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 for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes
• John Glen generally voted against allowing marriage between two people of same sex, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

John Glen has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans 14 Sep 2016

  Is there not a real challenge to reconcile the reticence to change and adapt with the clear imperative to have new technologies and new ways of doing things that can offer a step change, which are often resisted? Consultation will not necessarily deal with that.

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Schools: Teaching Methods 13 Sep 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds data on the (a) use and (b) prevalence of setting and streaming in schools in England.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Daesh 12 Sep 2016

  What assessment he has made of progress in the campaign to counter Daesh.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Salisbury

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

• 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

• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (since 8 Jul 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• 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)

• Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government (Review of Decisions) Bill Committee (0 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)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 55 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all John Glen’s speeches
• Has received answers to 36 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 89.88% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 3 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.
• 107 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on John Glen’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 145 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)