Theo Clarke’s voting in Parliament

Theo Clarke 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 Theo Clarke’s votes.

• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2020.
• Voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2022.
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2022.
• Voted a mixture of for and against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 2 votes for, 2 votes against, 6 absences, between 2021–2022.
• 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.
• 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

• Business of the House 18 May 2023

  I thank my right hon. Friend for her recent visit with me in Stafford to see for herself the Beaconside campus and the Home Office’s proposed site for a new asylum seeker site in my constituency. I explained to her my very strong objections to that proposal, and shared those of the huge number of constituents who have written to me to complain about it. Can she provide time for a debate on...

• School and College Funding: The Midlands — [Mark Pritchard in the Chair] 9 May 2023

  It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I congratulate the hon. Member for Coventry South (Zarah Sultana) on securing today’s important debate. As MP for Stafford in the west midlands, I am delighted to speak on school and college funding in the midlands. I strongly welcome today’s debate, especially as fairer funding for schools and colleges has been one of my...

• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Topical Questions 2 May 2023

  May I thank the UK Government and the Royal Air Force for evacuating so many people from Sudan, and ask the Foreign Secretary to continue to work with our allies to help evacuate civilians and, more importantly, to push for a long-term ceasefire?

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Conservative MP for Stafford

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
• Ministry of Defence
• Home Office
• Women and Equalities
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• High Speed 2 Railway Line: Compensation
• Question
• Independent Commission for Aid Impact
• Asylum: Beaconside
• Sub-Saharan Africa: Radicalism

Currently held offices

• Member, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee (since 3 May 2023)
• Member, Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee (since 2 Mar 2023)
• Member, Building Safety Bill Committee (since 9 Sep 2021)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (since 20 May 2020)
• Chair, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (since 10 Mar 2020)
• Chair, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (since 10 Mar 2020)
• Member, International Development Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (5 Oct 2020 to 27 Nov 2022)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee (7 Sep 2020 to 29 Nov 2022)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Jeremy Lefroy
• David Kidney
• Bill Cash
• Hugh Fraser
• Stephen Swingler
• Peter Thorneycroft
• William Ormsby-Gore
• Richard Essex
• Theodore Shaw
• Thomas Salt
• Charles McLaren
• Alexander Macdonald
• Thomas Salt
• Reginald Talbot
• Henry Pochin
• Walter Meller
• Henry Pochin
• Michael Bass
• Walter Meller
• Thomas Sidney
• Thomas Salt
• John Wise
• Ingestre
• John Wise
• Arthur Otway
• Thomas Sidney
• David Urquhart
• Edward Buller
• Swynfen Carnegie
• William Chetwynd
• Robert Farrand
• William Chetwynd
• Francis Goodricke
• Thomas Beaumont
• William Chetwynd
• John Campbell
• Thomas Gisborne
• Rees Gronow
• Thomas Gisborne
• John Campbell
• Thomas Gisborne
• John Campbell
• Thomas Beaumont
• Ralph Benson
• Thomas Beaumont
• Ralph Benson
• Richard Ironmonger
• George Chetwynd
• Benjamin Benyon
• George Chetwynd
• Samuel Homfray
• Benjamin Benyon
• Samuel Homfray
• Thomas Wilson
• Ralph Benson
• Thomas Wilson
• Ralph Benson
• Richard Mansel-Philipps
• Edward Monckton
• Richard Mansel-Philipps
• Richard Sheridan
• Edward Monckton
• Richard Sheridan
• Edward Monckton

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Building Safety Bill Committee (11 out of 16)
• Trade Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Agriculture Bill Committee (11 out of 12)