Emma Reynolds’s voting in Parliament

Emma Reynolds is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Emma Reynolds’s votes.

• Consistently voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes
• Generally voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes
• Almost always voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes
• Almost always voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes

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

Emma Reynolds has occasionally rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for International Trade: Trade Agreements 9 Sep 2016

  To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade negotiators are employed by the Government.

• G20 Summit 7 Sep 2016

  I thank the Prime Minister for clarifying that her Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union was wrong to rule out membership of the European single market, that her Foreign Secretary was wrong to campaign for a points-based immigration system and that her International Trade Secretary was wrong to say that we are leaving the customs union, but is it not the case that, if we want to...

• Exiting the European Union 5 Sep 2016

  I campaigned for the UK to remain in the EU, but I accept the outcome of the referendum and the views of the majority of my constituents. The Secretary of State has always, from the Back Benches and the Front Bench, defended parliamentary sovereignty, and that is why I am struggling to understand why he is seeking to deny Members of this House an opportunity to feed in the views of their...

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Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East

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

• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Department of Health
• Communities and Local Government
• Home Department
• Right to Buy Scheme
• Housing: Construction
• Land
• Written Questions: Government Responses
• Property Development

Currently held offices

• Member, Health Committee (since 26 Oct 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (8 May 2015 to 14 Sep 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing) (7 Oct 2013 to 8 May 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (7 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 2 Nov 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ken Purchase
• Maureen Hicks
• Renée Short
• John Baird

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• European Union (Referendum) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Emma Reynolds’s speeches
• Has received answers to 73 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 53.57% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below 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 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 71 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Emma Reynolds’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 193 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)