Layla Moran’s voting in Parliament

Layla Moran is a Liberal Democrat MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Liberal Democrat MPs.

However, Layla Moran sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Layla Moran voted against reducing central government funding of local government, while most Liberal Democrat MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Layla Moran consistently voted against raising the threshold at which people start to pay income tax, while most Liberal Democrat MPs generally voted for. Show votes

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

Layla Moran has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 19 Nov 2018

Recent appearances

• Thames Water Reservoir at Abingdon 12 Dec 2018

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the right hon. Member for Wantage (Mr Vaizey) for securing this debate on an incredibly important local issue. Like him, I have had much correspondence from my constituents about it. Although the proposed reservoir lies in his constituency, my constituents— in and around south Abingdon, in particular—are...

• Institute for Statecraft: Integrity Initiative 12 Dec 2018

  In the end, this is about trust. In a recent parliamentary question to do with public money to fund social media ads to promote the Brexit deal, I asked the Government whether they would place the contents of these ads in the Library for us all to see. Unfortunately, this request was declined. Does the Minister agree that, to ensure public trust and transparency, the content and audiences of...

• Exiting the European Union: Meaningful Vote 11 Dec 2018

  Does the right hon. Gentleman accept that, while the Prime Minister may have had plenty of time to speak about this, we have not? We did have 15 hours of debate in which we could have presented the case for our constituents—for me, that includes the university sector, the automobile sector and the science sector. Two Ministers have gone who used to cover those portfolios because they can...

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Profile

Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon

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

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @laylamoran
• https://facebook.com/LaylaMoranUK

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Education
• Home Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Transport
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Patients: Transport
• Children: Day Care
• Marriage Certificates
• British Irish Council
• Asylum

Currently held offices

• Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education) (since 16 Jun 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Nicola Blackwood
• Evan Harris
• John Patten

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Overseas Electors Bill Committee (3 out of 4)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 82 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Layla Moran’s speeches
• Has received answers to 454 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has voted in 74.64% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• 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") 74 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)