John Healey MP, Wentworth and Dearne

voted ambiguously on the policy

Measures to reduce tax avoidance.

by scoring 40.7% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
HouseDateSubjectJohn HealeyPolicy vote
Commons25 Mar 2013March 2013 Budget minorityMajority (strong)
Commons15 Apr 2013Finance Bill 2013 — Second Reading minorityMajority (strong)
Commons1 Jul 2013Finance Bill — New Clause 12 — International Tax Transparency for Multi-National Companies minorityminority
Commons2 Jul 2013Finance Bill — Third Reading minorityMajority (strong)
Commons11 Feb 2015Opposition Day — Reducing Tax Avoidance minorityminority
HouseDateSubjectJohn HealeyPolicy vote
Commons13 Apr 2016Tax Avoidance and Evasion absentminority (strong)
Commons19 Apr 2016Bank of England and Financial Services Bill — Combating Abusive Tax Avoidance Arrangements minorityminority (strong)
Commons28 Jun 2016Finance Bill — Schedule 19 — Multinational Enterprises — Publication of Country by Country Tax Strategy minorityminority (strong)
Commons18 Apr 2017Finance (No. 2) Bill 2017 — Decline Second Reading absentMajority (strong)
Commons18 Apr 2017Finance (No. 2) Bill 2017 — Second Reading minorityMajority (strong)
HouseDateSubjectJohn HealeyPolicy vote
Commons12 Nov 2018Finance Bill — Decline Second Reading minorityMajority (strong)
Commons12 Nov 2018Finance Bill — Second Reading minorityMajority (strong)
HouseDateSubjectJohn HealeyPolicy vote
Commons20 Jan 2020Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — Economy and Jobs minorityminority
Commons25 Feb 2020Proper Funding of Public Services — Tax Avoidance and Evasion minorityminority (strong)
Commons1 Jul 2020Finance Bill — Schedule 1 — Workers’ Services Provided Through Intermediaries — Responsibility for Determining if Off-Payroll Working Rules Apply minorityminority

How the number is calculated

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

Questions about this formula can be discussed on the forum.

No of votesPointsOut of
Most important votes (50 points)   
MP voted with policy3150150
MP voted against policy60300
MP absent250100
Less important votes (10 points)   
MP voted with policy44040
MP voted against policy000
Less important absentees (2 points)   
MP absent*000
Total:240590

*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

agreement score
MP's points
total points
 = 
240
590
 = 40.7 %.


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