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Michael Gove

Conservative - Surrey Heath

First elected: 5th May 2005

Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

(since October 2022)

Minister for Intergovernmental Relations

(since October 2022)

Michael Gove is not a member of any APPGs
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
19th Sep 2021 - 6th Sep 2022
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
19th Sep 2021 - 6th Jul 2022
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
8th Dec 2021 - 6th Jul 2022
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
13th Feb 2020 - 1st Oct 2021
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
15th Sep 2021 - 19th Sep 2021
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
13th Feb 2020 - 15th Sep 2021
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
24th Jul 2019 - 13th Feb 2020
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
11th Jun 2017 - 24th Jul 2019
Committee on Exiting the European Union
31st Oct 2016 - 3rd May 2017
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
31st Oct 2016 - 3rd May 2017
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
8th May 2015 - 14th Jul 2016
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip
15th Jul 2014 - 8th May 2015
Secretary of State for Education
12th May 2010 - 15th Jul 2014
Shadow Secretary of State (Children, Schools and Families)
3rd Jul 2007 - 6th May 2010
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning)
10th May 2005 - 3rd Jul 2007
European Scrutiny Committee
28th Jun 2005 - 22nd Jan 2007


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Michael Gove has voted in 644 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2019 Parliament

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker)
(117 debate interactions)
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
(27 debate interactions)
Rachel Reeves (Labour)
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
(26 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Cabinet Office
(1002 debate contributions)
Department for Education
(2 debate contributions)
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Surrey Heath Petitions

e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.

If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.

If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).

Michael Gove has not participated in any petition debates

Latest EDMs signed by Michael Gove

Michael Gove has not signed any Early Day Motions

Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Michael Gove, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Michael Gove has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Michael Gove has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

19 Bills introduced by Michael Gove


A Bill to make provision for the setting of levelling-up missions and reporting on progress in delivering them; about local democracy; about town and country planning; about Community Infrastructure Levy; about the imposition of Infrastructure Levy; about environmental outcome reports for certain consents and plans; about regeneration; about the compulsory purchase of land; about information and records relating to land, the environment or heritage; for the provision for pavement licences to be permanent; about governance of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; about vagrancy and begging; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th October 2023 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision about the safety of people in or about buildings and the standard of buildings, to amend the Architects Act 1997, and to amend provision about complaints made to a housing ombudsman.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th April 2022 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 12th May 2021

A Bill to make provision about the dissolution and calling of Parliament, including provision for the repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 24th March 2022 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 26th May 2010

Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 27 July. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law).

This Bill received Royal Assent on 27th July 2010 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision about non-domestic rating.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th October 2023 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 30th December 2020

A Bill to Implement, and make other provision in connection with, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement; to make further provision in connection with the United Kingdom’s future relationship with the EU and its member States; to make related provision about passenger name record data, customs and privileges and immunities; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 30th December 2020 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to provide that the Secretary of State’s powers in relation to the management of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, include the power to grant a lease in respect of land for a period of up to 150 years

This Bill received Royal Assent on 9th September 2019 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision to prohibit the use of wild animals in travelling circuses.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 24th July 2019 and was enacted into law.


Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 20 December 2018. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law). A Bill to prohibit dealing in ivory, and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 20th December 2018 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 4th February 2013

This Bill received Royal Assent on 13th March 2014 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 25th February 2013

This Bill received Royal Assent on 13th March 2014 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 26th January 2011

This Bill received Royal Assent on 15th November 2011 and was enacted into law.


A bill to prohibit the grant or assignment of certain new long residential leases of houses, to amend the rights of tenants under long residential leases to acquire the freeholds of their houses, to extend the leases of their houses or flats, and to collectively enfranchise or manage the buildings containing their flats, to give such tenants the right to reduce the rent payable under their leases to a peppercorn, to regulate the relationship between residential landlords and tenants, to regulate residential estate management, to regulate rentcharges and to amend the Building Safety Act 2022 in connection with the remediation of building defects and the insolvency of persons who have repairing obligations relating to certain kinds of buildings.

Commons Completed
Lords - 60%

Last Event - Committee Stage
Monday 22nd April 2024
(Read Debate)
Next Event - Committee Stage
Wednesday 24th April 2024

A Bill to make provision to prevent public bodies from being influenced by political or moral disapproval of foreign states when taking certain economic decisions, subject to certain exceptions; and for connected purposes.

Commons Completed
Lords - 60%

Last Event - Carry-Over Motion
Monday 22nd April 2024
Next Event - Committee Stage
Tuesday 7th May 2024

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about policy objectives in relation to fisheries, fishing and aquaculture; to make provision about access to British fisheries; to make provision about the licensing of fishing boats; to make provision about the determination and distribution of fishing opportunities; to make provision enabling schemes to be established for charging for unauthorised catches of sea fish; to make provision about grants in connection with fishing, aquaculture or marine conservation; to make provision about the recovery of costs in respect of the exercise of public functions relating to fish or fishing; to confer powers to make further provision in connection with fisheries, aquaculture or aquatic animals; to make provision about byelaws and orders relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 80%

Last Event - Committee Debate: 9th Sitting: House Of Commons
Monday 17th December 2018
(Read Debate)

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill To authorise new expenditure for certain agricultural and other purposes; to make provision about direct payments during an agricultural transition period following the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union; to make provision about the acquisition and use of information connected with food supply chains; to confer power to respond to exceptional market conditions affecting agricultural markets; to confer power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to agricultural and rural development payments and public market intervention and private storage aid; to make provision about marketing standards and the classification of carcasses; to make provision for the recognition of associations of agricultural producers which may benefit from certain exemptions from competition law; to confer power to make regulations about contracts for the purchase of agricultural products from agricultural producers and securing compliance with the WTO Agreement on Agriculture; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 80%

Last Event - Committee Debate: 13th Sitting: House Of Commons
Tuesday 20th November 2018

To make provision about the mode of trial and maximum penalty for certain offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

Commons - 80%

Last Event - Committee Stage: House Of Commons
Thursday 25th July 2019

A Bill to make provision changing the law about rented homes, including provision abolishing fixed term assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies; imposing obligations on landlords and others in relation to rented homes and temporary and supported accommodation; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 60%

Last Event - Carry-Over Motion
Monday 22nd April 2024
Next Event - Report Stage
Wednesday 24th April 2024

A Bill to make provision for expenditure by the Secretary of State and the removal of restrictions in respect of certain land for or in connection with the construction of a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.

Commons - 60%

Last Event - 2nd Reading
Wednesday 8th November 2023

Michael Gove has not asked any Written Questions in the current parliament