Steve Double
Conservative Former MP · left 30 May 2024
Represented St Austell and Newquay · in Parliament since 7 May 2015
Parliamentary participation snapshot
Biography
Parliamentary service
| Constituency | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Austell and Newquay | 7 May 2015 | 30 May 2024 | Elected 3 times |
Party affiliations
| Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 7 May 2015 | 30 May 2024 |
Election history
| Election | Constituency | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Austell and Newquay |
Previous ministerial & opposition roles
| Role | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury | Government | 28 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | Government | 8 July 2022 | 8 September 2022 |
| Assistant Whip | Government | 20 September 2021 | 8 July 2022 |
Voting participation
11th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Conservative average 73.8%
Participation by year
| Year | Eligible divisions | Voted | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 127 | 103 | 81.1% |
| 2023 | 256 | 251 | 98.1% |
| 2022 | 251 | 214 | 85.3% |
| 2021 | 242 | 227 | 93.8% |
| 2020 | 190 | 181 | 95.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
By Parliament
| Parliament | Eligible divisions | Voted | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58th | 1,068 | 978 | 91.6% |
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
joint 434th of 650 current MPs (2 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Conservative average 669
Annual breakdown
| Year | Debate contributions | Debates participated | Written questions | Oral questions | EDMs | Bills sponsored | Petitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 66 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 64 | 49 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 112 | 82 | 47 | 23 | 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
- Committee of Selection 2022–2023
- Petitions Committee 2015–2017, 2017–2019, 2020–2020, 2024–2024 · attendance 100.0%
8 bill committees served on
- Bishop's Stortford Cemetery Bill 2024
- Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill 2023
- Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] 2023
- Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee 2023
- Health and Care Bill 2021
- Licensing Hours Extensions Bill 2024
- Online Safety Bill 2022
- Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill 2022
Hansard activity
joint 359th of 650 current MPs (3 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.
2015
- – Became MP for St Austell and Newquay
- – Joined Conservative
- – Joined Petitions Committee
2017
- – Joined Petitions Committee
2020
- – Joined Petitions Committee
2021
- – Appointed: Assistant Whip
2022
- – Appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
- – Left role: Assistant Whip
- – Left role: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
- – Appointed: Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
- – Joined Committee of Selection
2023
- – Left role: Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
2024
- – Joined Petitions 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.