Penny Mordaunt’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Penny Mordaunt sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

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

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

Penny Mordaunt has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Inflammatory Bowel Disease 20 Oct 2017

  The assessment criteria for Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment are intended to treat all health conditions and disabilities fairly and measure the functional impact of a person’s health condition or impairment on their ability to work or manage daily living and mobility activities rather than focusing on the health condition or disability itself.

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Work Capability Assessment: Exemptions 19 Oct 2017

  Rather than setting out a list of specific medical conditions, the criteria for stopping routine assessments in Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit is based on a set of functional descriptors to determine how an illness or disability affects an individual’s ability to work.

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment 18 Oct 2017

  There are no current plans to review the Personal Independence Payment assessment criteria.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Portsmouth North

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @PennyMordauntMP
• https://facebook.com/PortsmouthConservatives

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Penny Mordaunt campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Defence
• Treasury
• Communities and Local Government
• Deputy Prime Minister
• NHS: Conditions of Employment
• Cancer: Drugs
• Military Aircraft
• Bill of Rights
• Film

Currently held offices

• The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (since 15 Jul 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces) (8 May 2015 to 15 Jul 2016)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (15 Jul 2014 to 8 May 2015)
• Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (14 Jul 2011 to 12 Mar 2012)
• Member, Defence Committee (2 Nov 2010 to 4 Nov 2013)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 16 Jul 2013)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (12 Jul 2010 to 9 Sep 2013)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Sarah McCarthy-Fry
• Syd Rapson
• Peter Griffiths
• Frank Judd
• Donald Bruce
• William James
• Roger Keyes
• Bertram Falle

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Defence Reform Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Small Charitable Donations Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)

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• Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Penny Mordaunt’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 medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 87.50% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 4 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 128 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Penny Mordaunt’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 244 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)