Wera Hobhouse Sparring Partners during the 2019 Parliament
2017-2019 Parliament
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Penny Mordaunt (Conservative)
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
(87 debate interactions)
Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative)
(86 debate interactions)
Robert Jenrick (Conservative)
(25 debate interactions)
Mark Spencer (Conservative)
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(24 debate interactions)
Graham Stuart (Conservative)
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(23 debate interactions)
Michael Gove (Conservative)
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
(21 debate interactions)
Nigel Evans (Conservative)
(21 debate interactions)
Steve Barclay (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(19 debate interactions)
Boris Johnson (Conservative)
(18 debate interactions)
Caroline Lucas (Green Party)
(18 debate interactions)
Robert Buckland (Conservative)
(17 debate interactions)
Greg Hands (Conservative)
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
(17 debate interactions)
Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative)
(16 debate interactions)
James Cartlidge (Conservative)
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
(15 debate interactions)
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
(15 debate interactions)
Priti Patel (Conservative)
(14 debate interactions)
Rachel Maclean (Conservative)
(14 debate interactions)
Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party)
(14 debate interactions)
James Cleverly (Conservative)
Home Secretary
(14 debate interactions)
Grant Shapps (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Defence
(13 debate interactions)
Nigel Huddleston (Conservative)
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
(13 debate interactions)
John Redwood (Conservative)
(13 debate interactions)
Mark Harper (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Transport
(12 debate interactions)
Rishi Sunak (Conservative)
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
(11 debate interactions)
Alan Whitehead (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Climate Change and Net Zero)
(11 debate interactions)
Rebecca Pow (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(11 debate interactions)
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights)
(11 debate interactions)
Huw Merriman (Conservative)
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
(11 debate interactions)
Chris Philp (Conservative)
Minister of State (Home Office)
(10 debate interactions)
Andrew Bowie (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(10 debate interactions)
Andrew Mitchell (Conservative)
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
(10 debate interactions)
Dominic Raab (Conservative)
(9 debate interactions)
Thérèse Coffey (Conservative)
(9 debate interactions)
Sajid Javid (Conservative)
(9 debate interactions)
Paul Scully (Conservative)
(9 debate interactions)
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
(9 debate interactions)
Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Treasury)
(9 debate interactions)
Felicity Buchan (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
(9 debate interactions)
Kit Malthouse (Conservative)
(9 debate interactions)
Richard Fuller (Conservative)
(9 debate interactions)
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
(8 debate interactions)
John Hayes (Conservative)
(8 debate interactions)
Lucy Frazer (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
(8 debate interactions)
Gillian Keegan (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Education
(8 debate interactions)
Victoria Atkins (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
(8 debate interactions)
Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
(8 debate interactions)
Selaine Saxby (Conservative)
(8 debate interactions)
Trudy Harrison (Conservative)
(8 debate interactions)
Rosie Winterton (Labour)
(7 debate interactions)
Alok Sharma (Conservative)
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
(7 debate interactions)
Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Justice)
(7 debate interactions)
Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Chief Whip
(7 debate interactions)
Chloe Smith (Conservative)
(7 debate interactions)
Andrew Stephenson (Conservative)
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
(7 debate interactions)
Christopher Pincher (Independent)
(7 debate interactions)
Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker)
(7 debate interactions)
Kemi Badenoch (Conservative)
President of the Board of Trade
(7 debate interactions)
Mike Freer (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
(7 debate interactions)
Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative)
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(7 debate interactions)
Edward Argar (Conservative)
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
(7 debate interactions)
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Climate Change and Net Zero)
(7 debate interactions)
Danny Kruger (Conservative)
(7 debate interactions)
Victoria Prentis (Conservative)
Attorney General
(6 debate interactions)
Gavin Williamson (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Nusrat Ghani (Conservative)
Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
(6 debate interactions)
Vicky Ford (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Michael Ellis (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Steve Baker (Conservative)
Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
(6 debate interactions)
Will Quince (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Judith Cummins (Labour)
(6 debate interactions)
Eddie Hughes (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Claire Coutinho (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
(6 debate interactions)
Maria Miller (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op))
(6 debate interactions)
George Freeman (Conservative)
(6 debate interactions)
George Eustice (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op))
Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and International Development)
(5 debate interactions)
Elizabeth Truss (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Jo Gideon (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative)
(5 debate interactions)
Peter Dowd (Labour)
(5 debate interactions)
Andrew Griffith (Conservative)
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
(5 debate interactions)
Tulip Siddiq (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Treasury)
(5 debate interactions)
Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
(5 debate interactions)
Richard Holden (Conservative)
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
(5 debate interactions)
Gareth Davies (Conservative)
Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
(5 debate interactions)
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party)
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (House of Commons Business)
(4 debate interactions)
Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op))
Shadow Minister (Defence)
(4 debate interactions)
Douglas Ross (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Stuart Andrew (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
(4 debate interactions)
Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party)
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs)
(4 debate interactions)
Sarah Champion (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Graham Stringer (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Theresa May (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Anthony Mangnall (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Derek Thomas (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Anthony Browne (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
(4 debate interactions)
Jess Phillips (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party)
(4 debate interactions)
Craig Mackinlay (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
John McDonnell (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Scottish National Party)
(4 debate interactions)
Jeremy Quin (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Tim Loughton (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Wes Streeting (Labour)
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
(4 debate interactions)
Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative)
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
(4 debate interactions)
Peter Aldous (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Greg Smith (Conservative)
(4 debate interactions)
Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party)
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Brexit)
(4 debate interactions)
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
(3 debate interactions)
Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Diana Johnson (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Bim Afolami (Conservative)
Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
(3 debate interactions)
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
(3 debate interactions)
Justin Tomlinson (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Eleanor Laing (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Ruth Edwards (Conservative)
Assistant Whip
(3 debate interactions)
Paul Blomfield (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Damian Hinds (Conservative)
Minister of State (Education)
(3 debate interactions)
Robert Courts (Conservative)
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
(3 debate interactions)
Stephen Hammond (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
David Rutley (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(3 debate interactions)
Robert Neill (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Lee Rowley (Conservative)
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
(3 debate interactions)
Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Defence)
(3 debate interactions)
Imran Hussain (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Rupa Huq (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Stephen Kinnock (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Immigration)
(3 debate interactions)
Leo Docherty (Conservative)
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
(3 debate interactions)
Tom Pursglove (Conservative)
Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
(3 debate interactions)
Neil O'Brien (Conservative)
(3 debate interactions)
Amanda Solloway (Conservative)
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
(3 debate interactions)
Simon Hoare (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
(3 debate interactions)
Barry Gardiner (Labour)
(3 debate interactions)
Thangam Debbonaire (Labour)
Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
(2 debate interactions)
Matt Warman (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Kelly Tolhurst (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Bob Stewart (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party)
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Transport)
(2 debate interactions)
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour (Co-op))
Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade
(2 debate interactions)
Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op))
Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
(2 debate interactions)
Theresa Villiers (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Dan Carden (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Mims Davies (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
(2 debate interactions)
Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru)
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Treasury)
(2 debate interactions)
Sally-Ann Hart (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Geraint Davies (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
David Linden (Scottish National Party)
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Social Justice)
(2 debate interactions)
Nigel Adams (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education)
(2 debate interactions)
Philip Dunne (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Helen Whately (Conservative)
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
(2 debate interactions)
Cat Smith (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Nick Gibb (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op))
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(2 debate interactions)
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
(2 debate interactions)
Craig Williams (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Maggie Throup (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Jeremy Wright (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party)
(2 debate interactions)
Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Education) (Schools)
(2 debate interactions)
David Lammy (Labour)
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
(2 debate interactions)
Edward Miliband (Labour)
Shadow Secretary of State of Climate Change and Net Zero
(2 debate interactions)
Bob Seely (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Richard Graham (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Darren Jones (Labour)
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
(2 debate interactions)
Catherine West (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
(2 debate interactions)
Elliot Colburn (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Sarah Jones (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Industry and Decarbonisation)
(2 debate interactions)
Craig Whittaker (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Bernard Jenkin (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Richard Drax (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op))
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
(2 debate interactions)
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Mick Whitley (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Vicky Foxcroft (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
(2 debate interactions)
Andrea Jenkyns (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Mark Menzies (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
John Glen (Conservative)
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
(2 debate interactions)
Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)
Chancellor of the Exchequer
(2 debate interactions)
Sarah Green (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Trade)
(2 debate interactions)
David Johnston (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
(2 debate interactions)
Kieran Mullan (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Helen Hayes (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Education)
(2 debate interactions)
John Nicolson (Scottish National Party)
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
(2 debate interactions)
Guy Opperman (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
(2 debate interactions)
Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Roger Gale (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Margaret Ferrier (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
Chris Skidmore (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Steve Brine (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Patricia Gibson (Scottish National Party)
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Environment, Farming, Agriculture and Rural Affairs)
(2 debate interactions)
Sarah Dines (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Dawn Butler (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Women's Health and Mental Health)
(2 debate interactions)
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(2 debate interactions)
Laura Farris (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)
(2 debate interactions)
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Women and Equalities)
(2 debate interactions)
Gareth Bacon (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
(2 debate interactions)
Robin Walker (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Sarah Owen (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Daniel Zeichner (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(2 debate interactions)
Ben Bradshaw (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Levelling up, Housing and Communities)
(2 debate interactions)
Stephen Crabb (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Andrew Bridgen (Independent)
(2 debate interactions)
Michelle Donelan (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
(2 debate interactions)
Saqib Bhatti (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
(2 debate interactions)
Justin Madders (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Employment Rights and Protections)
(2 debate interactions)
Angela Rayner (Labour)
Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities & Local Government
(2 debate interactions)
Matt Western (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Education)
(2 debate interactions)
Andrew Western (Labour)
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(2 debate interactions)
Andrew Selous (Conservative)
Second Church Estates Commissioner
(2 debate interactions)
Jerome Mayhew (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
Carolyn Harris (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Olivia Blake (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Clive Efford (Labour)
(2 debate interactions)
Meg Hillier (Labour (Co-op))
(2 debate interactions)
Robbie Moore (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(2 debate interactions)
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
(2 debate interactions)
Neale Hanvey (Alba Party)
(2 debate interactions)
James Duddridge (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Andrew Murrison (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
(1 debate interactions)
Paul Maynard (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
(1 debate interactions)
Alex Chalk (Conservative)
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
(1 debate interactions)
Fay Jones (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Owen Thompson (Scottish National Party)
SNP Chief Whip
(1 debate interactions)
Simon Clarke (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
James Gray (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Yvonne Fovargue (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
David Amess (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Duncan Baker (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Nick Fletcher (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Clive Betts (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
(1 debate interactions)
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Andrew Gwynne (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Social Care)
(1 debate interactions)
Miriam Cates (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Matt Rodda (Labour)
Shadow Minister (AI and Intellectual Property)
(1 debate interactions)
Derek Twigg (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Paul Bristow (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Virginia Crosbie (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Rachel Hopkins (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Alex Burghart (Conservative)
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
(1 debate interactions)
Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour)
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(1 debate interactions)
Toby Perkins (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Nature and Rural Affairs)
(1 debate interactions)
Kevin Brennan (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Victims and Sentencing)
(1 debate interactions)
Jacob Young (Conservative)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
(1 debate interactions)
Caroline Johnson (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Yvette Cooper (Labour)
Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
(1 debate interactions)
Laurence Robertson (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru)
Shadow PC Chief Whip
(1 debate interactions)
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Development)
(1 debate interactions)
Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party)
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)
(1 debate interactions)
Ruth Cadbury (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Justice)
(1 debate interactions)
Mel Stride (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(1 debate interactions)
Charles Walker (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Peter Bone (Independent)
(1 debate interactions)
George Howarth (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Yasmin Qureshi (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Afzal Khan (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Health and Social Care)
(1 debate interactions)
Rushanara Ali (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Investment and Small Business)
(1 debate interactions)
Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party)
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Home Affairs)
(1 debate interactions)
Gerald Jones (Labour)
Opposition Whip (Commons)
(1 debate interactions)
Nadia Whittome (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
David Duguid (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Ruth Jones (Labour)
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(1 debate interactions)
Philip Davies (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Anna Firth (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Martin Vickers (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
John Whittingdale (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
James Heappey (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)