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Mrs Heather Wheeler

Conservative Former MP · left 30 May 2024

Represented South Derbyshire · in Parliament since 6 May 2010

Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
91.1%
973 of 1,068 divisions
Committee attendance
100.0%
71 meetings attended
Debate contributions
233
in the 7 year window
Written questions
9
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
0
current

Biography

Mrs Heather Wheeler is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for South Derbyshire, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
South Derbyshire6 May 201030 May 2024Elected 4 times

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Conservative6 May 201030 May 2024

Election history

ElectionConstituencyDateResult
South Derbyshire
Coventry South
Coventry South

Previous ministerial & opposition roles

RoleTypeFromTo
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)Government8 February 20227 September 2022
Assistant WhipGovernment20 September 20218 July 2022
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)Government26 July 201913 February 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)Government9 January 201826 July 2019
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)Government15 June 20179 January 2018
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)Government17 July 201615 June 2017

Voting participation

Participation rate
91.1%
Eligible divisions
1,068
Divisions voted
973

14th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Conservative average 73.8%

Participation by year

Mrs Heather Wheeler voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%201920202021202220232024202520262019: 100.0%100.0%2020: 91.6%91.6%2021: 92.6%92.6%2022: 90.0%90.0%2023: 90.2%90.2%2024: 91.3%91.3%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
2024127116 91.3%
2023256231 90.2%
2022251226 90.0%
2021242224 92.6%
2020190174 91.6%
201922 100.0%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
58th1,068973 91.1%

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
233
Written questions
9
Oral questions
23
Early day motions
0
Bills sponsored
0
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
71

joint 614th of 650 current MPs (4 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Conservative average 669

Written questions per year
Mrs Heather Wheeler: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year0.01.32.53.85.020192020: 0020202021: 3320212022: 0020222023: 5520232024: 11202420252026
Oral questions per year
Mrs Heather Wheeler: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year03581020192020: 7720202021: 4420212022: 1120222023: 8820232024: 33202420252026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2024 19 14 1 3 0 0 0
2023 21 15 5 8 0 0 0
2022 68 22 0 1 0 0 0
2021 19 14 3 4 0 0 0
2020 106 37 0 7 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

10 bill committees served on

Hansard activity

Contributions
233
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
102
distinct debates

joint 420th of 650 current MPs (2 tied) · all MPs average 552 · Conservative average 899

Contributions per year
Mrs Heather Wheeler: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year05010015020020192020: 10610620202021: 191920212022: 686820222023: 212120232024: 1919202420252026
Debates participated in per year
Mrs Heather Wheeler: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year01325385020192020: 373720202021: 141420212022: 222220222023: 151520232024: 1414202420252026

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 South Derbyshire
    • – Joined Conservative

  2. 2016

    • – Appointed: Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

  3. 2017

    • – Appointed: Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
    • – Left role: Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

  4. 2018

    • – Appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
    • – Left role: Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)

  5. 2019

    • – Appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
    • – Left role: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

  6. 2020

    • – Left role: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
    • – Joined Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation
    • – Joined Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

  7. 2021

    • – Appointed: Assistant Whip

  8. 2022

    • – Appointed: Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
    • – Left role: Assistant Whip
    • – Left role: Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

  9. 2023

    • – Joined Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

  10. 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.