Bim Afolami
Born
1986
Crowthorne
School
Eton College
Independent (Clarendon)
University
University College, Oxford
Oxford or Cambridge
In office
0.6 years
Longer than 6% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation
In government
RS
Appointed by Rishi Sunak
1 post · 2023–2024
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Economic Secretary
Career
Before Parliament 3
Alongside Parliament 1
After office 6
Voting record
1,397
votes since 2017
2
votes against their own party, 0.1% of 1,379 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 145 votes
18
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst
Free votes their own view
- Aye
- Aye
- No
- Aye
- Aye
- Aye
- Aye
- No
- No
- Aye
- Aye
- AyeGeorge Eustice's motion H (EFTA and EEA)2019-03-27
Votes against their party latest 2
- Aye
- Aye
Read the full voting transcript (1,397 votes)
Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.
Bills sponsored
3
private member's bills, 3 as lead sponsor
1
of them became law
Private member's bills 3
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Became law
British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Act 20212020 · Private member's bill (ballot)
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Went no further than first reading
Rail Passenger (Compensation) Bill2018 · Private member's bill (presentation)
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Went no further than first reading
Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill2018 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
Taken from Parliament's own records of bills. A government bill carries the name of the minister who introduces it, so it says which brief they held, not that they wrote it. Private member's bills are the ones MPs and peers bring forward themselves, and very few become law.