Chris Skidmore
Conservative Former MP · left 8 January 2024
Represented Kingswood · in Parliament since 6 May 2010
Parliamentary participation snapshot
Biography
Parliamentary service
| Constituency | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswood | 6 May 2010 | 8 January 2024 | Elected 4 times |
Party affiliations
| Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 6 May 2010 | 8 January 2024 |
Previous ministerial & opposition roles
| Role | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Universities and Science) (Joint with the Department for Education) | Government | 10 September 2019 | 13 February 2020 |
| Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) | Government | 24 July 2019 | 10 September 2019 |
| Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Universities and Science) (Joint with the Department for Education) | Government | 5 December 2018 | 24 July 2019 |
| Vice-Chair, Conservative Party | Other | 8 January 2018 | 6 November 2019 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Cabinet Office) | Government | 17 July 2016 | 8 January 2018 |
Voting participation
329th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Conservative average 73.8%
Participation by year
| Year | Eligible divisions | Voted | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 256 | 149 | 58.2% |
| 2022 | 251 | 168 | 66.9% |
| 2021 | 242 | 204 | 84.3% |
| 2020 | 190 | 167 | 87.9% |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
By Parliament
| Parliament | Eligible divisions | Voted | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58th | 941 | 690 | 73.3% |
Participation counts aye, no or teller votes in Commons divisions held while the MP sat. Absence has many legitimate causes (pairing, illness, parental leave, ministerial or Speaker duties).
Parliamentary activity
629th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 489 · Conservative average 669
Annual breakdown
| Year | Debate contributions | Debates participated | Written questions | Oral questions | EDMs | Bills sponsored | Petitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 47 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Committee memberships
Not currently a member of any committee.
joint 1st of 515 current MPs (489 tied) · all MPs average 99.6% · Conservative average 99.9%
Committee membership history
- Environmental Audit Committee 2022–2024 · attendance 100.0%
1 bill committee served on
- Health and Care Bill 2021
Hansard activity
joint 564th of 650 current MPs (2 tied) · all MPs average 552 · Conservative average 899
Counts come from the Hansard record for the Commons and Westminster Hall within the dataset window. Individual contributions and topic analysis are not yet part of the dataset; search Hansard for the full record.
Parliamentary timeline
Generated from seat, party, role and committee records.
2010
- – Became MP for Kingswood
- – Joined Conservative
2016
- – Appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Cabinet Office)
2018
- – Appointed: Vice-Chair, Conservative Party
- – Left role: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Cabinet Office)
- – Appointed: Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Universities and Science) (Joint with the Department for Education)
2019
- – Appointed: Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
- – Left role: Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Universities and Science) (Joint with the Department for Education)
- – Appointed: Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Universities and Science) (Joint with the Department for Education)
- – Left role: Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
- – Left role: Vice-Chair, Conservative Party
2020
- – Left role: Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Universities and Science) (Joint with the Department for Education)
2022
- – Joined Environmental Audit Committee
2024
- – Left the House of Commons (Resignation (Chiltern))
Statistics cover 7 November 2019 to 7 November 2026. Source: UK Parliament Members, Committees, Commons Votes, Hansard, Questions and Bills APIs, via the UK Politics Decoded dataset. View this MP’s raw JSON.