Rob Butler’s voting in Parliament

Rob Butler 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 Rob Butler’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.
• 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 a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2020.
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 2 votes for, 10 votes against, between 2020–2022.
• 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

• Criminal Justice Bill 28 Nov 2023

  It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham). This is an important Bill that highlights the Government’s commitment to improving our justice system and making our communities safer. I would like to focus the majority of my remarks on one aspect of the Bill that I am pleased to see has received so much attention, which is antisocial behaviour. Members...

• Media Bill 21 Nov 2023

  I am delighted to see this Bill before the House today. It has been a long time coming, and its arrival is extremely welcome. From a very young age, I wanted to be a broadcaster. So committed was I to this goal that I wrote to BBC Radio Oxford at the tender age of 15, and complained that it did not produce any programmes for teenagers. Somewhat to my surprise, it told me to put my money where...

• Media Bill 21 Nov 2023

  I thank the Father of the House for his intervention. He raises important points, which is why we will need to have a long and detailed debate on the future of the licence fee at another time. I chose my words relatively carefully in saying that I hoped the licence fee was living on borrowed time, rather than saying that the end must come immediately. My hon. Friend raises points that will...

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Conservative MP for Aylesbury

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 Transport
• Attorney General
• Treasury
• Home Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• High Speed 2 Independent Review
• High Speed 2 Railway Line: Wendover
• High Speed Two
• Police: Bureaucracy
• Special Educational Needs

Currently held offices

• Member, Media Bill Committee (since 30 Nov 2023)
• Member, Justice Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Victims and Prisoners Bill Committee (14 Jun 2023 to 11 Jul 2023)
• Member, Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (10 May 2023 to 18 May 2023)
• Member, Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill ( 8 Mar 2023 to 15 Mar 2023)
• Member, Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee ( 1 Feb 2023 to 8 Feb 2023)
• Member, Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (25 Jan 2023 to 1 Feb 2023)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (20 Sep 2022 to 27 Oct 2022)
• Member, Finance (No.2) Bill Committee ( 8 Dec 2021 to 11 Jan 2022)
• Member, Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill Committee ( 8 Dec 2021 to 15 Dec 2021)
• Member, Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill Committee (28 Jun 2021 to 6 Jul 2021)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• David Lidington
• Timothy Raison
• Spencer Summers
• Stanley Reed
• Michael Beaumont
• Alan Burgoyne
• Thomas Keens
• Lionel de Rothschild
• Lionel de Rothschild
• Ferdinand de Rothschild
• George Russell
• Nathaniel de Rothschild
• Samuel Smith
• Nathaniel de Rothschild
• Samuel Smith
• Nathaniel de Rothschild
• Samuel Smith
• Thomas Bernard
• Richard Bethell
• Quintin Dick
• Austen Layard
• Richard Bethell
• Frederick Calvert
• Quintin Dick
• Nugent
• John Deering
• Charles Hamilton
• Rice Clayton
• Charles Hamilton
• Winthrop Praed
• William Rickford
• Henry Hanmer
• William Rickford
• Henry Hanmer
• Charles Cavendish
• George Nugent-Grenville
• Thomas Hussey
• George Cavendish
• George Nugent
• George Cavendish
• William Cavendish
• James Pre
• William Cavendish
• James Pre
• Robert Bent

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Finance No. 2 Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Victims and Prisoners Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Education (Guidance About Costs of School Uniforms) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)