Peter Gibson’s voting in Parliament

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

This is a random selection of Peter Gibson’s votes.

• Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2020. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 2 votes for, 8 votes against, 2 absences, between 2020–2022.
• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2021.
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2022.
• Voted a mixture of for and against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 2 votes for, 2 votes against, 6 absences, between 2021–2022.
• Voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2022.

Last updated: 18 May 2022. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.

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Peter Gibson has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Women and Equalities: Conversion Therapy 8 Dec 2023

  To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with which stakeholders she has held discussions on a ban on conversion practices for LGBT people.

• Written Answers — Women and Equalities: Conversion Therapy 8 Dec 2023

  To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of legislation in other countries which bans conversion practices for LGBT people.

• BBC Funding 7 Dec 2023

  I welcome the statement from my right hon. and learned Friend. What further steps is she taking to encourage the BBC to maximise its commercial revenue in order to minimise the burden on licence fee payers?

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Profile

Conservative MP for Darlington

Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Department for Transport
• Department for Education
• Treasury
• Travellers: Caravan Sites
• Spiking
• HIV Infection: Screening
• Conversion Therapy
• Palliative Care

Currently held offices

• Member, Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (since 10 Nov 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (10 May 2023 to 18 May 2023)
• Member, Firearms Bill Committee ( 8 Mar 2023 to 15 Mar 2023)
• Member, Powers of Attorney Bill Committee (22 Feb 2023 to 1 Mar 2023)
• Member, Procurement Bill [HL] Committee (25 Jan 2023 to 21 Feb 2023)
• Member, Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (23 Jan 2023 to 25 Jan 2023)
• Member, Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill Committee (23 Nov 2022 to 30 Nov 2022)
• Member, Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee ( 7 Sep 2022 to 18 Oct 2022)
• Member, Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee ( 5 Jan 2022 to 12 Jan 2022)
• Member, Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill Committee ( 8 Dec 2021 to 15 Dec 2021)
• Member, Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) Committee (27 Oct 2021 to 3 Nov 2021)
• Member, Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill Committee (22 Sep 2021 to 27 Oct 2021)
• Member, Elections Bill Committee (15 Sep 2021 to 26 Oct 2021)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 8 Jun 2021)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Jenny Chapman
• Alan Milburn
• Michael Fallon
• Ossie O'Brien
• Edward Fletcher
• Anthony Bourne-Arton
• Fergus Graham
• David Hardman
• Charles Peat
• Arthur Shepherd
• William Pease
• Herbert Pease
• Ignatius Lincoln
• Herbert Pease
• Arthur Pease
• Theodore Fry
• Edmund Backhouse

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance No. 2 Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Firearms Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Procurement Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Powers of Attorney Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Elections Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
• Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Domestic Abuse Bill Committee (12 out of 12)