Chris Davies’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Chris Davies sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Chris Davies voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Chris Davies voted for requiring pub companies to offer pub landlords rent-only leases, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes

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

Chris Davies has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• Public Bill Committee: Agriculture Bill: Power to provide for phasing out direct payments and delinked payments 1 Nov 2018

  As the Minister has had a very busy day and has overlooked answering my question, I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman—whose constituency is, of course, not far from the border—shares my concerns about cross-border land ownership, and areas where there are devolved Governments, where decoupling could cause a problem.

• Public Bill Committee: Agriculture Bill: Power to provide for phasing out direct payments and delinked payments 1 Nov 2018

  I have a query, which I am sure the Minister will be able to answer easily, relating to the decoupling of cross-border farms. There are many on the Welsh-English border, as there are on the English-Scottish border, that will own land in both England and Wales, or both England and Scotland. I can give many examples of farmers in my constituency who own land in Herefordshire or...

• Public Bill Committee: Agriculture Bill: Power to provide for phasing out direct payments and delinked payments 1 Nov 2018

  None in Shropshire, all in Herefordshire—all in Wales.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Brecon and Radnorshire

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

Social Media

• @ChrisDavies_MP
• https://facebook.com/chrisdaviesmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Chris Davies campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• HM Treasury
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Cabinet Office
• Department for Transport
• Soft Drinks: Taxation
• Hill Farming: Government Assistance
• Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
• Hezbollah: Weapons
• Banks: Closures

Currently held offices

• Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 22 Oct 2018)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Backbench Business Committee (23 Oct 2017 to 23 Apr 2018)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sub-Committee (10 Feb 2016 to 22 Mar 2017)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (13 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Roger Williams
• Richard Livsey

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Civil Liability Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Agriculture Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• ACCESS TO MEDICAL TREATMENTS (INNOVATION) BILL Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 55 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Chris Davies’s speeches
• Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 92.52% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 77 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Chris Davies’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 61 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)