James Heappey’s voting in Parliament

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

However, James Heappey sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• James Heappey voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• James Heappey 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 James Heappey’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit James Heappey’s full vote analysis page for more.

James Heappey has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 5 Feb 2019

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for International Development: Sustainable Development 13 Feb 2019

  What steps her Department is taking to encourage people to contribute to the Voluntary National Review of the Sustainable Development Goals.

• Cairncross Review 12 Feb 2019

  Our local papers have an essential role in chronicling all that happens in our local communities. Their archives are therefore an important local resource, so the Secretary of State will be alarmed to hear that, when Trinity Mirror took over the Mid Somerset newspapers in 2016, it removed from Wells all of those archives, and despite many promises of their return it has failed to deliver thus...

• Leaving the EU 12 Feb 2019

  The Prime Minister has taken many questions encouraging her to end uncertainty by taking no deal off the table, but many others encouraging her to create more uncertainty by extending article 50 and calling for a second referendum. The Liberal Democrats managed to advocate both in the same question. Does she share my confusion over the uncertainty among those who oppose Brexit over whether...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Wells

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @jsheappey
• https://facebook.com/jheappey

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

James Heappey campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Ministry of Defence
• Department for Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Department for International Development
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Electricity Generation
• Aircraft Carriers: Procurement
• Minimum Wage: Prosecutions
• Pacific Ocean Islands and Papua New Guinea: Fisheries
• Franchises

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 17 Oct 2016)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Tessa Munt
• David Heathcoat-Amory
• Robert Boscawen
• Stephen Maydon
• Dennis Boles
• Anthony Muirhead
• Robert Sanders
• Arthur Hobhouse
• Robert Bruford
• Harry Greer
• George Sandys
• Thomas Silcock
• Robert Dickinson
• Hylton Jolliffe
• Richard Paget
• Arthur Hayter
• Hedworth Jolliffe
• William Hayter
• Hedworth Jolliffe
• William Hayter
• Hedworth Jolliffe
• Robert Tudway
• William Hayter
• Richard Blakemore
• William Hayter
• Richard Blakemore
• William Hayter
• John Lee
• Nicholas Colborne
• John Edwards-Vaughan
• Norman Lamont
• John Lee
• John Edwards-Vaughan
• John Tudway
• Charles Taylor
• John Tudway
• Charles Taylor
• John Tudway
• Charles Taylor
• John Tudway
• Clement Tudway
• Charles Taylor
• Clement Tudway
• Charles Taylor
• Clement Tudway
• Charles Taylor
• Clement Tudway

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Citizen Service Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 67 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all James Heappey’s speeches
• Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 92.79% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 118 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on James Heappey’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 125 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)