Voting Record — Siân James MP, Swansea East (11863)

Siân James

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From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	3 votes out of 615, 0.5%	615 votes out of 1239, 49.6%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	10 votes out of 1046, 1.0%	1046 votes out of 1288, 81.2%	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	Siân James	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
Commons	26 Sep 2014	UK Air Strikes Against ISIL in Iraq	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Aug 2013	Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Evidence of Domestic Abuse Used In Relation to Eligibility for Civil Legal Aid	Majority	aye	Rebel
16 May 2011	Stopped being Member, Justice Committee
22 Nov 2010	Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
26 Jul 2010	Became Member, Administration Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Procedure Committee
House	Date	Subject	Siân James	Lab Vote	Rôle
16 Jan 2009	Stopped being PPS (Gareth Thomas, Minister of State), Department for International Development
16 Jan 2009	Stopped being PPS (Gareth Thomas, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
30 Dec 2008	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Paul Murphy, Secretary of State), Wales Office
30 Dec 2008	Became PPS (Gareth Thomas, Minister of State), Department for International Development
30 Dec 2008	Became PPS (Gareth Thomas, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
10 Dec 2008	Stopped being PPS (Mr Gareth Thomas), Department for International Development
27 Nov 2008	Became PPS (Mr Gareth Thomas), Department for International Development
27 Nov 2008	Stopped being PPS (Mr Gareth Thomas ), Department for International Development
13 Nov 2008	Became PPS (Rt Hon Paul Murphy, Secretary of State), Wales Office
13 Nov 2008	Became PPS (Mr Gareth Thomas ), Department for International Development
13 Nov 2007	Stopped being Member, Crossrail Bill Committee
6 Nov 2007	Became Member, Justice Committee
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Feb 2007	Orders of the Day — Clause 7 — Limitation on challenge of issue of certificate	both	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Oct 2006	Points of Order — Gambling Act 2005 (Amendment)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs	Majority	aye	Rebel
5 Dec 2005	Became Member, Crossrail Bill Committee
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 28 Days — but not 60	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 90 Days	Majority	aye	Rebel
17 Jul 2005	Became Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
12 Jul 2005	Became Member, Procedure 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
0%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
16%	Academy Schools - for
63%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
83%	Apprenticeships
99%	Asylum System - More strict
65%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
80%	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
27%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
100%	Control Orders
100%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Cull Badgers
77%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
100%	Easier access to abortion
40%	Employee Shareholder Status
50%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
93%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
24%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
73%	European Union Integration - For
16%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
29%	Fixed Term Parliaments
19%	Fully Elected House of Lords
46%	Further devolution to Scotland
50%	Further devolution to Wales
48%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
7%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
100%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
42%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
43%	Higher taxes on banks
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
92%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
70%	HS2 - In Favour
50%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
50%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
33%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
25%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
24%	Increase VAT
50%	Inheritance Tax
5%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
67%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
96%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
13%	Localise Council Tax Support
57%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88%	Mansion Tax
95%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
38%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
88%	Minimum Wage
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
54%	More powers for local councils
44%	No detention without charge or trial
58%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
98%	Nuclear power - For
58%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
98%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
9%	Police and Crime Commissioners
100%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
0%	Post office closures - against
50%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
15%	Privatise Royal Mail
47%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Public Ownership of Railways
64%	Rail Fares - Lower
98%	Reduce capital gains tax
38%	Reduce central funding for local government
50%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
23%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
32%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
24%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
14%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
33%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
8%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
17%	Register of Lobbyists
84%	Regulate letting agent fees
67%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
83%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
27%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
12%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42%	Right to strike
23%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
90%	Same Sex Marriage - for
20%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
82%	Smoking ban - In favour
100%	State control of bus services
54%	Stop climate change
78%	Support current and former armed service members
34%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
33%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transparency of Parliament
17%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
1%	University Tuition Fees - For
29%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
100%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
50%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Siân James MP, Swansea East (11863)

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