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: 11 Sep 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Employment and Support Allowance 20 Sep 2017

  Sanctions are only used in a minority of cases. For Employment and Support Allowance claimants the proportion of those sanctioned each month on average is 0.6% (based on the last year). ESA claimants are able to apply for hardship payments from the first day of a sanction. If the application is successful they will receive the payment from day 1 of the sanction. To keep the sanctions...

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Disability 20 Sep 2017

  A Social Tariff is provided by BT (and KCom in Hull) in relation to telecommunications for those on particular benefits including disabled people. With regard to energy, a cap on the prices energy suppliers can charge customers on pre-payment meters, many of whom are disabled people and/or on low incomes, came into effect on 1 April 2017. The price cap covers around 4.5m households, saving...

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment: Yorkshire and the Humber 20 Sep 2017

  The tables below show the number of appeals lodged against Personal Independence Payment claims which were disallowed at initial decision and where this decision was upheld at mandatory reconsideration, the number of these appeals where a decision has been made and the number of these appeals that were subsequently successful for the appellant, for Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire over the...

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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)

Numerology

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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 88.89% 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.
• 127 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Penny Mordaunt’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 237 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)