A selection of Stephen Phillips's votes

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• Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 0 votes for, 15 votes against, between 2011–2016
• Generally voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2016
• Consistently voted for greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 12 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2013–2016
• Consistently voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 10 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2010–2013
• Consistently voted for reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2010–2016
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2010–2016

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Recent appearances

• Parliamentary Scrutiny of Leaving the EU 12 Oct 2016

  Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

• Cycling: Lincolnshire 12 Oct 2016

  I am extraordinarily grateful to my hon. Friend, not only for his constructive response but for his assurances on my specific queries. I am immensely pleased to hear those assurances, as, I am sure, are my hon. Friends the Members for Boston and Skegness (Matt Warman) and for Louth and Horncastle (Victoria Atkins). I know from discussions with the latter that she knows the importance of...

• Cycling: Lincolnshire 12 Oct 2016

  Yes, of course I agree with my hon. Friend fully about that. I am looking forward to cycling the route and, indeed, dragging her along with me, when it opens in due course. I am afraid that the price of being permitted to make her point in the debate will be that she will have to join me. We have had an extraordinarily useful debate. Those who read it in Hansard will be left in no doubt about...

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Former Conservative MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham

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

Left the House of Commons on 4 November 2016 — Resigned

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Stephen Phillips campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Justice
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Home Department
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Somalia
• Wind Power: Lincolnshire
• Mali
• South China Sea
• Burma

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Public Accounts Committee (7 Jul 2015 to 4 Nov 2016)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (8 Sep 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Draft Defamation Bill (Joint Committee) (24 Mar 2011 to 12 Oct 2011)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Douglas Hogg

Future MPs in this constituency

• Caroline Johnson

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Mesothelioma Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Presumption of Death Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Daylight Saving Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Stephen Phillips’s speeches
• Has received answers to 33 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 89.02% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 102 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 173 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)