Damian Hinds.

Damian Hinds has broken with his Conservative colleagues twice on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill — voting at both Second and Third Reading to back a generational ban on tobacco sales — one of only a handful of deviations from a near-perfect 99.6% party-line record. Beyond that single rebel thread, his recent activity has been dominated by local campaigning: he has written to NHS trusts over community hospital bed cuts, spoken in Westminster Hall against Hampshire's local government reorganisation, and publicly challenged proposals to merge police forces, calling the case for "mega" forces unproven.

His parliamentary participation sits at 79%, somewhat below the Commons average, but he contributes heavily in debate — 530 contributions across 141 debates, with education and economic topics leading. Consistent voting patterns confirm a conventional Conservative profile: 100% against tax increases, 96% aligned with pro-business positions, and near-zero alignment with workers' rights or progressive taxation measures. He supported blocking the Immigration and Asylum Bill and opposed trade union electronic balloting, arguing the safeguards were insufficient. One notable deviation from his party average: he scores lower on civil liberties (42% versus a party average of 59%) and is more sceptical of assisted dying access than most Conservative colleagues.

His former Cabinet role as Education Secretary surfaces in his speeches — education tops his debate topics by some margin — and he sits on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee. Local news coverage, though limited, paints a consistent picture of an MP actively raising constituency concerns rather than a passive backbencher. No data is available on recent news sentiment trends.