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

• Flying Schools — [Sir Robert Syms in the Chair] 12 Sep 2023

  One of my constituents is affected by this issue. He paid significant fees up front for flight training, and that money has seemingly been lost. It is an issue that the Department for Transport needs to address. More broadly, as my hon. Friend rightly points out, the aviation industry, which is central to this country’s trade and connectivity, will start to suffer if the problem is not...

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Radiotherapy: Crawley 12 Sep 2023

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many radiotherapy LINAC machines will be over the recommended 10-year lifespan by the end of (a) 2023, (b) 2024, and (c) 2025 in Crawley constituency.

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Radiotherapy 12 Sep 2023

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to devolve any aspect of radiotherapy commissioning to integrated care boards in (a) Crawley constituency and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.

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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 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)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Taxation of Pensions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Immigration Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• Localism Bill Committee (24 out of 24)
• Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)