Antony Higginbotham’s voting in Parliament

Antony Higginbotham 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 Antony Higginbotham’s votes.

• Voted a mixture of for and against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 3 votes for, 3 votes against, 4 absences, between 2021–2022.
• Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2020.
• 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.
• 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.
• Consistently voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2022.

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

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Recent appearances

• Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Support for Farmers 6 Jul 2023

  What steps she is taking to support farmers.

• Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Support for Farmers 6 Jul 2023

  Upland farmers across Burnley and Padiham, and indeed right across Lancashire, play a huge role in keeping us fed and enhancing the local environment. That is why it is so important that we support them. Can my right hon. Friend say how recent announcements will improve support for upland farmers specifically, and will he reaffirm the commitment made in May by my right hon. Friend the...

• Road Fuel Prices 3 Jul 2023

  This report clearly shows that residents in Burnley and Padiham and our villages have been overcharged for their fuel for too long. Does my right hon. Friend think that the Competition and Markets Authority now needs to relook at the ownership changes at Asda?

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Conservative MP for Burnley

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
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Treasury
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Education
• Question
• Long Term Unemployed People
• Electronic Cigarettes: Excise Duties
• Mental Health Services: Recruitment
• East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust: Nurses

Currently held offices

• Member, Business and Trade Committee (since 12 Jun 2023)
• Member, High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill Select Committee (Commons) (since 13 Dec 2022)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 7 Mar 2023)
• Member, Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (18 Jan 2023 to 25 Jan 2023)
• Member, National Security Bill Committee (29 Jun 2022 to 18 Oct 2022)
• Member, Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] Committee (12 Jan 2022 to 18 Jan 2022)
• Member, Judicial Review and Courts Bill (27 Oct 2021 to 23 Nov 2021)
• Member, Health and Care Bill Committee (27 Sep 2021 to 2 Nov 2021)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (25 May 2021 to 25 Oct 2022)
• Member, Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (12 May 2021 to 24 Jun 2021)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union ( 2 Mar 2020 to 16 Jan 2021)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Julie Cooper
• Gordon Birtwistle
• Kitty Ussher
• Peter Pike
• Daniel Jones
• Wilfrid Burke
• Gordon Campbell
• Arthur Henderson
• David Irving
• Philip Morrell
• Gerald Arbuthnot
• Fred Maddison
• Philip Stanhope
• William Mitchell
• Philip Stanhope
• Jabez Balfour
• John Slagg
• Peter Rylands
• Richard Shaw

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Ballot Secrecy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Security Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Judicial Review and Courts Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Committee (13 out of 20)
• Professional Qualifications Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Health and Care Bill Committee (9 out of 22)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Trade Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)