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 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

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.

Last updated: 13 Jun 2018

Recent appearances

• Backbench Business: Banking Sector Failures — [Mr Peter Bone in the Chair] 12 Jul 2018

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hanson. I start by acknowledging the work of the all-party group and by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Stirling (Stephen Kerr) and the hon. Member for East Lothian (Martin Whitfield) who secured this important debate. Members have spoken with conviction and passion about some banks behaving in an appalling fashion. I recognise...

• Backbench Business: Banking Sector Failures — [Mr Peter Bone in the Chair] 12 Jul 2018

  I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, but I will take the opportunity to correct him. The Government do not have a 70% shareholding. We have a 62.4% shareholding. We do not have control of the day-to-day running of the bank, in the same way that the Scottish Government do not have control of Prestwick Glasgow Airport, yet they have a complete shareholding in it. We need to be...

• Backbench Business: Banking Sector Failures — [Mr Peter Bone in the Chair] 12 Jul 2018

  I want to try to address our constituents’ concerns about bank closures and what the Government are doing to see that their services are provided. The Post Office and the banking industry have a commercial agreement that enables 99% of the UK’s personal and 95% of the UK’s business customers to carry out their day-to-day banking. I am concerned about the effectiveness of...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Salisbury

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

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @JohnGlenUK
• 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

• Minister of State (Treasury) (City) (since 9 Jan 2018)
• The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (since 9 Jan 2018)

Other offices held in the past

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (3 Jul 2017 to 9 Jan 2018)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (14 Jun 2017 to 3 Jul 2017)
• 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)

• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• 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)
• 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)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all John Glen’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• 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 92.55% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 244 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)