Richard Graham’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Richard Graham sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

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

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

Richard Graham has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• EU Exit Negotiations 15 Oct 2018

  During Saturday’s excellent victory by Gloucester rugby club against the French league champions Castres Olympique, several representatives of small and medium-sized businesses focused on telling me how disastrous no deal would be, both for their and their European partners’ trade. May I therefore encourage my right hon. Friend and the Secretary of State for International Trade to...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit 15 Oct 2018

  The Secretary of State knows that one of the difficulties with trying to correlate the people on universal credit with those who go to food banks is that there is no precise data to compare the two. I know anecdotally that the number of foreigners claiming food bank vouchers is quite high. Is there a state at which we can, with the Trussell Trust, arrange to have data that tells us much more...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Gloucester

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

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @RichardGrahamMP
• https://facebook.com/richard4gloucester

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Richard Graham campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Work and Pensions
• Home Department
• HM Treasury
• Justice
• Education
• Individual Savings Accounts
• Asylum
• Social Security Benefits
• Direct Selling
• Dangerous Driving

Currently held offices

• Member, Committee on Exiting the European Union (since 11 Sep 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 29 Nov 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Parmjit Dhanda
• Tess Kingham
• Douglas French
• Sally Oppenheim
• Jack Diamond
• Moss Turner-Samuels
• Harold Boyce
• James Horlick
• James Bruton
• Henry Terrell
• Russell Rea
• Charles Monk
• Thomas Robinson
• Charles Monk
• William Wait
• Charles Monk
• William Price
• Charles Monk
• Charles Berkeley
• William Price
• Charles Monk
• Robert Carden
• William Price
• Maurice Berkeley
• Henry Hope
• Maurice Berkeley
• John Philpotts
• Henry Hope
• John Philpotts
• Henry Hope
• Maurice Berkeley
• Henry Hope
• John Philpotts
• Maurice Berkeley
• John Philpotts
• Edward Webb
• John Philpotts
• Edward Webb
• Robert Cooper
• Edward Webb
• Robert Cooper
• Edward Webb
• Robert Cooper
• Edward Webb
• Henry Howard
• Edward Webb
• Henry Howard
• Robert Morris
• Henry Howard
• Robert Morris
• Henry Howard
• Robert Morris
• Henry Howard
• John Pitt

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Tenant Fees Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Stalking Protection Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Control of Horses Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Pensions Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
• Superannuation bill Committee (4 out of 4)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 75 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Richard Graham’s speeches
• Has received answers to 33 written questions in the last year — 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 90.42% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 25 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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.
• 101 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Richard Graham’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 332 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)