Ruth Edwards’s voting in Parliament

Ruth Edwards 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 Ruth Edwards’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 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.
• 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 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.
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices 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

• Business without Debate 25 May 2023

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• Crime and Neighbourhood Policing 31 Jan 2023

  In Nottinghamshire we have 405 more police officers as a result of the policing uplift. Many have gone into the neighbourhood policing team, so we have newbie officers in villages such as Keyworth and Ruddington. Will the Home Secretary join me in thanking Inspector Rob Lawton and his neighbourhood team for the brilliant work they do in Rushcliffe, and will she tell the House when the...

• Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Plan 30 Jan 2023

  I welcome the £1 billion funding announced today, and it is good that hospitals have benefited from innovations such as patient flow control centres, care transfer hubs, and virtual wards. When will hospitals and ICBs such as Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB, which has not been part of the pilot, be able to access those innovations, so that my constituents can start to access the benefits?

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Conservative MP for Rushcliffe

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

• Home Office
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Transport
• Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
• Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Females
• Marine Protected Areas
• Electric Scooters: Pilot Schemes
• Primary Education: Coronavirus

Currently held offices

• Assistant Whip (since 16 Feb 2023)
• Member, Business and Trade Committee (since 25 Oct 2022)
• Member, BEIS Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment (since 25 Oct 2022)
• Member, Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill Committee (since 2 Mar 2022)

Other offices held in the past

• Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (7 Feb 2023 to 16 Feb 2023)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (2 Mar 2020 to 2 Nov 2021)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Kenneth Clarke
• Anthony Gardner
• Martin Redmayne
• Florence Paton
• Ralph Assheton
• Henry Betterton
• Leifchild Jones
• Henry Betterton
• John Ellis
• Leifchild Jones
• John Ellis

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Environment Bill Committee (2 out of 22)