Statistics

MPs with the Most Debate Appearances

Current MPs ranked by the number of recorded debate appearances in the last 12 months, highest first.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker) has the most recorded debate appearances in the last 12 months, with 1,434 appearances.

  1. Sir Lindsay Hoyle , 1,434 appearances
  2. Jim Shannon , 1,221 appearances
  3. Ms Nusrat Ghani , 433 appearances
  4. Caroline Nokes , 362 appearances
  5. Sir Julian Lewis , 361 appearances

Showing 1-25 of 650 MPs

# MP Debate appearances
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Photograph of Sir Lindsay Hoyle Sir Lindsay Hoyle
1,434 appearances
2
Photograph of Jim Shannon Jim Shannon
1,221 appearances
3
Photograph of Ms Nusrat Ghani Ms Nusrat Ghani
433 appearances
4
Photograph of Caroline Nokes Caroline Nokes
362 appearances
5
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis Sir Julian Lewis
361 appearances
6
Photograph of Judith Cummins Judith Cummins
357 appearances
7
Photograph of Chris Vince Chris Vince
329 appearances
8
Photograph of Vikki Slade Vikki Slade
244 appearances
9
Photograph of Richard Foord Richard Foord
232 appearances
10
Photograph of Rachael Maskell Rachael Maskell
229 appearances
11
Photograph of Dr Andrew Murrison Dr Andrew Murrison
218 appearances
12
Photograph of Dr Ellie Chowns Dr Ellie Chowns
205 appearances
13
Photograph of Lincoln Jopp Lincoln Jopp
205 appearances
14
Photograph of Greg Smith Greg Smith
200 appearances
15
Photograph of Ben Obese-Jecty Ben Obese-Jecty
198 appearances
16
Photograph of Ms Julie Minns Ms Julie Minns
197 appearances
17
Photograph of Jess Brown-Fuller Jess Brown-Fuller
194 appearances
18
Photograph of Jim Allister Jim Allister
193 appearances
19
Photograph of Jayne Kirkham Jayne Kirkham
189 appearances
20
Photograph of Perran Moon Perran Moon
187 appearances
21
Photograph of Edward Morello Edward Morello
186 appearances
22
Photograph of John Slinger John Slinger
179 appearances
23
Photograph of Peter Swallow Peter Swallow
179 appearances
24
Photograph of Dr Scott Arthur Dr Scott Arthur
178 appearances
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Photograph of Tom Gordon Tom Gordon
177 appearances
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API

FAQs

How is this ranking calculated?

Current MPs ranked by the number of recorded debate appearances in the last 12 months, highest first.

Where does the data come from?

Rankings use official UK Parliament data, the Commons Votes API for voting and the Members API for MP details. Some measures are locally derived analysis by Ayes and Noes and are labelled as such; see the methodology on the statistics overview.

How often is it updated?

The ranking reflects the most recent data import. It refreshes as new divisions and member data are imported.

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