Stephen Phillips’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Stephen Phillips sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Stephen Phillips 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 Stephen Phillips’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Stephen Phillips’s full vote analysis page for more.

Stephen Phillips has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Westminster Hall 12 Oct 2016

  Cycling in Lincolnshire – Stephen Phillips. Westminster Hall debate; 11:00 am – 11:30 am

• Finance Bill: Review of tax treatment of Scottish Limited Partnerships 5 Sep 2016

  Does the issue not go further than that? Our constituents’ money generates the revenues and therefore the profits of such companies. It is not just unfair to them because they pay their taxes; their money funds the profits that generates the taxation that ought to be paid to the Revenue.

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: A17: East Midlands 30 Jun 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to dual the A17 between Newark and Sleaford.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham

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

• 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

Currently held offices

• Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 7 Jul 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• 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

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)

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More about this

• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Stephen Phillips’s speeches
• Has received answers to 50 written questions in the last year — above 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 91.67% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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.
• 122 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Stephen Phillips’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 170 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)