Michelle Donelan’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Michelle Donelan sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

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

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

Michelle Donelan has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Students: Finance 28 Jul 2020

  The department publishes forecasts of higher education student numbers, student loan outlay and student loan repayments in England. The most recent publication, published in June 2019, covers financial years up to 2023-24 and academic years for the same period. These figures are available in the ‘Student loan forecasts, England: 2018 to 2019’, which is available at:...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Higher Education 28 Jul 2020

  The department publishes forecasts of higher education student numbers, student loan outlay and student loan repayments in England. The most recent publication (June 2019) is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loan-foreca sts-england-2018-to-2019. These forecasts assume policies as set in June 2019 and the forecast of economic conditions at that point by the Office...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Arts: Higher Education 28 Jul 2020

  Reliable estimates of the historic cost to the public purse of degree subjects at this level of disaggregation are not available. Recent research published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies looked at how financial returns to higher education, for both students and the taxpayer, differ by subject studied. They estimate that, on average, the taxpayer gains £110,000 per male graduate and...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Chippenham

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @michelledonelan
• https://facebook.com/MichelleDonelanChippenham

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Michelle Donelan campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Transport
• Home Office
• Fracking
• Refugees: Children
• Colorectal Cancer
• *No heading*
• Electric Vehicles

Currently held offices

• Minister of State (Education) (since 13 Feb 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (4 Sep 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• Government Whip (29 Jul 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• Assistant Whip (26 Jul 2018 to 29 Jul 2019)
• Member, Education Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 22 Oct 2018)
• Member, Petitions Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee (25 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Education Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Duncan Hames
• Richard Needham
• Daniel Awdry
• David Eccles
• Victor Cazalet
• Alfred Bonwick
• George Terrell
• John Dickson-Poynder
• Henry Brudenell-Bruce
• Bannister Fletcher
• Gabriel Goldney
• John Neeld
• Richard Long
• William Lysley
• Henry Boldero
• Robert Nisbet
• Joseph Neeld
• Henry Boldero
• Joseph Neeld
• Henry Boldero
• Joseph Neeld
• Henry Boldero
• Joseph Neeld
• Henry Boldero
• Joseph Neeld
• William Talbot
• Henry Boldero
• Philip Pusey
• Frederick Gye
• Ebenezer Maitland
• Frederick Gye
• Ebenezer Maitland
• William Madocks
• John Grossett
• William Madocks
• John Grossett
• William Churchill
• Charles Brooke
• John Maitland
• Robert Peel
• Charles Brooke
• James Dawkins
• John Maitland
• James Dawkins
• John Maitland
• James Dawkins
• John Maitland
• James Dawkins
• John Maitland
• Charles Brooke
• James Dawkins

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Ivory Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
• Technical and Further Education Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
• Homelessness Reduction Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Education and Adoption Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Childcare Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Bank of England and Financial Services Bill Committee (6 out of 12)