About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Ben Spencer) represents you, and all of the people who live in Runnymede and Weybridge, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Runnymede and Weybridge

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Transport
• Department for Education
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services
• Brain: Tumours
• Food: Research
• River Thames: Flood Control
• Flood Control

Currently held offices

• Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology) (since 6 Nov 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) (19 Jul 2024 to 6 Nov 2024)
• Member, Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (15 May 2024 to 21 May 2024)
• Member, Renters (Reform) Bill Committee ( 8 Nov 2023 to 28 Nov 2023)
• Member, Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee) (11 Jul 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• 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, Work and Pensions Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Philip Hammond

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Renters (Reform) Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Epilepsy and Parkinson's Disease: Drugs 10 Dec 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure consistency of the supply of medication for (a) epilepsy and b) Parkinson's disease patients.

• Written Answers — Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Food: Research 10 Dec 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the UKRI on their approach to support research into food biosecurity since July 2024.

• Written Answers — Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Diabetes: Research 10 Dec 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the total amount of Government investment into type 1 diabetes disease research was in 2023-24; and which public bodies provided that investment.

More of Ben Spencer’s recent appearances

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