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 voted against selling England’s state owned forests, while most Conservative MPs almost always voted for. Show votes
• Caroline Nokes 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 hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 19 Dec 2018

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Undocumented Migrants: Detainees 18 Jan 2019

  During 2018 there has been a rise in the number of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats to reach the UK to claim asylum. Information on people entering detention by age, sex and place of initial detention (as at year ending September 2018) is available in table dt_01_q of the detention tables, which can be found in the latest release of ‘Immigration Statistics’, available from the...

• Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum: Undocumented Migrants 18 Jan 2019

  Over 500 migrants, the majority of whom are Iranian nationals, attempted to travel to the UK in small vessels during 2018. The vast majority of those attempts were made in the last three months of the year. We are unable to state how many applications from this route have had their claims registered, as we do not comment on the status of cases once they have claimed asylum.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Undocumented Migrants: Children 18 Jan 2019

  We do not routinely publish this level of data on clandestine entry or attempts to enter the UK and we do not comment on the status of cases once they have claimed asylum.

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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

• The Minister for Immigration (since 8 Jan 2018)

Other offices held in the past

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Cabinet Office) (14 Jun 2017 to 8 Jan 2018)
• 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)

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

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 33 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 92.91% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• 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") 357 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)