John Glen’s voting in Parliament

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

However, John Glen sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• John Glen consistently voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• John Glen generally voted against allowing marriage between two people of same sex, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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John Glen

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• State Pensions: Uk Expatriates: Tackling Infectious Diseases 20 Apr 2017

  It is a privilege to be able to contribute to this debate, and I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma) for bringing it to the House this afternoon. I also pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy), who has done so much throughout this and the previous Parliament in the field of infectious diseases. In the work he does not only in this...

• Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill: Homosexual acts in the merchant navy: repeals 24 Mar 2017

  I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I will not detain the House for long. I am grateful to have reached this point, and I wish the Bill Godspeed as it is sent to the other place. As hon. Members have noted throughout its passage, the Bill is short and simple. However, what it symbolises and the lasting impact it will have are about more than the repeal of sections 146(4)...

• Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill: Homosexual acts in the merchant navy: repeals 24 Mar 2017

  I am sincerely grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Mr Chope) for tabling this amendment; I understand his honourable intentions behind it, and I have carefully reflected on it over recent weeks. My hon. Friend has put his case well, and I acknowledge the attraction of the logic, which says, “If we think this should not be on the statute book now, do we think it...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Salisbury

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @JohnGlenMP
• https://facebook.com/johnglenmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

John Glen campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Department of Health
• Defence
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Travel
• Government Procurement Card
• Medical Treatments
• Insolvency: Civil Proceedings
• Insolvency

Currently held offices

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (since 14 Jun 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 19 Dec 2016)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (12 Jul 2010 to 8 Nov 2012)
• Member, Defence Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 5 Nov 2012)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Robert Key
• Michael Hamilton
• John Morrison
• James Despencer Robertson
• Hugh Morrison
• Hugh Moulton
• Hugh Morrison
• Godfrey Locker-Lampson
• Edward Tennant
• Walter Palmer
• Augustus Allhusen
• Edward Hulse
• William Grenfell
• Coleridge Kennard
• William Grenfell
• John Edwards
• Granville Ryder
• John Lush
• Alfred Seymour
• John Lush
• Edward Hamilton
• Matthew Marsh
• Edward Buckley
• Matthew Marsh
• Edward Buckley
• Matthew Marsh
• Edward Buckley
• William Chaplin
• Charles Wall
• William Chaplin
• John Campbell
• Ambrose Hussey
• Wadham Wyndham
• William Brodie
• Wadham Wyndham
• William Brodie
• Wadham Wyndham
• Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie
• Wadham Wyndham
• Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie
• William Brodie
• Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie
• William Bouverie
• George Purefoy-Jervoise
• William Bouverie
• George Purefoy-Jervoise
• William Bouverie
• William Hussey
• William Bouverie
• William Hussey
• William Bouverie
• William Hussey

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• Local Government (Review of Decisions) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Audit and AccountabilityBill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Presumption of Death Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (24 out of 26)

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• Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all John Glen’s speeches
• Has received answers to 20 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.
• People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 114 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on John Glen’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 167 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)