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 against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. 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 never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 23 Oct 2017

  Holding answer received on 12 October 2017 A cross-Government team of Civil Servants has been set up in the Cabinet Office to deliver the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April 2018. To date, a total of two staff have been hired as Civil Servants on fixed-term apppointments to join the rest of the Cabinet Office team. As is usual for such events, information on costs will...

• Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Cabinet Office: Disclosure of Information 23 Oct 2017

  An error has been identified in the written answer given on 19 October 2017. The correct answer should have been: Over the last year a great deal of work has been undertaken in Cabinet Office to ensure all staff are confident in raising whistleblowing concerns and assured that action will be taken as a result. This includes:A new whistleblowing and raising concerns policy was...

• Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Cybercrime 23 Oct 2017

  The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has made significant progress in developing the government’s ability to disrupt cyber threats. Four Active Cyber Defence services are currently live and free at the point of use for the public sector. These provide measures to defeat a significant proportion of commodity attacks that affect UK interests. Next year the NCSC will be scaling these...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Romsey and Southampton North

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @carolinenokes
• https://facebook.com/carolinenokes4RSN

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Caroline Nokes campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• 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

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Cabinet Office) (since 14 Jun 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (17 Jul 2016 to 14 Jun 2017)
• Member, Education Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 22 Feb 2016)
• Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (1 Jul 2015 to 14 Jul 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)

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

Numerology

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More about this

• Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Caroline Nokes’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 very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 95.83% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 19 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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.
• 104 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Caroline Nokes’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 198 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)