Finance Bill — Increase in Value Added Tax Assessment of Impact on Pensioners — 13 Jul 2010 at 22:15

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted not to require an assessment of the impact on the proposed VAT increase on pensioners.

The majority of MPs rejected a proposal to require an assessment of the impact on the proposed VAT increase on pensioners.

The amendment requiring the report[1] was introduced by Liam Byrne MP, it read:

  • The Treasury shall prepare a report into the impact of the increase in VAT rate provided for by subsection (1) on pensioners in the United Kingdom in 2010-11 and 2011-12; this report shall be prepared and laid before the House of Commons prior to the Commons Committee stage of any further Finance Bill that is brought before the House in the current Parliamentary session and shall propose ways in which the pensioner population of the United Kingdom can be assisted in meeting the additional costs imposed on them by the rise provided for in subsection (1)

The Finance Bill[2] included provisions to increase the VAT rate from 17.5% to 20% as of the 4th of January 2011.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con273 (+2 tell) 0089.9%
DUP0 5062.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Lab0 230 (+2 tell)089.9%
LDem49 0086.0%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 2066.7%
SNP0 60100.0%
Total:322 247089.3%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
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