Finance Bill — Clause 4 — Phasing Out of Additional Tax Free Income Tax Allowance for Those Aged 65 or over — 2 Jul 2012 at 22:00

The majority of MPs voted to phase out the additional tax free income tax allowance for those aged 65 or over.

MPs were considering the Finance Bill[1] and voted to reject an amendment which proposed leaving out clause 4[2].

Clause 4[2] changes the basis of eligibility for income tax personal allowances from age to date of birth; the effecting being to start the phasing out of the age related additions to the personal allowance for those aged 65 or older.

The chancellor, George Osborne MP explained the change during his March 2012 budget speech[3]:

  • So over time we will simplify the tax system for pensioners by doing away with the complexity of the additional age-related allowances for anyone reaching the age of 65 on or after 6 April 2013, and I will freeze the cash value of the allowance for existing pensioners until it aligns with the personal allowance. This will protect the existing level of allowance pensioners have while introducing a new single personal allowance for all.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con264 (+1 tell) 1086.9%
DUP0 2025.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Lab0 221 (+2 tell)086.8%
LDem48 (+1 tell) 0086.0%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 2066.7%
SNP0 60100.0%
Total:312 236086.1%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)aye

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