Voting Record — Stephen Hepburn MP, Jarrow (10274)

Stephen Hepburn

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	32 votes out of 351, 9.1%	351 votes out of 463, 75.8%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	2 votes out of 271, 0.7%	271 votes out of 467, 58.0%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	5 votes out of 758, 0.7%	758 votes out of 1239, 61.2%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	2 votes out of 972, 0.2%	972 votes out of 1288, 75.5%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	8 votes out of 959, 0.8%	959 votes out of 1246, 77.0%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	1 vote out of 982, 0.1%	982 votes out of 1273, 77.1%	0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Stephen Hepburn	Lab Vote	Rôle
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Commons	4 Sep 2019	Early Parliamentary General Election	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Jun 2019	Business of the House — Consideration of Motions on EU Withdrawal on 25 June 2019	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Apr 2019	Exiting the European Union — Delay Until 30 June 2019	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — Consideration by MPs of Any Withdrawal Delay Proposed by the European Council	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2019	Business of the House — European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — MPs to Decide if to Delay UK Withdrawal from EU	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2019	Business of the House — Consideration of Motions on EU Withdrawal on 8 April 2019	no	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Apr 2019	EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship — Motion (G) Parliamentary Supremacy — MPs to Decide Between Remaining in the EU and Leaving Without a Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Apr 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship — Motion (E) Confirmatory Public Vote on Withdrawal Agreement and Framework for Future Relationship	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Apr 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship — Motion (D) Common Market 2.0 — Retain Relatively Free Movement of People and Goods via European Free Trade Association Membership — External Tarriff Alignment with the EU	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Apr 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship — Motion (C) Customs Union	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (M) — Public Vote on Withdrawal Agreement and Framework for Future Relationship with the EU	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (L) — Opportunity to Decide Between Remaining In the EU and Leaving Without a Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (K) — Labour’s Alternative Plan	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (J) — Customs Union	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (D) — Retain Freedom of Movement of People and Goods via European Free Trade Association Membership	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	Business of the House — Proceedure for Consideration of the UK's Withdrawal From the EU	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2019	Business of the House — Precedence for Government Business	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2019	Business of the House — Enable MPs to Decide Between Leaving the European Union Without a Withdrawal Agreement and Delaying Withdrawal	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2019	Business of the House — Precedence for Government Business	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union — Delay Withdrawal if MPs Agree Withdrawal Agreement	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the EU — Preventing Delay Withdrawing Continuing Beyond 30 June 2019	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union — Leaving Without a Withdrawal Agreement	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union — Leaving Without an Agreement	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Feb 2019	UK Withdrawal from the EU — Leaving Without a Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Feb 2019	UK Withdrawal from the EU — Negotiation Aims	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Jan 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 — Reject Leaving the European Union Without a Withdrawal Agreement	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Jan 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 — Seek to Delay Withdrawal if no Withdrawal Agreement by 26 February 2019	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Jan 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 — Seek to Delay Withdrawal Until 31 December 2019 if no Withdrawal Agreement by 26 February 2019	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Jan 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 — Prioritising Debate on Withdrawal in the House of Commons — Enabling MPs to Amend Motions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2018	Restoration and Renewal — Lords and Commons Leaving the Palace of Westminister During Renovations	minority	aye	Rebel
11 Sep 2017	Became Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Stephen Hepburn	Lab Vote	Rôle
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Commons	8 Feb 2017	Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) Between the European Union and Canada	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Nov 2016	Iraq War — Investigation into Contrasts Between Public Statements and Private Policy	minority	no	Rebel
6 Jul 2015	Became Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
6 Jul 2015	Became Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Stephen Hepburn	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Commons	11 Mar 2015	Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Sep 2014	UK Air Strikes Against ISIL in Iraq	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Feb 2014	Children and Families Bill — Prohibition on Purchasing Tobacco for a Child and Regulation of Tobacco Products	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Aug 2013	Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
House	Date	Subject	Stephen Hepburn	Lab Vote	Rôle
26 Jan 2009	Became Member, Administration Committee
Commons	2 Apr 2008	Northern Rock plc Transfer Order 2008 — Not annulled	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Stephen Hepburn	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Accommodation and works Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became Member, Accommodation and works Committee
15 Mar 2004	Became Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Commons	14 May 2003	Finance Bill — Clause 138 — Approved Share Plans and Schemes	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — Maintain Prohibition on Promotion of Homosexuality (Section 28)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — New Clause 11 — Repeal of Section 2A of Local Government Act 1986	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Nov 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc.	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Stephen Hepburn	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 May 2001	Stopped being Member, Defence Committee
30 Jan 2001	Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
Commons	17 May 2000	Armed Forces (Minimum Age of Recruitment)	minority	aye	Rebel
8 Dec 1999	Became Member, Defence Committee
28 Jul 1997	Became Member, Administration Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
24%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Academy Schools - for
50%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
5%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
53%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
76%	Asylum System - More strict
0%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
100%	Ban fox hunting
88%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
81%	Business and community control of schools: For
20%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
24%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
100%	Control Orders
100%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
25%	Cull Badgers
25%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
32%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
75%	Easier access to abortion
20%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Employment rights
16%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
76%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
11%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
72%	European Union Integration - For
8%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
19%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
29%	Fixed Term Parliaments
58%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
2%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
44%	Fully Elected House of Lords
73%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
65%	Further devolution to Scotland
63%	Further devolution to Wales
37%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
83%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
90%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
26%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
54%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
62%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
63%	HS2 - In Favour
78%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
75%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
27%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
12%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
21%	Increase the state pension age
17%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
42%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
15%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
89%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
97%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
34%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
30%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88%	Mansion Tax
68%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
38%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
0%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
76%	Minimum Wage
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
50%	More funds for social care
63%	More powers for local councils
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
20%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
65%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
40%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
16%	Police and Crime Commissioners
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
86%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
38%	Promote Occupational Pensions
56%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
83%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
30%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
21%	Reduce capital gains tax
17%	Reduce central funding for local government
50%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
13%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
12%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
13%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
30%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
29%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
40%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
17%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
52%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
25%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
9%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
22%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
75%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
10%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
63%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50%	Right to strike
61%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
88%	Same Sex Marriage - for
19%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
66%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	State control of bus services
69%	Stop climate change
94%	Support current and former armed service members
48%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
32%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
12%	Tougher on illegal immigration
7%	Trade Unions - Restrict
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
71%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
8%	University education fees - Should be free
57%	University Tuition Fees - For
22%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
65%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
86%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Stephen Hepburn MP, Jarrow (10274)

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