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.

However, Holly Lynch sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Holly Lynch voted for use of UK military forces in combat operations overseas; comparable Labour MPs generally voted against. Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2015. Labour, 2 votes, in 2015
• Holly Lynch voted for military action against ISIL (Daesh); comparable Labour MPs generally voted against. Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2015. Labour, 2 votes, in 2015

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

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

Recent appearances

• Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian Situation 8 Nov 2023

  My hon. Friend the Member for Bradford West (Naz Shah) set out in the most powerful way why the deaths and trauma experienced by innocent children in Gaza are utterly intolerable. The supply of basic utilities such as water, medicine, electricity and fuel needed to operate the hospitals in Gaza should not be blocked. It is unacceptable that siege conditions are still being imposed on Gaza by...

• Israel and Gaza 16 Oct 2023

  Following the horror of Hamas’s appalling terrorist attack it is crucial, as others have said, that we distinguish between Hamas and innocent Palestinian civilians, in line with international humanitarian law. The United Nations Population Fund says that there are 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza, with 5,500 due to give birth this month. What efforts are being made to ensure that Gaza’s...

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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 of Health and Social Care
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Police: Dogs
• Floods: Finance
• Asylum: Napier Barracks
• Immigrants: Detainees
• Slavery: Victims

Currently held offices

• Member, Committee of Selection (since 16 Oct 2023)
• Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) (since 5 Sep 2023)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Firearms Bill Committee ( 8 Mar 2023 to 15 Mar 2023)
• Member, Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (25 Jan 2023 to 1 Feb 2023)
• Member, National Security Bill Committee (29 Jun 2022 to 18 Oct 2022)
• Member, Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (16 Sep 2021 to 4 Nov 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (10 Apr 2020 to 5 Sep 2023)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 11 May 2020)
• 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)

• Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Firearms Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Security Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Nationality and Borders Committee (1 out of 1)
• Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
• Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Prisons and Courts Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (5 out of 11)
• Energy BILL Committee (7 out of 14)
• Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 6)