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Henry Smith

Conservative Former MP · left 30 May 2024

Represented Crawley · in Parliament since 6 May 2010

Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
80.6%
861 of 1,068 divisions
Committee attendance
100.0%
133 meetings attended
Debate contributions
321
in the 7 year window
Written questions
573
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
0
current

Biography

Henry Smith is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Crawley, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Crawley6 May 201030 May 2024Elected 4 times

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Conservative6 May 201030 May 2024

Election history

ElectionConstituencyDateResult
Crawley
Crawley

Voting participation

Participation rate
80.6%
Eligible divisions
1,068
Divisions voted
861

174th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Conservative average 73.8%

Participation by year

Henry Smith voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%201920202021202220232024202520262019: 100.0%100.0%2020: 93.7%93.7%2021: 77.3%77.3%2022: 85.3%85.3%2023: 73.4%73.4%2024: 72.4%72.4%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
202412792 72.4%
2023256188 73.4%
2022251214 85.3%
2021242187 77.3%
2020190178 93.7%
201922 100.0%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
58th1,068861 80.6%

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
321
Written questions
573
Oral questions
86
Early day motions
0
Bills sponsored
2
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
133

160th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 489 · Conservative average 669

Written questions per year
Henry Smith: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year0501001502002019: 0020192020: 17217220202021: 12012020212022: 11111120222023: 13713720232024: 3333202420252026
Oral questions per year
Henry Smith: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year061319252019: 0020192020: 202020202021: 252520212022: 181820222023: 141420232024: 99202420252026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2024 31 21 33 9 0 0 0
2023 76 43 137 14 0 0 0
2022 65 46 111 18 0 1 0
2021 77 55 120 25 0 1 0
2020 71 54 172 20 0 0 0
2019 1 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

4 bill committees served on

Hansard activity

Contributions
321
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
220
distinct debates

333rd of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 552 · Conservative average 899

Contributions per year
Henry Smith: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year02550751002019: 1120192020: 717120202021: 777720212022: 656520222023: 767620232024: 3131202420252026
Debates participated in per year
Henry Smith: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year02550751002019: 1120192020: 545420202021: 555520212022: 464620222023: 434320232024: 2121202420252026

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. 2010

    • – Became MP for Crawley
    • – Joined Conservative

  2. 2020

    • – Joined Foreign Affairs Committee

  3. 2023

    • – Joined Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories

  4. 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.