Voting Record — Holly Lynch MP, Halifax (25434)

Holly Lynch is currently Member, Committee of Selection and Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons),

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
13 Dec 2019	still in office	Lab	1 vote out of 769, 0.1%	769 votes out of 1040, 73.9%	1 time
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	0 votes out of 320, 0.0%	320 votes out of 463, 69.1%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	3 votes out of 328, 0.9%	328 votes out of 467, 70.2%	39 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	Holly Lynch	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Jan 2024	Protecting Steel in the UK	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
16 Oct 2023	Became Member, Committee of Selection
5 Sep 2023	Became Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons),
5 Sep 2023	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Home Office),
15 Mar 2023	Stopped being Member, Firearms Bill Committee
8 Mar 2023	Became Member, Firearms Bill Committee
1 Feb 2023	Stopped being Member, Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee
25 Jan 2023	Became Member, Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee
18 Oct 2022	Stopped being Member, National Security Bill Committee
29 Jun 2022	Became Member, National Security Bill Committee
4 Nov 2021	Stopped being Member, Nationality and Borders Bill Committee
16 Sep 2021	Became Member, Nationality and Borders Bill Committee
11 May 2020	Stopped being Member, Home Affairs Committee
10 Apr 2020	Became Shadow Minister (Home Office),
2 Mar 2020	Became Member, Home Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Holly Lynch	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
30 Jul 2018	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Flooding and Coastal Communities),
3 Jul 2017	Became Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Flooding and Coastal Communities),
House	Date	Subject	Holly Lynch	Lab Vote	Rôle
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Women and Equalities Committee
28 Feb 2017	Became Member, Women and Equalities Committee
28 Feb 2017	Stopped being Member, Procedure Committee
9 Oct 2016	Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons	12 Sep 2016	Wales Bill — New Clause 3 — Rail: Franchising of Passenger Services — Public Sector Rail Operators in Wales	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	6 Sep 2016	Finance Bill — New Clause 15 — VAT on Installation of Energy Saving Materials	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Jul 2016	Draft Civil Proceedings, First-tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal and Employment Tribunals Fees (Amendment) Order 2016	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Jul 2016	Review of Primary Assessment and the 2016 SATs Results	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Jul 2016	Environmental Protection After Removal of European Union Law	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	6 Jul 2016	EU Nationals Currently Living in the UK — Right to Remain	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	13 Jun 2016	Policing and Crime Bill — Parity of Funding Between Police and Families at Inquests	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	26 May 2016	Queen's Speech — Programme of Legislation	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 May 2016	Queen's Speech — Human Rights — Steel Industry — Budget Setting Principle	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 May 2016	Housing and Planning Bill — New Clause — Permitted Carbon Dixoide Emission Rate for New Homes	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 May 2016	Housing and Planning Bill — Clause 78 — Mandatory Rent Level for High Income Local Authority Tenants	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 May 2016	Housing and Planning Bill — Clause 72 — Vacant High Value Local Authority Housing — Local Retention of Funds for Social Housing	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 May 2016	Housing and Planning Bill — Clause 4 — Provision of Discounted Starter Homes	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Apr 2016	Finance Bill 2015-16 to 2016-17 — Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2016	Draft Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 — Reduction in Income Rise Disregard	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Feb 2016	Opposition Day — Police Funding, Crime and Community Safety	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Feb 2016	Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Clause 13 — Employment and Support Allowance: Work-Related Activity Component	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Feb 2016	Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Reports on Child Poverty	tellno	no	Teller
1 Feb 2016	Became Member, Procedure Committee
Commons	25 Jan 2016	Childcare Bill — New Clause 2 — Consideration of Attainment and Development Gaps When Implementing Free Childcare	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2016	Childcare Bill — New Clause 1 — Report On Implementation of 30 Hours Per Week Free Childcare for Working Parents	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Jan 2016	Opposition Day — Public Ownership of Railways — Bus Regulation	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Jan 2016	Opposition Day — Student Maintenance Grants	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Jan 2016	Housing and Planning Bill — Programme	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Dec 2015	Opposition Day — Impact of Policies on Women	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Dec 2015	Opposition Day — Mental Health	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2015	Opposition Day — Protecting the Education Budget	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Nov 2015	Opposition Day — The Economy — Tax Credits — Investment in Science, Technology and Green Jobs	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Nov 2015	Scotland Bill — Clause 32 — Power for Scottish Parliament to Set Quotas for Those with Protected Characteristics	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Nov 2015	Scotland Bill — New Clause 1 — Independent Commission on Devolving Full Powers Over Taxation and Spending to Scotland	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Nov 2015	Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill — Database of Innovative Treatments — Departure from Accepted Practice — Money	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Oct 2015	Opposition Day — Steel Industry	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	26 Oct 2015	Finance Bill 2015-16 — Third Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Oct 2015	Finance Bill — New Clause 7 — VAT on Sanitary Protection Products	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	26 Oct 2015	Finance Bill — New Clause 9 — Inheritance Tax Review	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	26 Oct 2015	Finance Bill — Clause 42 — Vehicle Tax — Relation to Carbon Dioxide Emissions — Surcharge for Vehicles Costing Over Forty Thousand Pounds	tellaye	aye	Teller
26 Oct 2015	Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
Commons	22 Oct 2015	Standing Orders — Veto for MPs from England, Wales and Northern Ireland Over Laws Affecting Just Their Parts of the UK	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Oct 2015	Standing Orders — Veto for MPs from England, Wales and Northern Ireland Over Laws Affecting Just Their Parts of the UK	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Oct 2015	Standing Orders — Trial Period for Veto for MPs from England, Wales and Northern Ireland Over Laws Affecting Just Their Parts of the UK	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Oct 2015	Standing Orders — Veto for MPs from England, Wales and Northern Ireland Over Laws Affecting Just Their Parts of the UK	tellaye	aye	Teller
18 Sep 2015	Became Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons	11 Sep 2015	Assisted Dying Bill — Second Reading	minority	no	Rebel
20 Jul 2015	Became Member, Environmental Audit 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
7%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
23%	Academy Schools - for
90%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
74%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
0%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
92%	Apprenticeships
100%	Assisted Dying
5%	Asylum System - More strict
21%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
17%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
17%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
0%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
94%	Easier access to abortion
52%	Employment rights
42%	Encourage and incentivise saving
71%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
63%	Environmental water quality
20%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
75%	European Union Integration - For
0%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
100%	Fire Safety
67%	Fixed Term Parliaments
72%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
25%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
50%	Fully Elected House of Lords
77%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
68%	Further devolution to Scotland
79%	Further devolution to Wales
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
82%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
17%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
87%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
63%	HS2 - In Favour
100%	Human Rights and Equality
76%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
50%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
0%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
53%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
44%	Increase VAT
60%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
50%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
100%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
75%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
70%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
75%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
64%	Minimum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
77%	More powers for local councils
100%	More restrictive planning laws
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
50%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
75%	Nuclear power - For
84%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
75%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
8%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
77%	Public Ownership of Railways
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
17%	Reduce capital gains tax
0%	Reduce central funding for local government
100%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
16%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
36%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
50%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
76%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
69%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
50%	Regulate letting agent fees
0%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
50%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
50%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
0%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
69%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50%	Right to strike
81%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
98%	State control of bus services
82%	Stop climate change
76%	Support current and former armed service members
0%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
7%	Termination of pregnancy - against
11%	Tougher on illegal immigration
17%	Trade Unions - Restrict
63%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
75%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
75%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
50%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
83%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2015-2017, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

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Voting Record — Holly Lynch MP, Halifax (25434)

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