21 Nov 2018

  It is a great pleasure to speak in this fishing debate, and I very much welcomed the Secretary of State’s speech. On this grey November day in this House, where we seem to have little to cheer us up at the moment, fishing is one of the things that we can cheer ourselves up with, because we now have the opportunity to get more fish, for our fishermen and under-10 metre fleet to have more...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @neil_parish
• https://facebook.com/Neil-Parish-165344071283

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Neil Parish campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Treasury
• Energy and Climate Change
• Departmental Food
• Animal Welfare
• Energy: Meters
• Farms: Tenants
• Middle East

Currently held offices

• Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee (since 13 Nov 2017)
• Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee 2017-19 (since 13 Nov 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 6 Nov 2017)
• Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (since 12 Jul 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee (20 Feb 2017 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sub-Committee (14 Oct 2015 to 22 Mar 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Angela Browning

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Kew Gardens (Leases) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Infrastructure Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Control of Horses Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Water Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Intellectual Property Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Local Government Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (10 out of 14)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 37 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Neil Parish’s speeches
• Has received answers to 18 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 92.10% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 100 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Neil Parish’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 311 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)