Voting Record — David Anderson MP, Blaydon (11427)

David Anderson

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
8 May 2015 3 May 2017 Lab 1 vote out of 274, 0.4% 274 votes out of 467, 58.7% 0 times
6 May 2010 30 Mar 2015 Lab 5 votes out of 685, 0.7% 685 votes out of 1239, 55.3% 33 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 7 votes out of 1004, 0.7% 1004 votes out of 1288, 78.0% 3 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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HouseDateSubjectDavid AndersonLab VoteRôle
3 May 2017Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland,
3 May 2017Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
Commons8 Feb 2017Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) Between the European Union and Canada minorityaye Rebel
5 Sep 2016Stopped being Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
4 Jul 2016Became Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland,
27 Jun 2016Became Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
27 Jun 2016Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
1 Feb 2016Stopped being Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
14 Jan 2016Became Opposition Whip (Commons),
6 Jul 2015Became Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
6 Jul 2015Became Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
HouseDateSubjectDavid AndersonLab VoteRôle
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Backbench Business Committee
Commons3 Feb 2015Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 minorityaye Rebel
Commons27 Oct 2014Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP minorityno Rebel
30 Jun 2014Became Member, Backbench Business Committee
14 May 2014Stopped being Member, Backbench Business Committee
Commons9 Jul 2013Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill — Clause 1 — Transparancy of Political Donations — Start Date minorityno Rebel
10 Jun 2013Became Member, Backbench Business Committee
Commons20 May 2013Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 3 — Conscientious Objection From Registrars to Marrying Same Sex Couples minorityno Rebel
25 Apr 2013Stopped being Member, Backbench Business Committee
12 Jun 2012Became Member, Backbench Business Committee
Commons12 Mar 2012Backbench Business Committee — Election of Members and Chair — Operation of Committee minorityaye Rebel
24 Oct 2011Became Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
7 Oct 2011Stopped being Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons),
Commons14 Sep 2011Energy Bill — Clause 42 — Bring Forward Date Landlords of Private Rented Homes Must Follow Domestic Energy Efficiency Regulations tellayeaye Teller
Commons14 Sep 2011Energy Bill — New Clause 1 — Purpose of Green Deal Loans tellayeaye Teller
Commons12 Sep 2011Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Clause 1 — Police and Crime Commissioners tellnono Teller
Commons12 Sep 2011Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Clause 1 — Police and Crime Commissioners tellnono Teller
Commons7 Sep 2011Health and Social Care Bill — Transfer of Responsibilities on Abolition of Strategic Health Authorities tellayeaye Teller
Commons7 Sep 2011Health and Social Care Bill — Should Secretary of State for Health "Secure" or "Provide or Secure" Services tellayeaye Teller
Commons22 Jun 2011Opposition Day — The Economy tellnono Teller
Commons23 May 2011Opposition Day — Police and Crime Commissioners tellayeaye Teller
Commons17 May 2011Localism Bill — Clause 90 — Production of Joint Infrastructure Planning Guidance tellayeaye Teller
Commons17 May 2011Localism Bill — New Clause 31 — Planning Permission for Betting Shops tellayeaye Teller
Commons17 May 2011Localism Bill — New Clause 29 — Retail Diversity Scheme tellayeaye Teller
Commons17 May 2011Localism Bill — New Clause 15 — Clarification Local Finance Considerations Can Be Taken Into Account When Determining Planning Application tellnono Teller
Commons30 Mar 2011Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — New Schedule 1 — Police and Crime Panels tellnono Teller
Commons30 Mar 2011Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — New Clause 5 — Memorandum of Understanding on Roles of Chief Constables vs Police and Crime Commissioners tellayeaye Teller
Commons29 Mar 2011Budget Resolution — Capital Allowances — Tax Breaks for Investing in Machinery and Green Technology tellnono Teller
Commons29 Mar 2011March 2011 Budget tellnono Teller
Commons15 Mar 2011Scotland Bill — New Clause 19 — Devolution of Powers Relating to Food Labelling and Content tellayeaye Teller
Commons15 Mar 2011Scotland Bill — New Clause 9 — Devolution of Responsibility for Rail Services to the Scottish Parliament tellayeaye Teller
Commons9 Mar 2011Welfare Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading tellayeaye Teller
Commons16 Feb 2011Opposition Day — Youth Unemployment tellayeaye Teller
Commons19 Jan 2011Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance tellnono Teller
Commons19 Jan 2011Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance tellayeaye Teller
Commons18 Jan 2011Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — New Clause 4 — Power of the Monarch to Decide When Parliament Meets tellayeaye Teller
Commons12 Jan 2011Postal Services Bill — Third Reading — Privatisation of Royal Mail tellnono Teller
Commons11 Jan 2011European Union Bill — Annual Report on Court Challenge of Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis tellayeaye Teller
20 Dec 2010Stopped being Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
3 Nov 2010Stopped being Member, Backbench Business Committee
Commons1 Nov 2010Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 12 — Boundary Commission proposals: publicity and consultation tellayeaye Teller
Commons26 Oct 2010Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill — Second Reading tellnono Teller
Commons25 Oct 2010Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — New Clause 7 — Reduction of maximum number of Ministers —rejected tellayeaye Teller
Commons20 Oct 2010Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 8 — Electoral Registration and Reports of the Boundary Commissions tellayeaye Teller
Commons20 Oct 2010Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 8 — Review Welsh Parliamentry Constituancies With Respect to Further Devoloution tellayeaye Teller
Commons13 Oct 2010Superannuation Bill — Third Reading tellnono Teller
Commons13 Oct 2010Superannuation Bill — Clause 1 — Limits on value of benefits provided under civil service compensation scheme tellayeaye Teller
Commons13 Oct 2010Superannuation Bill — New Clause 1 — Consents required for civil service compensation scheme modifications tellnono Teller
8 Oct 2010Became Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons),
26 Jul 2010Became Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
12 Jul 2010Became Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
29 Jun 2010Became Member, Backbench Business Committee
6 May 2010Stopped being Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
6 May 2010Stopped being Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee
HouseDateSubjectDavid AndersonLab VoteRôle
Commons16 Oct 2009Clause 4 — Commencement and retrospective effect tellayeaye Teller
Commons16 Oct 2009Clause 4 — Commencement and retrospective effect tellnono Teller
Commons16 Oct 2009Clause 2 — Pleural thickening and asbestosis tellnono Teller
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret minorityaye Rebel
19 Jan 2009Became Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee
16 Jan 2009Stopped being PPS (Bill Rammell, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
16 Oct 2008Became PPS (Bill Rammell, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
16 Oct 2008Stopped being PPS (Bill Rammell, Minister of State), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
28 Jun 2007Became PPS (Bill Rammell, Minister of State), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
28 Jun 2007Stopped being PPS (Bill Rammell, Minister of State), Department for Education and Skills
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament minorityaye Rebel
20 Nov 2006Became PPS (Bill Rammell, Minister of State), Department for Education and Skills
30 Oct 2006Stopped being Member, Procedure Committee
Commons14 Mar 2006Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs Majorityaye Rebel
12 Jul 2005Became Member, Procedure Committee
12 Jul 2005Became Member, Northern Ireland Affairs 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.

AgreementPolicy
20% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
6% Academy Schools - for
50% Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
91% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
5% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
38% Apprenticeships
0% Assisted Dying
41% Asylum System - More strict
50% Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
87% Bankers' Bonus Tax
50% Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
75% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16% Closed Material Proceedure
25% Coalition Programme for Government - For
92% Control Orders
100% Crossrail - In favour
13% Cull Badgers
77% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Do more to help refugees inclding children
0% Employee Shareholder Status
15% Encourage and incentivise saving
0% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
82% Energy Prices - More Affordable
0% English Votes on English Laws etc.
5% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
70% European Union Integration - For
12% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
19% Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
38% Fixed Term Parliaments
35% For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
75% Fully Elected House of Lords
55% Further devolution to Scotland
53% Further devolution to Wales
65% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% GP Commissioning in the NHS
83% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
29% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
40% Higher taxes on banks
25% Higher taxes on sugary drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
74% Homosexuality - Equal rights
58% HS2 - In Favour
73% Human Rights and Equality
100% Identity cards - For introduction
67% In Favour of Mass Surveillance
60% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
83% Incentivise membership of press regulator
22% Increase Air Passenger Duty
16% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
17% Increase VAT
67% Inheritance Tax
13% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
83% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
99% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
13% Localise Council Tax Support
39% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
30% Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
60% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
63% Mansion Tax
66% Mass Retention of Communications Data
40% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50% Member trustees on pension boards
0% Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
33% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
63% Minimum Wage
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50% More funds for social care
65% More powers for local councils
31% No detention without charge or trial
86% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
98% Nuclear power - For
66% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83% Pension auto-enrolment - For
30% Phase out of Tenancies for Life
0% Police and Crime Commissioners
98% Post office - in favour of Government policy
2% Post office closures - against
50% Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
75% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0% Privatise Royal Mail
31% Promote Occupational Pensions
53% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99% Public Ownership of Railways
87% Rail Fares - Lower
21% Reduce capital gains tax
8% Reduce central funding for local government
16% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
10% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
5% Reducing the number of MPs - for
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
52% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
17% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29% Register of Lobbyists
66% Regulate letting agent fees
50% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
17% Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
63% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
27% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100% Retain funds from council house sales locally
0% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
56% Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50% Right to strike
37% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
80% Same Sex Marriage - for
24% Schools - Greater Autonomy
0% Sell England's Public Forests
73% Smoking ban - In favour
75% State control of bus services
63% Stop climate change
94% Support current and former armed service members
56% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
7% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
6% Tougher on illegal immigration
7% Trade Unions - Restrict
54% Transparency of Parliament
64% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0% University Tuition Fees - For
50% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
75% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
80% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
92% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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