Robert Halfon’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Robert Halfon sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Robert Halfon consistently voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Robert Halfon 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 Robert Halfon’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Robert Halfon’s full vote analysis page for more.

Robert Halfon

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Apprentices: Taxation 27 Apr 2017

  The amount that will be charged to community and voluntary controlled maintained schools’ budgets in respect of the apprenticeship levy will depend on the extent to which local authorities pass the cost through to schools where they employ the staff. The cost of this to schools will depend on the extent to which they make use of their contributions for training apprentices. The...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Apprentices: Taxation 27 Apr 2017

  Officials from my Department are in regular discussions with their counterparts in the devolved administrations to consider the implications of the apprenticeship levy on their own apprenticeship programmes and for cross-border employers. As skills policy is devolved it is for the devolved administrations to decide how they will fund apprenticeships in their nations. The UK government has...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Further Education: Expenditure 27 Apr 2017

  Following the 2016 Autumn Statement, the department’s budget for spending on 16-19 education in 2017-18 is £5.4bn. Funding allocations for institutions will be published in the autumn.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Harlow

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @halfon4harlowMP
• https://facebook.com/RobertHalfon

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Robert Halfon campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Justice
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Health
• Home Department
• Departmental Conferences
• Apprentices
• Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Departmental Press: Subscriptions
• Departmental Lobbying

Other offices held in the past

• Minister of State (Department of Education) (Apprenticeships and Skills) (17 Jul 2016 to 12 Jun 2017)
• Minister without Portfolio (8 May 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Member, Public Administration Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 12 May 2014)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Bill Rammell
• Jerry Hayes
• Arthur Newens

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Technical and Further Education Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Robert Halfon’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• People have made 9 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 117 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Robert Halfon’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 307 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)