Craig Mackinlay’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Craig Mackinlay sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Craig Mackinlay voted against investigations into the Iraq war; most current Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2016. Conservative, 20 votes, between 2003–2016
• Craig Mackinlay voted for requiring pub companies to offer pub landlords rent-only leases; most current Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016. Conservative, 5 votes, between 2013–2016

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

Craig Mackinlay has sometimes rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Northern Ireland Protocol: Disruption to Trade 13 Jan 2021

  I am afraid that this is an amplification of what the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson) raised. The Minister is clearly aware of issues affecting GB to NI traffic, which I consider to be contrary to the guarantee of unfettered access in the Northern Ireland protocol, the Good Friday agreement and, indeed, the Act of Union. As he just heard, the Republic of Ireland is sensibly...

• Covid-19 Update 30 Dec 2020

  The approval by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is great news at the end of a truly wretched year. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the speed of roll-out should be governed only by the rate of vaccine production? Will he assure me that his Department will cut through all and any pettifogging rules and bureaucracy to ensure that...

• Covid-19 14 Dec 2020

  It is good to have the floor for more than the 180 seconds that was allowed in the debate before the last lockdown, which only gave us time to say our name and serial number. I pay a very great tribute to the Government for what they have achieved. I think one of the crowning glories of what has been achieved in some of the testing data is the granularity of borough-by-borough data, which I...

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Profile

Conservative MP for South Thanet

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @cmackinlay
• https://facebook.com/mackinlay4souththanet

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Craig Mackinlay campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• HM Treasury
• Department of Health
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Treasury
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Tobacco: Excise Duties
• Churches: Bellringing
• Drugs: Misuse
• Taxation: Child Benefit
• Drugs: South Thanet

Currently held offices

• Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (since 21 Jan 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (15 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Laura Sandys
• Stephen Ladyman
• Jonathan Aitken

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)