Corporation Tax 2016-17 — 23 Mar 2015 at 21:39

Andy Burnham MP, Leigh voted against charging corporation tax in the financial year 2016-17 with a main rate of 20%.

The majority of MPs voted to charge corporation tax in the financial year 2016-17 with a main rate of 20%.

The motion approved by the majority of MPs was:

  • That—
  • (1) Corporation tax is charged for the financial year 2016.
  • (2) For that year the main rate of corporation tax is 20%.

Paragraph 2.136 of the March 2015 budget documents[1] states: "Corporation Tax rate – The government will legislate to set the rate of Corporation Tax at 20% for the financial year beginning on 1 April 2016. (Finance Bill 2015)

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Alliance1 00100.0%
Con283 (+1 tell) 0093.7%
DUP6 0075.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab0 230 (+2 tell)089.9%
LDem44 (+1 tell) 0080.4%
PC0 30100.0%
SNP0 60100.0%
UKIP2 00100.0%
Total:337 240090.8%

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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