Eleanor Smith’s voting in Parliament

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

This is a selection of Eleanor Smith’s votes.

• Voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2018
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 13 votes for, 0 votes against, 5 absences, between 2017–2018

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

Eleanor Smith has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 23 May 2018

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: PFI Contracts 22 May 2018

  On PFI hospitals, the National Audit Office report recently found “no evidence of operational efficiency”, and that in the NHS, “the cost of services, like cleaning…hospitals is higher under PFI contracts.” Will the Chancellor explain why his Government persist with imposing higher costs than necessary on local health budgets instead of ensuring value for money...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Apprenticeship Starts 14 May 2018

  What assessment he has made of trends in the level of apprenticeship starts since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Apprenticeship Starts 14 May 2018

  Last year, the Government set a target of 2.3% of the workforce for public bodies on employing apprentices, yet following a series of parliamentary questions by the shadow Education team we have discovered that the vast majority of Departments, including the Department for Education, are failing to hit that target. If the Department is unable to meet such targets internally, how are we...

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Profile

Labour MP for Wolverhampton South West

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

Social Media

• @Eleanor_SmithMP
• https://facebook.com/EleanorSmithMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Department for Transport
• Department for International Development
• Hernias: Surgical Mesh Implants
• Rohingya: Violence
• Legal Aid
• Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
• Child Tax Credit: Rape
• Roads: Accidents

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Rob Marris
• Paul Uppal
• Rob Marris
• Jenny Jones
• Nicholas Budgen
• Enoch Powell

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Nuclear Safeguards Bill Committee (6 out of 6)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 32 debates since joining Parliament — average amongst MPs. See all Eleanor Smith’s speeches
• Has received answers to 15 written questions since joining Parliament — average amongst MPs.
• Has voted in 82.93% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 55 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Eleanor Smith’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 15 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)