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

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.

Recent appearances

• Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill 21 Jan 2020

  I very much welcome what the Minister is saying, because the transitional period from 2021 to 2028 is exactly the way to do it. The key will be making sure that we have the new policies in place in time for farmers to take up the new payments.

• Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill 21 Jan 2020

  It is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Speaker. May I welcome the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard) to his new post as shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs? I want to pay tribute to Sue Hayman, David Drew and Sandy Martin, because I worked very well cross-party with them when dealing with the previous Environment, Food and...

• Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill 21 Jan 2020

  My hon. Friend raises a very good point, which I am leading on to. As we deal with farm payments in the future, we have to make sure that we build on our environment and that we do not forget food production, healthy food and delivering British food at high standards. I think it is the NFU that says: “You can’t go green if you’re in the red!” That is the issue. We have to make sure...

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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
• Farms: Tenants
• Middle East
• Energy: Meters

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee (13 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee 2017-19 (13 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• 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 38 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Neil Parish’s speeches
• Has received answers to 3 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 100.00% 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 356 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)