Andrew Percy’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Andrew Percy sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Andrew Percy voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year, while most Conservative MPs consistently voted for. Show votes
• Andrew Percy voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Andrew Percy generally voted against university tuition fees, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Andrew Percy voted against culling badgers to tackle bovine tuberculosis, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Andrew Percy has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 13 Jun 2018

Recent appearances

• Sustainable Fisheries 4 Jul 2018

  Four decades-plus ago, the trawlermen of the Humber were sold down the river by our membership of the European Union. There is still huge anger in our area about how they were treated, which probably explains why we sensibly voted by a margin of 67% to leave the EU. I therefore welcome this announcement. May I urge the Secretary of State to work with the Department of Communities and Local...

• Infected Blood Inquiry 2 Jul 2018

  In accepting Sir Brian’s view about the work of expert groups, can we be assured that those expert groups and panels will be fully transparent and that everything will be publicly available to those with an interest?

• Food Advertising (Protection of Children from Targeting): Draft EU-Canada Trade Agreement Order 26 Jun 2018

  It is a pleasure to speak in support of this excellent trade deal between the EU and Canada, and in so doing I want to pick the shadow Secretary of State up on a number of points that he made in his interesting—and somewhat bizarre at times—comments. I like him personally—he is a jolly decent chap—but I am afraid his position on this is completely and utterly...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Brigg and Goole

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

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @AndrewPercy
• https://facebook.com/andrewpercy4mp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Andrew Percy campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health
• Cabinet Office
• Health
• Education
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Palestinians
• Cancer: Drugs
• Iran
• Surrogate Motherhood
• Radio Frequencies

Other offices held in the past

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (17 Jul 2016 to 14 Jun 2017)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (12 Oct 2015 to 16 Jan 2017)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 31 Oct 2016)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (25 Jun 2015 to 18 Jul 2016)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (5 Nov 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (29 Oct 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Procedure Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 31 Oct 2011)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ian Cawsey

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Health Service Commissioner for England (Complaint Handling) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Water Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Prisons (Property) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Daylight Saving Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Andrew Percy’s speeches
• Has received answers to 113 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 88.84% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 114 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Andrew Percy’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 376 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)