Income Tax 2015-16 — 23 Mar 2015 at 21:39

David Gauke MP, South West Hertfordshire voted to charge income tax in the 2015-16 financial year and to set the basic rate at 20%, the higher rate at 40% and the additional rate at 45%.

The majority of MPs voted to charge income tax in the 2015-16 financial year and to set the basic rate at 20%, the higher rate at 40% and the additional rate at 45%.

The majority of MPs voted in favour of a motion stating:

  • That—
  • (1) Income tax is charged for the tax year 2015-16.
  • (2) For that tax year—
  • (a) the basic rate is 20%,
  • (b) the higher rate is 40%, and
  • (c) the additional rate is 45%.
  • And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con286 (+1 tell) 0094.7%
DUP6 0075.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab0 230 (+2 tell)089.9%
LDem44 (+1 tell) 0080.4%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 2066.7%
SNP0 60100.0%
UKIP2 00100.0%
Total:339 243091.1%

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
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