Ruth Cadbury’s voting in Parliament

Ruth Cadbury is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Ruth Cadbury sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Ruth Cadbury voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Ruth Cadbury has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 8 May 2018

Recent appearances

• Gaza: Un Human Rights Council Vote 21 May 2018

  Protesting adults and children have been shot in the back and shot while standing hundreds of metres away from the border fence. The Israeli authorities are clearly killing and maiming people in Gaza who pose no threat to them. If this was happening in Iran, the Government would completely and utterly condemn it, so why will the Minister not condemn the Israeli authorities for such actions?

• Tower Block Cladding 21 May 2018

  What are the Government doing to ensure that residents of these high-risk buildings are made aware of the new arrangements about leaving in the case of a fire? Eight months since the change of policy there, residents of the privately owned Blenheim block in Hounslow have still not been given evacuation instructions or had a fire drill, and the only people who left the building when several...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Youth Employment 21 May 2018

  Will the Secretary of State commit to raising the minimum wage for young people so that they are not subject to lower rates of pay, and to enacting a real living wage, as Labour will, so that this Government’s promise of making work pay is not an empty one?

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Profile

Labour MP for Brentford and Isleworth

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @ruthcadbury
• https://facebook.com/RuthCadburywin2017

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Ruth Cadbury campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Transport
• Department of Health
• Home Office
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department for Education
• Heathrow Airport
• Israel: Immigration Controls
• Cycling
• Migrant Workers
• Aviation: Noise

Currently held offices

• Member, Justice Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Housing) (10 Oct 2016 to 29 Jun 2017)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 28 Feb 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Mary Macleod
• Ann Keen
• Nirj Deva
• Barney Hayhoe

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crown Tenancies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Childcare Bill Committee (3 out of 4)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 62 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Ruth Cadbury’s speeches
• Has received answers to 67 written questions in the last year — above 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 89.87% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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.
• 144 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Ruth Cadbury’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 96 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)