A selection of Kris Hopkins's votes

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• Consistently voted for greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 12 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2013–2016
• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2016
• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 2010–2016
• Almost always voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 43 votes for, 1 vote against, 10 absences, between 2012–2016
• Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2011–2016
• Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 13 votes for, 0 votes against, 4 absences, between 2012–2014

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Northern Ireland Office: Northern Ireland Office: Freedom of Information 26 Apr 2017

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• Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointments and Regional Rates) Bill 24 Apr 2017

  It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend—I will call him my hon. Friend— the Member for Blaydon (Mr Anderson), and I am pleased that we have the full support of Her Majesty’s Opposition today. I have had the pleasure of knowing him since 2010, when we served together on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee and on the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. There are many issues that...

• Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointments and Regional Rates) Bill 24 Apr 2017

  I could give a diplomatic answer to a lot of that. My first ever point of order asked why Sinn Féin gets paid when it does not come here, so I will not contradict myself on that issue. The hon. Lady knows my view on this and, in talking about the future of the Assembly, it is about making sure that we create the right political space in which all parties can find agreement and come together...

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Former Conservative MP for Keighley

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

Left the House of Commons on 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• https://facebook.com/kris.hopkins2015

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Kris Hopkins campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Defence
• Home Department
• Justice
• Communities and Local Government
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Armed Forces: Housing
• Courts: Fines
• Planning
• Armed Forces: Pay
• Falkland Islands

Other offices held in the past

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) (17 Jul 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (26 Oct 2015 to 24 Nov 2015)
• Government Whip (13 May 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (7 Oct 2013 to 13 May 2015)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (28 Nov 2011 to 5 Nov 2012)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ann Cryer
• Gary Waller
• Bob Cryer
• Joan Hall
• John Binns
• William Worsley
• Charles Hobson
• Ivor Thomas
• Hastings Lees-Smith
• George Harvie-Watt
• Hastings Lees-Smith
• Robert Pilkington
• Hastings Lees-Smith
• Robert Clough
• Stanley Buckmaster
• John Brigg
• Isaac Holden

Future MPs in this constituency

• John Grogan

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Local Government (Review of Decisions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Leasehold Reform (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Kris Hopkins’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 high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 86.30% 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 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 83 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 124 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)