Paul Scully
Conservative Former MP · left 30 May 2024
Represented Sutton and Cheam · in Parliament since 7 May 2015
Parliamentary participation snapshot
Biography
Parliamentary service
| Constituency | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton and Cheam | 7 May 2015 | 30 May 2024 | Elected 3 times |
Party affiliations
| Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 7 May 2015 | 30 May 2024 |
Previous ministerial & opposition roles
| Role | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | Government | 7 February 2023 | 13 November 2023 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) | Government | 27 October 2022 | 7 February 2023 |
| Minister of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | Government | 7 July 2022 | 27 October 2022 |
| Minister of State (London) | Government | 19 September 2021 | 27 October 2022 |
| Minister of State (London) | Government | 13 February 2020 | 19 September 2021 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) | Government | 13 February 2020 | 7 July 2022 |
Voting participation
47th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Conservative average 73.8%
Participation by year
| Year | Eligible divisions | Voted | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 127 | 104 | 81.9% |
| 2023 | 256 | 226 | 88.3% |
| 2022 | 251 | 208 | 82.9% |
| 2021 | 242 | 223 | 92.2% |
| 2020 | 190 | 170 | 89.5% |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
By Parliament
| Parliament | Eligible divisions | Voted | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58th | 1,068 | 933 | 87.4% |
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 629th of 650 current MPs (23 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Conservative average 669
Annual breakdown
| Year | Debate contributions | Debates participated | Written questions | Oral questions | EDMs | Bills sponsored | Petitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 181 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| 2022 | 535 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 820 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 457 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 2022–2022 · attendance 100.0%
10 bill committees served on
- Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill 2021
- Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill 2023
- Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] 2023
- Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee 2023
- Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill 2022
- Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill 2022
- Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] 2022
- Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill 2021
- Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill 2024
- Subsidy Control Bill 2021
Hansard activity
11th of 650 current MPs · 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.
2015
- – Became MP for Sutton and Cheam
- – Joined Conservative
2020
- – Appointed: Minister of State (London)
- – Appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
2021
- – Appointed: Minister of State (London)
- – Left role: Minister of State (London)
2022
- – Appointed: Minister of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
- – Left role: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
- – Joined Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
- – Appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
- – Left role: Minister of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
- – Left role: Minister of State (London)
2023
- – Appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
- – Left role: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
- – Left role: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
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.