Marcus Fysh’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Marcus Fysh sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Marcus Fysh 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 Marcus Fysh’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Marcus Fysh’s full vote analysis page for more.

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

Last updated: 5 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Treasury: UK Trade with EU: Customs 5 Sep 2018

  To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what work has been undertaken to understand the technology and processes required to remove the need for infrastructure related to checks and controls at the Irish border itself aside from that on the Facilitated Customs Arrangement referred to in the Government's White Paper on the future relationship between the EU and the UK.

• Exiting the European Union: Economic and Social Rights 19 Jul 2018

  My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State referred earlier to the mooted common rulebook as very narrow, but when we look at what is necessary for free circulation, it is actually extremely wide. I am concerned that the parliamentary lock in the White Paper is actually unworkable, because there will be the sword of Damocles of a hard border in Ireland should we derogate from any of it. Does...

• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill: Future Relationship Between the UK and the EU 18 Jul 2018

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Profile

Conservative MP for Yeovil

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

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @marcusfysh
• https://facebook.com/MarcusFyshForYeovil

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Marcus Fysh campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Ministry of Defence
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department for International Development
• HM Treasury
• Economic and Monetary Union
• Pupils: Carers
• Hate Crime: Prosecutions
• Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
• A303: Bypasses

Currently held offices

• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (since 30 Oct 2017)
• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (since 10 Oct 2017)
• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)
• Member, International Trade Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, International Trade Committee (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• David Laws
• Paddy Ashdown
• John Peyton
• William Kingsmill
• George Davies
• Aubrey Herbert

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Kew Gardens (Leases) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Bank of England and Financial Services Bill Committee (5 out of 12)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Marcus Fysh’s speeches
• Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 90.38% 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 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 78 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Marcus Fysh’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 46 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)