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Ballot for private members' bills for session 2019/20

Thursday, 24 October 2019 09:53

The ballot for Commons Private Members’ Bills for the 2019-20 session took place at 9am on Thursday 24 October. Conservative MP Nigel Mills' name was drawn in first place. The Chairman of Ways and Means, Lindsay Hoyle MP, drew the names of 20 MPs in reverse order. The Member drawn at position one has the first choice of a Private Members’ Bill Friday to debate their Bill. Position in the ballot:...Request free trial

The ballot for Commons Private Members’ Bills for the 2019-20 session took place at 9am on Thursday 24 October. Conservative MP Nigel Mills' name was drawn in first place.

The Chairman of Ways and Means, Lindsay Hoyle MP, drew the names of 20 MPs in reverse order. The Member drawn at position one has the first choice of a Private Members’ Bill Friday to debate their Bill.

Position in the ballot:

Nigel Mills (Conservative, Amber Valley)
John Stevenson (Conservative, Carlisle)
Annelise Dodds (Labour, Oxford East)
Anne Marie Morris (Conservative, Newton Abbot)
Lisa Forbes (Labour, Peterborough)
James Brokenshire (Conservative, Old Bexley and Sidcup)
Sir Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat, Twickenham)
Frank Field (Independent, Birkenhead)
Tracey Brabin (Labour, Batley and Spen)
Sir Michael Fallon (Conservative, Sevenoaks
Damien Moore (Conservative, Southport)
Anna Turley (Labour, Redcar)
Damian Hinds (Conservative, East Hampshire)
Preet Kaur Gill (Labour, Birmingham, Edgbaston)
Kirstene Hair (Conservative, Angus)
John Woodcock (Independent, Barrow and Furness)
Caroline Flint (Labour, Don Valley)
Naz Shah (Labour, Bradford West)
Vicky Ford (Conservative, Chelmsford)
Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour, Poplar and Limehouse)

The ballot for Private Members’ Bills gives MPs the chance to be one of the first 20 to introduce a Private Members’ Bill on a subject of their choice this session. Those drawn higher in the ballot are more likely to get time to debate their Bill and therefore their Bills will have a higher chance of becoming law.

Presentation of Bills

The Ballot Bills will have their First Reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday 13 November 2019 and will then be considered on sitting Fridays.
The dates of sitting Fridays in the 2019-20 session have yet to be announced.