Victoria Prentis’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Victoria Prentis sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Victoria Prentis voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Victoria Prentis voted for requiring pub companies to offer pub landlords rent-only leases, while most Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes
• Victoria Prentis voted against new high speed rail infrastructure, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Victoria Prentis has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Advice 13 Nov 2018

  It is a great pleasure to follow all the hon. Members who have spoken so far—they are certainly some of the gentlemen in this House I most admire. A great deal of sense has been talked in an extremely helpful tone. I should in all conscience say at this point that, as a Treasury Solicitor lawyer from 1997, I provided legal advice to successive Governments, and from 2003, I provided...

• EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Advice 13 Nov 2018

  As a humble Back Bencher, I unfortunately have no idea what legal advice was made available to the Cabinet. It might assist the House to know that the ministerial code is clear—I cannot remember in which section, but in the same area—that if a Law Officer gives legal advice to the Cabinet, the whole of that advice must be provided as an attachment for the whole Cabinet to read....

• EU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Advice 13 Nov 2018

  I would rather just finish, if I may. I am very concerned about the wording of the motion, which is why I hope so much that we will be able to reach a consensus this afternoon. It is very broadly drafted. It refers to “any legal advice in full, including that provided by the Attorney General”.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Banbury

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

Social Media

• @victoriaprentis
• https://facebook.com/victoriaprentis

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Victoria Prentis campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Office
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Transport
• Department for International Trade
• Firearms: Licensing
• Alabama Rot
• High Speed 2 Railway Line
• National Probation Service for England and Wales: Staff
• Offenders: Rehabilitation

Currently held offices

• Member, Justice Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (2 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (2 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Justice Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Tony Baldry
• Neil Marten
• Douglas Dodds-Parker
• Albert Edmondson
• Rhys Williams
• Eustace Fiennes
• Rhys Williams
• Eustace Fiennes
• Robert Brassey
• Eustace Fiennes
• Albert Brassey
• Bernhard Samuelson
• Henry Tancred
• Bernhard Samuelson
• Henry Tancred
• John Easthope
• Henry Villiers-Stuart
• Arthur Legge
• Heneage Legge
• Frederick Douglas
• Dudley North
• William Praed
• Dudley North

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Stalking Protection Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Trade Union Bill Committee (10 out of 10)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 63 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Victoria Prentis’s speeches
• Has received answers to 16 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 91.80% 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 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 76 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Victoria Prentis’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 79 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)