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Giles Watling

Conservative Former MP · left 30 May 2024

Represented Clacton · in Parliament since 8 June 2017

Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
88.3%
943 of 1,068 divisions
Committee attendance
100.0%
224 meetings attended
Debate contributions
186
in the 7 year window
Written questions
91
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
0
current

Biography

Giles Watling is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Clacton, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Clacton8 June 201730 May 2024Elected 2 times

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Conservative8 June 201730 May 2024

Election history

ElectionConstituencyDateResult
Clacton
Clacton
Clacton

Voting participation

Participation rate
88.3%
Eligible divisions
1,068
Divisions voted
943

36th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Conservative average 73.8%

Participation by year

Giles Watling voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%201920202021202220232024202520262019: 100.0%100.0%2020: 94.2%94.2%2021: 83.1%83.1%2022: 84.1%84.1%2023: 94.9%94.9%2024: 84.3%84.3%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
2024127107 84.3%
2023256243 94.9%
2022251211 84.1%
2021242201 83.1%
2020190179 94.2%
201922 100.0%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
58th1,068943 88.3%

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

Debate contributions
186
Written questions
91
Oral questions
51
Early day motions
1
Bills sponsored
3
Petitions presented
3
Committee meetings attended
224

joint 457th of 650 current MPs (3 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Conservative average 669

Written questions per year
Giles Watling: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year0132538502019: 0020192020: 282820202021: 323220212022: 5520222023: 161620232024: 1010202420252026
Oral questions per year
Giles Watling: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year051015202019: 0020192020: 101020202021: 101020212022: 171720222023: 5520232024: 99202420252026
Early day motions per year
Giles Watling: Early day motions per yearNumber of Early day motions recorded per calendar year0.00.30.50.81.02019: 0020192020: 0020202021: 0020212022: 0020222023: 0020232024: 11202420252026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2024 23 13 10 9 1 1 0
2023 61 26 16 5 0 0 3
2022 44 25 5 17 0 2 0
2021 30 20 32 10 0 0 0
2020 26 18 28 10 0 0 0
2019 2 1 0 0 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

5 bill committees served on

Hansard activity

Contributions
186
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
103
distinct debates

joint 477th of 650 current MPs (2 tied) · all MPs average 552 · Conservative average 899

Contributions per year
Giles Watling: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year02550751002019: 2220192020: 262620202021: 303020212022: 444420222023: 616120232024: 2323202420252026
Debates participated in per year
Giles Watling: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year0132538502019: 1120192020: 181820202021: 202020212022: 252520222023: 262620232024: 1313202420252026

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.

  1. 2017

    • – Became MP for Clacton
    • – Joined Conservative
    • – Joined Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

  2. 2020

    • – Joined Administration Committee
    • – Joined Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
    • – Joined Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation

  3. 2024

    • – Left the House of Commons (Dissolution)

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.