Laura Farris’s voting in Parliament

Laura Farris 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 Laura Farris’s votes.

• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2021.
• 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 for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2020.
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 2 votes for, 10 votes against, between 2020–2022.
• Voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2022.
• Voted a mixture of for and against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 1 vote for, 2 votes against, 3 absences, in 2022.

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

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Recent appearances

• Safety of School Buildings 6 Sep 2023

  No Member of Parliament would dispute the crucial importance of safe and secure school premises—or indeed all vital premises, whether those are hospitals, courts or prisons—or the fact that they require adequate Government investment. Implicit in the Opposition motion, however, is an allegation that the Conservative Government have failed on education, and failed children more broadly,...

• Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment 20 Jul 2023

  This is the second time I have spoken in this debate. The first time was two years ago, and I followed David Amess—I can even remember where he was sitting in the Chamber at the time. I have refreshed my memory on what I said in that debate. I raised for the first time the issue of improved public transport links north from Newbury up to Oxford, and specifically the need for a new bus route...

• Illegal Migration Bill: Clause 1 - Introduction 17 Jul 2023

  If the principle of removal to a safe third country is not an adequate deterrent, why was that principle the flagship of the last Labour Government’s immigration policy in the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002? What was the point of section 94—its most controversial provision—if it was not about the swift removal of failed asylum seekers?

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Conservative MP for Newbury

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 for Education
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Ministry of Justice
• Supermarkets: Coronavirus
• Personal Independence Payment: West Berkshire
• Education: Coronavirus
• Music: Culture Recovery Fund
• Hospitals: Protective Clothing

Currently held offices

• Member, Speaker's Conference Committee (since 19 Oct 2022)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Child Support (Enforcement) Bill Committee (22 Feb 2023 to 1 Mar 2023)
• Member, Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill Committee ( 8 Feb 2023 to 22 Feb 2023)
• Member, Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill Committee (26 Oct 2022 to 2 Nov 2022)
• Member, Committee of Privileges (14 Mar 2022 to 11 Oct 2022)
• Member, Committee on Standards (14 Mar 2022 to 11 Oct 2022)
• Member, Justice Committee ( 8 Jun 2021 to 29 Nov 2022)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 15 Mar 2022)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Richard Benyon
• David Rendel
• Judith Chaplin
• Michael McNair-Wilson
• John Astor
• Anthony Hurd
• Howard Brown
• Innes Stranger
• Howard Brown
• William Mount
• Frederick Mackarness
• William Mount
• William Mount

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Child Support (Enforcement) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Parliamentary Constituencies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)