Simon Reevell

Conservative - Former Member for Dewsbury

First elected: 6th May 2010

Left House: 30th March 2015 (Defeated)


Simon Reevell is not a member of any APPGs
Scottish Affairs Committee
29th Nov 2010 - 30th Mar 2015


Division Voting information

Simon Reevell has voted in 750 divisions, and 21 times against the majority of their Party.

10 Nov 2014 - Business of the House (Today) - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 36 Conservative No votes vs 209 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 251 Noes - 242
10 Nov 2014 - Criminal Law - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 26 Conservative Aye votes vs 229 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 229 Noes - 272
10 Nov 2014 - Criminal Law - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 36 Conservative No votes vs 223 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 464 Noes - 38
13 May 2014 - Consumer Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 12 Conservative Aye votes vs 237 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 17 Noes - 281
25 Mar 2014 - Representation of the People (Scotland) - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 14 Conservative Aye votes vs 29 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 16 Noes - 226
13 Mar 2013 - Legal Services - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 1 Conservative No votes vs 241 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 288 Noes - 225
4 Mar 2013 - Justice and Security Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 4 Conservative Aye votes vs 252 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 0 Noes - 0
4 Mar 2013 - Justice and Security Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 3 Conservative Aye votes vs 251 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 227 Noes - 295
5 Feb 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 34 Conservative No votes vs 224 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 499 Noes - 55
5 Feb 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 23 Conservative No votes vs 215 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 481 Noes - 34
18 Dec 2012 - Justice and Security Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 3 Conservative No votes vs 216 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 262 Noes - 18
31 Oct 2012 - Multiannual Financial Framework - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 51 Conservative Aye votes vs 235 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 294
25 Oct 2012 - Badger Cull - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 15 Conservative Aye votes vs 24 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 147 Noes - 28
10 Jul 2012 - House of Lords Reform Bill - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 89 Conservative No votes vs 192 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 462 Noes - 124
24 Oct 2011 - National Referendum on the European Union - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 81 Conservative Aye votes vs 209 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 111 Noes - 483
13 Oct 2011 - Procedure Committee Reports - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 43 Conservative Aye votes vs 124 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 63 Noes - 206
13 Jul 2011 - Youth Employment - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 24 Conservative Aye votes vs 32 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 241 Noes - 35
11 Jul 2011 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 32 Conservative No votes vs 224 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 274 Noes - 246
16 Feb 2011 - Incinerators (Hertfordshire) - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 2 Conservative No votes vs 243 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 474 Noes - 23
13 Oct 2010 - Draft EU Budget 2011 - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 35 Conservative Aye votes vs 204 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 42 Noes - 252
15 Jun 2010 - Backbench Business Committee - View Vote Context
Simon Reevell voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 75 Conservative Aye votes vs 188 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 263
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All Debates

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
Karl Turner (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Lord Beamish (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Graham Stuart (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Ministry of Justice
(13 debate contributions)
Ministry of Defence
(8 debate contributions)
HM Treasury
(5 debate contributions)
Cabinet Office
(5 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Simon Reevell has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debate
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Latest EDMs signed by Simon Reevell

10th March 2015
Simon Reevell signed this EDM on Wednesday 18th March 2015

SALVATION ARMY

Tabled by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
That this House congratulates the Salvation Army on reaching its 150th anniversary; acknowledges the great work that General William Booth began and that still continues in communities throughout the UK to this day; and commends it for its passion and dedication in the service of others.
41 signatures
(Most recent: 24 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 11
Democratic Unionist Party: 5
Conservative: 4
Independent: 3
The Independent Group for Change: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Simon Reevell, 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.


Simon Reevell has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Simon Reevell has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

Simon Reevell has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

Simon Reevell has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 5 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the geographical spread in the UK of the bacterium melissococcus plutonius.

The bacterium is widespread across England and Wales. A recently completed two-year random survey of 4,600 apiaries estimated Melissococcus plutonius as being present in 1.6% in Year 1 (2009/10) and 1.3% in Year 2 (2010/11).

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence there is of contamination of the bacterial pathogen, Melissoccocus plutonius, from countries within the EU.

Melissococcus plutonius is the causative agent of European foulbrood. In 2012 the Dutch reported the results of a survey that used sensitive detection methodologies to suggest a 35 percent apiary prevalence of Melissococcus plutonius across the Netherlands.

But a 2012-13 pan-European epidemiological study on honey bee colony losses found a low prevalence of European foulbrood across 15 Member States:

http://ec.europa.eu/food/animals/live_animals/bees/docs/bee-report_en.pdf.

1st Jul 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 611W, on abortion, how many of the forms returned to registered medical practitioners are pending completion; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that evidence of breaches of the Abortion Act 1967 is referred to the relevant authorities.

The Department has recently issued guidance to help clinicians comply with the requirements of the Abortion Act, including their obligations with regard to the completing of HSA4 forms.

Incorrectly filled in HSA4 forms are returned to the terminating practitioner by the Department of Health until such information is corrected. Establishing the number of forms returned between 2009 and 2013 still pending completion can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

1st Jul 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that evidence of breaches of the Abortion Act 1967 arising from incomplete abortion notification HSA4 forms is referred to the relevant authorities; and if he will make a statement.

The Department has recently issued guidance to help clinicians comply with the requirements of the Abortion Act, including their obligations with regard to the completing of HSA4 forms.

Incorrectly filled in HSA4 forms are returned to the terminating practitioner by the Department of Health until such information is corrected. Establishing the number of forms returned between 2009 and 2013 still pending completion can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

16th Dec 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the future of criminal advocacy and the implementation of the recommendations of the Jeffrey Report.

The Jeffrey Review clearly identifies a number of challenges for criminal advocacy services. The Government is committed to working with the profession in the first half of 2015 to make progress on reforms that will ensure the legal aid advocacy market operates competitively, sustainably and in such a way as to optimise quality. In particular, the Government proposes to take steps to ensure that defendants in criminal cases always have an informed and effective choice of the advocate who is to represent them. The Government also proposes to take measures to strengthen the current ban by the Legal Aid Agency on the payment or receipt of referral fees and to address any potential conflicts of interest. We want to make sure that defendants are fully aware of the choices available to them and that only advocates who are sufficiently qualified by their training and experience represent defendants in cases in the Crown Court.