Holly Lynch’s voting in Parliament

Holly Lynch is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Holly Lynch’s votes.

• Almost always voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2015–2016
• Consistently voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, between 2016–2019
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 45 votes for, 10 votes against, 24 absences, between 2016–2020
• Voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, in 2016
• Has never voted on a wholly elected House of Lords
• Voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2016

Last updated: 20 Jan 2020. Please share these votes responsibly.

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Holly Lynch has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Flood Response 10 Feb 2020

  I cannot begin to convey the sense of absolute devastation across Calderdale that, for so many residents, we are in the same position again, having been flooded in the Boxing day floods in 2015. To update the Secretary of State, we are now looking at 400 residential properties flooded, 400 businesses, eight schools and two care homes, and two bridges have sustained damage. I have written to...

• Transport 5 Feb 2020

  We know that asking people to get out of their vehicles and to adopt cleaner methods of transport like rail will be essential if we are to significantly reduce our emissions in the necessary timeframe. We are asking people to make different lifestyle choices, while knowing full well that rail in the north is a toxic combination of unreliable, uncomfortable and expensive, but it is not a big...

• Policing and Crime 29 Jan 2020

  It is an opportune moment to be having this debate. I am particularly proud to take part following two exceptional maiden speeches this afternoon. I welcome a number of the decisions this Government have taken recently. They have listened to communities and to chief officers and delivered a significant uplift in spending on policing. However, it is not unrealistic to say that this...

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Profile

Labour MP for Halifax

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @hollylynch5

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Holly Lynch campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Office
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Floods: Finance
• Police: Dogs
• European Union Solidarity Fund
• Courts: Closures
• Fisheries

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Flooding and Coastal Communities) (3 Jul 2017 to 30 Jul 2018)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee (28 Feb 2017 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Procedure Committee (1 Feb 2016 to 28 Feb 2017)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (18 Sep 2015 to 9 Oct 2016)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 26 Oct 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Linda Riordan
• Alice Mahon
• Roy Galley
• Shirley Summerskill
• Maurice Macmillan
• Dryden Brook
• Gilbert Gledhill
• Arthur Longbottom
• John Whitley
• James Parker
• John Whitley
• James Parker
• John Whitley
• Savile Crossley
• Alfred Billson
• William Shaw
• Alfred Arnold
• William Shaw
• James Stansfeld
• Thomas Shaw
• James Stansfeld
• Thomas Shaw
• James Stansfeld
• Thomas Shaw
• John Hutchinson
• James Stansfeld
• John Hutchinson
• James Stansfeld
• John Crossley
• James Stansfeld
• Edward Akroyd
• James Stansfeld
• Edward Akroyd
• James Stansfeld
• Charles Wood
• Francis Crossley
• Charles Wood
• Francis Crossley
• Henry Edwards
• Edward Protheroe
• Charles Wood
• Edward Protheroe
• Charles Wood
• James Stuart-Wortley
• Charles Wood
• Rawdon Briggs

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Prisons and Courts Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (5 out of 11)
• Energy BILL Committee (7 out of 14)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Holly Lynch’s speeches
• Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — 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 85.29% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 85 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)