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 against investigations into the Iraq war, 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

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Prison Staffing 25 Apr 2017

  What assessment she has made of the effect of increasing the number of prison staff on the (a) safety of prison officers and (b) capacity of prison staff to spend more time directly engaging with and supervising prisoners.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Prison Staffing 25 Apr 2017

  Prison officers have to be both tough and humane; it is a difficult path and a difficult job to do. What plans does the Secretary of State have to increase the professionalism of the people who do that job? That may in turn help with their retention.

• Prisons and Courts Bill 20 Mar 2017

  It is an honour to follow the distinguished former prisons Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous). Like him I would like to confine my remarks to part 1, but I am afraid that I am tempted by the presence of the Minister for Courts and Justice. With your permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I would like to thank him for the very enjoyable hour I spent in his...

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Conservative MP for Banbury

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

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

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

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

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)

• Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Trade Union Bill Committee (10 out of 10)

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• Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Victoria Prentis’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 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.
• 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.
• 67 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Victoria Prentis’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 32 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)