Following his election as the MP for Enfield North in 2010, with a majority of 1,692, de Bois served on the Public Administration Committee from 2010 to 2011, and the Justice Committee from 2011 onwards. In 2012 he was elected by his fellow Conservative MPs as Secretary of the 1922 Committee of backbenchers, which regularly meets with senior party figures advising them on the views of Conservative MPs.
