Jonathan Lord’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Jonathan Lord sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Jonathan Lord voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Jonathan Lord has occasionally rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: China: Uighurs 21 Oct 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) governance of and (b) humanitarian situation in (i) Uighur and (ii) Xinjiang province, China.

• Unregulated Accommodation: 16 to 17-Year-Olds 15 Oct 2019

  First, I wish to join the Minister in saying what a brilliant speech we heard from my hon. Friend the Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous). He talked about a wide range of local authorities putting these youngsters into such unregulated and unsatisfactory dwellings. Is the Minister able to tell us why we think that is happening? He came up with some brilliant solutions, but, as...

• Speaker’S Statement: Britain's Place in the World 15 Oct 2019

  We have had a voter ID pilot in Woking for the last couple of years. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the scaremongering about these successful pilots, and about what I am sure will be a successful roll-out, is just so much piffle and nonsense?

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Profile

Conservative MP for Woking

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @JonathanLord

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Jonathan Lord campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Transport
• Department for Education
• Ministry of Justice
• Treasury
• Cabinet Office
• Railways: Woking
• Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
• Schools: Admissions
• Railways: Compensation
• Reoffenders

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Humfrey Malins
• Cranley Onslow
• Harold Watkinson

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Intellectual Property Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Jonathan Lord’s speeches
• Has received answers to 125 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 86.83% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• 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") 56 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)