Henry Smith’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Henry Smith sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Henry Smith generally voted against allowing marriage between two people of same sex; comparable Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, 3 absences, between 2014–2019. Conservative, 12 votes, between 2013–2019
• Henry Smith generally voted against culling badgers to tackle bovine tuberculosis; comparable Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 2 absences, between 2013–2014. Conservative, 4 votes, between 2012–2014

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

Henry Smith has sometimes rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Antibiotics: Drug Resistance 5 Dec 2023

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the threat of antimicrobial resistance to human health from overuse of antibiotics on industrial farms.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Veterinary Medicine 4 Dec 2023

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to (a) publish the results of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations consultation and (b) introduce revised regulations.

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Health Services and Social Services: Disability 1 Dec 2023

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the levels of compliance by health and social care providers with the Accessible Information Standard.

More of Henry Smith’s recent appearances

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Profile

Conservative MP for Crawley

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @HenrySmithUK
• https://facebook.com/henrysmithmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Henry Smith campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Treasury
• Department for Transport
• Home Department
• Animal Experiments
• Coronavirus: Vaccination
• Haematological Cancer
• Air Passenger Duty
• Animal Experiments: Primates

Currently held offices

• Member, Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories (since 14 Nov 2023)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (18 Jan 2023 to 25 Jan 2023)
• Member, Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee ( 5 Jan 2022 to 12 Jan 2022)
• Member, Animal (Penalty Notices) Bill Committee ( 1 Dec 2021 to 8 Dec 2021)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (13 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, International Development Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Laura Moffatt
• Nicholas Soames

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Animals (Penalty Notices) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Ivory Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Technical and Further Education Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Taxation of Pensions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Immigration Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• Localism Bill Committee (24 out of 24)