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 consistently voted against new high speed rail infrastructure, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Victoria Prentis 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 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.

Recent appearances

• Prison Safety — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] 15 Sep 2016

  I apologise that—with your permission, Mr Stringer—I have to leave before the end of the debate so I will not be here to hear the closing speeches. Members of the Justice Committee, and indeed anybody who has met me for longer than 10 minutes, will know that very few things could drag me away from a debate on prison safety, but I am afraid a meeting about the Boundary Commission...

• Prison Safety — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] 15 Sep 2016

  My hon. Friend is right. He will remember that, on our excellent Justice Committee trip to some restorative justice schemes in the United States, we saw some really good new alternatives to prison that we are extremely keen to see taken up and piloted here. They may well be part of the solution, but public opinion will have to be brought along with us. If results can be shown to be good, I am...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Defence Spending: Small Firms 12 Sep 2016

  What steps he is taking to increase the level of defence spending with small firms.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Banbury

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

• Maiden speech
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Ministry of Justice
• Cabinet Office
• National Probation Service for England and Wales: Staff
• Political Parties: Finance

Currently held offices

• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (since 2 Nov 2015)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (since 2 Nov 2015)
• Member, Justice Committee (since 6 Jul 2015)

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)

• Trade Union Bill Committee (10 out of 10)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Victoria Prentis’s speeches
• Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — below 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 89.88% 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.
• 64 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Victoria Prentis’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 16 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)