Aaron Bell’s voting in Parliament

Aaron Bell 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 Aaron Bell’s votes.

• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2022.
• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2020.
• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2021.
• Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2020.
• Generally voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 2 votes for, 3 votes against, 5 absences, between 2021–2022.
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 2 votes for, 9 votes against, 1 absence, between 2020–2022.

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

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Recent appearances

• Conference Adjournment 19 Sep 2023

  It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Brent North (Barry Gardiner), and it is always a pleasure to contribute to debates that raise matters before an Adjournment, because they are so eclectic and we can learn so much about the constituencies of other Members. Like other Members, I pay particular tribute to the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) for her very...

• UK Export Performance 18 Sep 2023

  I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I very much enjoyed our trip to the United States earlier this summer as part of the British-American Parliamentary Group exchange. He will know that the reason there is not a trade deal with America is because of the state of American politics and the protectionism we have seen from the Democratic Administration through the Inflation...

• UK Export Performance 18 Sep 2023

  It is a pleasure to follow the shadow Minister. I can assure him that I am quite capable of highlighting Labour’s flip-flops and U-turns by myself, but I thank him for the insinuation, and for the suggestion that I might be up to writing questions for the Whips one day. I start by thanking both Ministers on the Government Front Bench for their engagement with Newcastle-under-Lyme businesses...

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Conservative MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme

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 Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Transport
• Ministry of Justice
• Home Office
• Cemeteries
• Walley's Quarry Landfill: Odour Pollution
• Sports: Cryptocurrencies
• Surgical Mesh Implants
• Landfill: Odour Pollution

Currently held offices

• Member, Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (since 10 Nov 2020)
• Member, Procedure Committee (since 3 Nov 2020)
• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology 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, Powers of Attorney Bill Committee (22 Feb 2023 to 1 Mar 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, Animal (Penalty Notices) Bill Committee ( 1 Dec 2021 to 8 Dec 2021)
• Member, Elections Bill Committee (15 Sep 2021 to 26 Oct 2021)
• Member, Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee ( 8 Jun 2021 to 15 Jun 2021)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Paul Farrelly
• Llin Golding
• John Golding
• Stephen Swingler
• John Mack
• Josiah Wedgwood
• Alfred Haslam
• William Allen
• Douglas Coghill
• William Allen
• Charles Donaldson-Hudson
• Samuel Edge
• William Allen
• Edmund Buckley
• William Allen
• Edmund Buckley
• William Allen
• Edmund Buckley
• William Murray
• Samuel Christy
• John Colquhoun
• John Harris
• Edmund Buckley
• Spencer De Horsey
• William Miller
• Edmund Peel
• Henry Willoughby
• Edmund Peel
• William Miller
• Edmund Peel
• Richardson Borradaile
• John Denison
• William Wilmot
• John Chetwode
• John Boughey
• John Chetwode
• George Leveson-Gower
• John Boughey
• Edward Bootle
• James Macdonald
• Edward Bootle
• James Macdonald
• Edward Bootle
• Robert Lawley
• Edward Bootle

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Powers of Attorney Bill Committee (1 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 (14 out of 14)
• National Security Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Animals (Penalty Notices) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Professional Qualifications Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Elections Bill Committee (9 out of 12)
• Forensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill Committee (1 out of 2)