Caroline Nokes’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Caroline Nokes sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Caroline Nokes consistently voted against selling England’s state owned forests, while most Conservative MPs almost always voted for. Show votes
• Caroline Nokes consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes

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

Caroline Nokes has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Children: Maintenance 19 Sep 2016

  This information is only available from December 2014, and is routinely published in the Child Maintenance 2012 Scheme – Experimental Statistics. The latest publication includes information up to May 2016, and is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the- 2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Department for Work and Pensions: Consultants 15 Sep 2016

  We are unable to provide the requested information on the number of times the Department for Work and Pensions has used the services of consulting firms, including details of the work undertaken and cost to the public purse for each occasion. To do so would incur a disproportional cost to the Department because of how the data is held on our systems, and the time and resource required for...

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Welfare Tax Credits: Fraud 15 Sep 2016

  Investigations of HM Revenue and Customs Tax Credit, Living Together fraud allegations are investigated by Local Service Investigation Team (LSI) and the Central Criminal Intelligence Investigations team (CCIIS) as appropriate within the Fraud and Error Service (FES). There are currently 1430 employed by the Department. FES investigators are employed to look at all types of welfare fraud...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Romsey and Southampton North

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

• Maiden speech
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Health
• Transport
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Education
• Energy and Climate Change
• Children: Day Care
• Legal Representation: Domestic Violence
• Personal
• Social
• Health and Economic Education
• Green Deal Scheme
• Planning Permission

Currently held offices

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (since 17 Jul 2016)
• Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (since 1 Jul 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Education Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 22 Feb 2016)
• Member, Education Committee (18 Mar 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (18 Nov 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Education and Adoption Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• High-Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Control of Horses Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Modern Slavery Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Deep Sea Mining Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Deregulation Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
• Offender Rehabilitation Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Justice and Security Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Children and Families Bill Committee (19 out of 19)
• Scrap Metal Dealers Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Numerology

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More about this

• Has spoken in 37 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Caroline Nokes’s speeches
• Has received answers to 20 written questions in the last year — 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.
• Has voted in 90.48% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 109 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Caroline Nokes’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 144 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)