Miss Sarah Dines
Conservative Former MP · left 30 May 2024
Represented Derbyshire Dales · in Parliament since 12 December 2019
Parliamentary participation snapshot
Biography
Parliamentary service
| Constituency | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire Dales | 12 December 2019 | 30 May 2024 | Elected 1 time |
Party affiliations
| Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 12 December 2019 | 30 May 2024 |
Election history
| Election | Constituency | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire Dales |
Previous ministerial & opposition roles
| Role | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) | Government | 27 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 |
| Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury | Government | 20 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office) | Government | 8 July 2022 | 20 September 2022 |
| Assistant Whip | Government | 10 February 2022 | 8 July 2022 |
Voting participation
73rd of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Conservative average 73.8%
Participation by year
| Year | Eligible divisions | Voted | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 127 | 78 | 61.4% |
| 2023 | 256 | 222 | 86.7% |
| 2022 | 251 | 206 | 82.1% |
| 2021 | 242 | 223 | 92.2% |
| 2020 | 190 | 180 | 94.7% |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
By Parliament
| Parliament | Eligible divisions | Voted | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58th | 1,068 | 911 | 85.3% |
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
joint 619th of 650 current MPs (4 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Conservative average 669
Annual breakdown
| Year | Debate contributions | Debates participated | Written questions | Oral questions | EDMs | Bills sponsored | Petitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 173 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 61 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 93 | 55 | 2 | 13 | 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
- Human Rights (Joint Committee) 2024–2024 · attendance 100.0%
- Justice Committee 2020–2021 · attendance 100.0%
7 bill committees served on
- Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill 2024
- Firearms Bill 2023
- Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill 2022
- National Security Bill 2022
- Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill 2021
- Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill 2023
- Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (2021) 2021
Hansard activity
joint 304th 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.
2019
- – Became MP for Derbyshire Dales
- – Joined Conservative
2020
- – Joined Justice Committee
2022
- – Appointed: Assistant Whip
- – Appointed: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)
- – Left role: Assistant Whip
- – Appointed: Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
- – Left role: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)
- – Appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
- – Left role: Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
2023
- – Left role: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
2024
- – Joined Human Rights (Joint Committee)
- – 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.