Robert Courts’s voting in Parliament

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

However, Robert Courts sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Robert Courts voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Robert Courts has occasionally rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Brexit Negotiations 3 Oct 2019

  I, too, welcome the reasonable compromise proposals that we have heard today. Will the Prime Minister please confirm that when we speak of customs checks, we must be careful not to conflate administrative customs procedures that can take place in a warehouse with physical customs checks at a border and that the latter are not required, not proposed in his proposals and not needed even for the...

• Business of the House 3 Oct 2019

  RAF Brize Norton is to be thanked for and congratulated on having created a science, technology, engineering and maths inspiration programme with Carterton Community College, as mentioned in the Chief of the Air Staff’s report to Her Majesty the Queen. The school has now taken on that programme and created a group that is working with local businesses to further that inspiration. That is a...

• Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions 3 Oct 2019

  It has been another brilliant year for National Citizen Service schemes in Witney, through which young people learn vital life skills and have great fun at the same time. Will the Minister please confirm that the scheme continues, and will continue, to have the Government’s full support?

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Profile

Conservative MP for Witney

Entered the House of Commons on 20 October 2016 — Byelection

• Personal website
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @robertcourts

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Ministry of Defence
• Department for Transport
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department for International Trade
• Military Aircraft: Sales
• Air Space
• Planning Permission: Fines
• Antidepressants
• Business: Government Assistance

Currently held offices

• Member, Justice Committee (since 21 Jan 2019)
• Member, Transport Committee (since 5 Nov 2018)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Backbench Business Committee (16 Oct 2017 to 19 Mar 2018)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (30 Jan 2017 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• David Cameron
• Shaun Woodward
• Douglas Hurd

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Ivory Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Civil Liability Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (4 out of 4)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 95 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Robert Courts’s speeches
• Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has voted in 91.03% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 157 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)