Giles Watling’s voting in Parliament

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

This is a selection of Giles Watling’s votes.

• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government
• Consistently voted against more EU integration Show votes 0 votes for, 24 votes against, between 2017–2018

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Giles Watling has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 13 Jun 2018

Recent appearances

• Housing, Communities and Local Government: Support for Local Government 23 Jul 2018

  What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department’s support for local government.

• Housing, Communities and Local Government: Support for Local Government 23 Jul 2018

  I thank my hon. Friend for that answer, but can he set out how his Department will support local councils to regenerate valuable coastal communities such as Clacton, which is positively Caribbean at the moment?

• Public Bill Committee: Parking (Code of Practice) Bill: Parking code 19 Jul 2018

  Does the hon. Gentleman agree that because of the very large amounts of money that can be involved in such scams—a company called Smart Parking was involved in one such scam on my patch, in Clacton—organised crime can get involved, which can be intimidating? This is not that much different from the old Denver boot that used to be put on vehicles some time ago, indiscriminately...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Clacton

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

Social Media

• @GilesWatling

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Education
• Treasury
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Women and Equalities
• Apprentices: Low Incomes
• Child Benefit: Apprentices
• Aviation
• Antisocial Behaviour
• Livestock: Exports

Currently held offices

• Member, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 12 Sep 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Douglas Carswell

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Smart Meters Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Parking (Code of Practice) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 53 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Giles Watling’s speeches
• Has received answers to 27 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has voted in 89.66% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above 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 16–17 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") 32 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)