Twice breaking with his party to back the Tobacco and Vapes Bill — at Second Reading in November 2024 and again at Third Reading in March 2025 — Vickers is otherwise a near-perfect Conservative loyalist, voting with his party 99.5% of the time. His recent activity fits that pattern: he backed the Conservative opposition motion on defence spending in June 2026, voted to preserve judicial oversight in the National Security (State Threats) Bill, and opposed the government's timetabling of that legislation, consistent with his strong record on parliamentary scrutiny.
Vickers votes in 72% of divisions — slightly below the Commons average — and his stance profile is sharply conservative: 100% against tax increases, 96% aligned with pro-business positions, and 96% backing parliamentary scrutiny. He deviates from his party colleagues by voting more restrictively on assisted dying and less often in support of housing development. His 278 contributions span 215 debates, with economy and jobs dominating, followed by local government, defence, and health.
Constituency work features prominently in his recent news coverage. He has campaigned for two decades for a Cleethorpes-to-London rail link, raised the Lindsey Oil Refinery bid rejections in a parliamentary debate, and pushed government on job losses in North Lincolnshire. He sits on the Backbench Business Committee and the Panel of Chairs. Voting data and speech records are available; news sentiment scores across the past 90 days are largely neutral, with transport coverage carrying the most positive signal.
