Peter Heaton-Jones’s voting in Parliament

Peter Heaton-Jones is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.

However, Peter Heaton-Jones sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Peter Heaton-Jones consistently voted for allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes
• Peter Heaton-Jones consistently voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Peter Heaton-Jones consistently 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 Peter Heaton-Jones’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Peter Heaton-Jones’s full vote analysis page for more.

Peter Heaton-Jones has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 29 Jun 2017

Recent appearances

• Schools: National Funding Formula 14 Sep 2017

  I warmly welcome the Secretary of State’s announcement and share her dismay and disappointment that Labour Members seem incapable of saying anything positive about it. Perhaps that is because they utterly failed to tackle this issue when they were in government. It is the Conservatives who have done this, and I want to thank her for listening to me and to other Devon MPs who have made...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Economic Opportunities: South Wales and the South-west 6 Sep 2017

  One project that could provide significant economic opportunities on both sides of the Bristol channel is the provision of a regular ferry service between Ilfracombe in my constituency and south Wales. It has been considered by a commercial company. What support could the Wales Office give to that idea?

• Schools Update 17 Jul 2017

  May I mark my right hon. Friend’s homework today with a resounding tick and “VG”, and may we write in the margin a note to the effect that under her stewardship this Government are spending more on schools than the Labour party ever did? May I ask for her reassurance on a point that I have lobbied her and her Ministers on for some time? Devon has historically been...

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Profile

Conservative MP for North Devon

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @peternorthdevon
• https://facebook.com/PeterNorthDevon

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Peter Heaton-Jones campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health
• Department for Transport
• Department for Culture Media and Sport
• Department for Education
• North Devon Hospital
• Rescue Services: North Devon
• NHS: Sustainable Development
• English Baccalaureate
• Broadband: North Devon

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Nick Harvey
• Anthony Speller
• Jeremy Thorpe
• James Lindsay
• Christopher Peto

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (11 out of 11)

Numerology

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More about this

• Has spoken in 26 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Peter Heaton-Jones’s speeches
• Has received answers to 2 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 100.00% 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 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 74 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Peter Heaton-Jones’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 70 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)