Sajid Javid’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Sajid Javid sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Sajid Javid consistently voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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Sajid Javid has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 29 Jun 2017

Recent appearances

• Local Housing Need 14 Sep 2017

  I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his entirely predictable remarks. If I heard him correctly, he talked about tinkering with our broken housing market and about failure in the housing policy changes. I think he was referring to the 13 years of the Labour Government, in which he served as Housing Minister, and under which Britain reached the lowest level of housing starts since the 1920s....

• Local Housing Need 14 Sep 2017

  I thank my right hon. Friend for his comments and his support for these measures. He is right in his assessment. As I said, the new numbers will be the starting point and, once determined, will be a material consideration in making planning decisions.

• Local Housing Need 14 Sep 2017

  The hon. Lady makes a number of points, many of which were covered in the housing White Paper published in February. If she has not found the time to read it yet, she might want to do so, and if she has, she might want to re-familiarise herself with it. She talked about having the right mix of homes, and of course she is absolutely right. We must make sure that as local plans are developed,...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Bromsgrove

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @sajidjavid
• https://facebook.com/Sajid-Javid-MP-179373355424859

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Sajid Javid campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Cabinet Office
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Treasury
• Education
• Industrial Disputes
• Trade Unions: Finance
• Indonesia: Religious Freedom
• Pupils: Disadvantaged
• Railways: Finance

Currently held offices

• The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (since 14 Jul 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (8 May 2015 to 14 Jul 2016)
• Minister for Equality (9 Apr 2014 to 15 Jul 2014)
• The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (9 Apr 2014 to 8 May 2015)
• The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (7 Oct 2013 to 9 Apr 2014)
• The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (6 Sep 2012 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (4 Sep 2012 to 25 Nov 2013)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 29 Nov 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Julie Kirkbride
• Roy Thomason
• Hilary Miller
• Terry Davis
• James Dance
• John Higgs

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• FINANCE BILL Committee (13 out of 16)
• Small Charitable Donations Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Public Service Pensions Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (2 out of 4)

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• Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Sajid Javid’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 low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 100.00% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 152 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Sajid Javid’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 523 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)