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 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 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 has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• Finance (No. 3) Bill 12 Nov 2018

  I thank all right hon. and hon. Members across the House who have contributed to this wide-ranging debate. The shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury managed the unusual feat of opening the debate without mentioning a single measure in the Finance Bill, although he did brandish a very thin pamphlet, which we were told contained all the answers to the Labour party’s spending commitments....

• Finance (No. 3) Bill 12 Nov 2018

  I think I have already explained that the facts speak for themselves. Receipts from the reduction in corporation tax have increased by over 50%. That measure was opposed by the SNP and the Labour party. My hon. Friend the Member for Solihull (Julian Knight) represents many people who work in the automotive sector, which we want to support. He asked about vehicle excise duty. In this Bill, as...

• Finance (No. 3) Bill 12 Nov 2018

  I certainly do. Some Opposition Members were snobby about potholes, but those of us in the real world know that potholes matter. They affect people’s working lives, and we want to fix that problem. In answer to my right hon. Friend, Barnet will shortly be receiving £690,0000 for potholes. The hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman) and many others welcomed the...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Newark

Entered the House of Commons on 6 June 2014 — Byelection

• Wikipedia page

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

Currently held offices

• Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 5 Feb 2018)
• The Exchequer Secretary (since 9 Jan 2018)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Health and Social Care 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)
• 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)
• Infrastructure Bill Committee (11 out of 11)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 43 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Robert Jenrick’s speeches
• Has received answers to 3 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.
• Has voted in 93.31% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• 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.
• 57 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Robert Jenrick’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 190 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)