Damian Hinds’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Damian Hinds sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Damian Hinds voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Damian Hinds generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes
• Damian Hinds 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 Damian Hinds’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Damian Hinds’s full vote analysis page for more.

Damian Hinds

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Employment and Support Allowance: Telephone Services 5 Nov 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2019 to Question 198, what steps she is taking to improve telephone waiting times for the employment and support allowance telephone helpline.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Guardianship 5 Nov 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to provide independent legal guardianship for separated, unaccompanied and trafficked children in the UK.

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: South Western Rail Franchise 5 Nov 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what change in the number of passenger miles travelled there has been in the South Western Trains/South Western Railway franchise area in the last 10 years.

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Profile

Conservative MP for East Hampshire

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @DamianHinds
• https://facebook.com/damian.hinds

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Damian Hinds campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Education
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Treasury
• Transport
• Health
• Gcse
• Higher Education: Admissions
• A3: Hampshire
• Departmental Internet
• Education: Assessments

Other offices held in the past

• The Secretary of State for Education (8 Jan 2018 to 24 Jul 2019)
• The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (15 Jul 2016 to 8 Jan 2018)
• The Exchequer Secretary (8 May 2015 to 15 Jul 2016)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (15 Jul 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Education Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 5 Nov 2012)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Michael Mates

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
• Modern Slavery Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Defence Reform Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (18 out of 18)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Damian Hinds’s speeches
• Has received answers to 36 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 425 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)