Robert Jenrick’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Robert Jenrick sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Robert Jenrick consistently voted for allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes
• Robert Jenrick 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 Robert Jenrick’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Robert Jenrick’s full vote analysis page for more.

Robert Jenrick

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Terror Attacks 22 Jun 2017

  At the weekend, I drove my family back to London from my constituency. My wife and daughters are Jewish. We were met by a protest where there were anti-Semitic banners and chants and where people were waving Hezbollah flags—for those unfamiliar with the flag, I should add that it has a big machine gun on it. To make a mockery of the law, somebody had put a post-it note on one of the...

• Exiting the European Union: Topical Questions 27 Apr 2017

  Three years ago, David Cameron and I launched my first election campaign, at British Sugar in Newark. Three years—and approaching three elections—later, the sugar industry continues to employ hundreds of my constituents in Nottinghamshire, keeping the fields of the county full of rich beet crop. Furthermore, the sugar industry is intensely optimistic about the prospects for...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions 24 Apr 2017

  Will my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State be Nottinghamshire’s Robin Hood to Labour’s King John and ensure that parts of Nottinghamshire, including my Bassetlaw constituents, are never forced against their will to join the Sheffield city mayoral region, and that the historical counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire will be safe under a Conservative Government?

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Profile

Conservative MP for Newark

Entered the House of Commons on 6 June 2014 — Byelection

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @RobertJenrick
• https://facebook.com/RobertJenrickNewark

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Robert Jenrick campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Education
• HM Treasury
• Department for Energy and Climate Change
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Culture Media and Sport
• Southwell Minster School
• Freezing of Assets: Iran
• Pupils: Per Capita Costs
• Wind Power: Nottinghamshire
• Economic Policy

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Health Committee (7 Jul 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Patrick Mercer
• Fiona Jones
• Richard Alexander
• Edward Bishop
• George Deer
• Sidney Shephard
• Titchfield
• John Starkey
• Charles Welby
• Newark
• Harold Finch-Hatton
• Newark
• William Nicholson
• Thomas Earp
• Samuel Bristowe
• Grosvenor Hodgkinson
• Edward Denison
• Arthur Clinton
• Grosvenor Hodgkinson
• John Handley
• Grosvenor Hodgkinson
• Lincoln
• John Handley
• Granville Vernon
• John Manners-Sutton
• John Stuart
• W.E. Gladstone
• John Manners
• W.E. Gladstone
• Thomas Wilde
• W.E. Gladstone
• Thomas Wilde
• William Handley
• W.E. Gladstone
• Thomas Wilde
• Michael Sadler
• Henry Willoughby
• Michael Sadler
• Henry Willoughby
• William Clinton
• Henry Willoughby
• William Clinton
• George Dawkins-Pennant
• Henry Willoughby
• George Dawkins-Pennant
• Stapleton Cotton
• Henry Willoughby
• Stapleton Cotton
• Henry Willoughby
• Stapleton Cotton
• Henry Willoughby
• Charles Pole
• Henry Willoughby
• Charles Pole
• Thomas Manners-Sutton

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Prisons and Courts Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill Committee (5 out of 10)
• Infrastructure Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Childcare Payments Bill Committee (6 out of 9)
• Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill Committee (6 out of 16)

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• Has spoken in 66 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Robert Jenrick’s speeches
• Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
• 71 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Robert Jenrick’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 121 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)