Voting Record — Shailesh Vara MP, North West Cambridgeshire (11475)

Shailesh Vara

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

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Con	1 vote out of 830, 0.1%	830 votes out of 1069, 77.6%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	10 votes out of 427, 2.3%	427 votes out of 463, 92.2%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	0 votes out of 423, 0.0%	423 votes out of 467, 90.6%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	3 votes out of 1062, 0.3%	1062 votes out of 1239, 85.7%	105 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	19 votes out of 922, 2.1%	922 votes out of 1288, 71.6%	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	Shailesh Vara	Con Vote	Rôle
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act
17 Apr 2024	Stopped being Member, British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee
20 Mar 2024	Became Member, British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee
19 Mar 2024	Stopped being Member, Automated Vehicles Bill [HL] Committee
13 Mar 2024	Became Member, Automated Vehicles Bill [HL] Committee
6 Sep 2022	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
7 Jul 2022	Became The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
Commons	30 Mar 2022	Health and Care Bill — After Clause 148 — Permitted Locations for Abortion Treatment	Majority	no	Rebel
22 Mar 2022	Stopped being Member, Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill Committee
2 Mar 2022	Became Member, Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill Committee
10 Nov 2020	Became Member, Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act
12 Oct 2020	Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
2 Mar 2020	Became Member, Environmental Audit Committee
House	Date	Subject	Shailesh Vara	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	9 Apr 2019	Exiting the European Union — Delay Until 30 June 2019	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — Alternative Date for the UK Leaving the EU	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — Length of Delay to the UK Leaving the EU	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — Arrangements for Moving a Motion on Seeking to Delay the UK Leaving the EU	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — New Clause 4 — Amendability of Motions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — No Delay to Withdrawal Beyond 22 May 2019	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — Directions for the Prime Minister	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	Draft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019- Delay Withdrawal from 29 March to 12 April or 22 May	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2019	European Union Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jan 2019	European Union Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
15 Nov 2018	Stopped being The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office,
23 Jul 2018	Became The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office,
23 Jul 2018	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office),
9 Jan 2018	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office),
House	Date	Subject	Shailesh Vara	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
18 Jul 2016	Stopped being The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
18 Jul 2016	Stopped being The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice,
9 Jul 2015	Became The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
House	Date	Subject	Shailesh Vara	Con Vote	Rôle
7 Oct 2013	Became The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice,
14 Jan 2013	Stopped being Member, Finance and Services Committee
6 Sep 2012	Stopped being Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
Commons	13 Jul 2012	Motion to Sit in Private	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons to Sit on Tuesdays from 7pm until 10pm to Consider Private Members' Bills	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2012	Finance Bill — New Schedule 1 — Transitory Arrangements — VAT on Alterations To Certain Listed Buildings	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Jun 2012	Electoral Registration and Administration Bill — Schedule 4 — Duties of Electoral Registration Officers	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jun 2012	Opposition Day — Public Sector Pay Negotiation.	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jun 2012	Opposition Day — Disability Benefits and Social Care	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Jun 2012	Investigation Into If Jeremy Hunt MP Breached the Ministerial Code	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 May 2012	Electoral Registration and Administration Bill — Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 May 2012	Queens' Speech — Cost of Living — Public Transport Fares — VAT on Fuel	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Apr 2012	Civil Aviation Bill — Clause 84 — Requirement for Civil Aviation Authority to Publish Information on Greenhouse Gas Emissions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Apr 2012	Civil Aviation Bill — Clause 18 — Airport Operator Licence Holders — Passenger Welfare Plans	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Apr 2012	Finance Bill 2012 — New Clause 3 — Report on Impact of Changes to VAT	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Feb 2012	Health and Social Care Bill Risk Register	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Feb 2012	Local Government Finance — Thresholds for Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 131 — Exemption from Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Fees	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 10 — Universal Credit Payments In Relation to Disabled Children and Young People	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 93 — Exclusion of Child Benefit from Benefit Cap	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Employment and Support Allowance for Those With Cancer	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Period of Entitlement to Contributory Employment and Support Allowance	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2012	London Local Authorities Bill — Closure of Debate on Street Litter Control Notices	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Jan 2012	Local Government Finance Bill — Schedule 1 — Process for National vs Local Allocation of Business Rates	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jan 2012	Opposition Day — Energy Prices	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Dec 2011	Opposition Day — Bank Bonuses — Jobs Guarantee — New Homes — VAT — Tax Incentives for Small Companies Employing More Workers	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Dec 2011	Chancellor of the Exchequer — Consideration of The Economy	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Nov 2011	Opposition Day — Living Standards — Government Out of Touch — Living Standards	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Nov 2011	Opposition Day — Feed-in Tariff — Subsidies for Renewable or Low Carbon Electricity Generation	tellaye	aye	Teller
14 Nov 2011	Became Member, Finance and Services Committee
14 Nov 2011	Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
Commons	9 Nov 2011	Border Checks Summer 2011 — Opposition Day Debate	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Nov 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Clause 41 — Regulation of No-Win No-Fee Arrangements	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Nov 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Clause 41 — Regulation of No-Win No-Fee Arrangements	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Nov 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Clause 12 — Legal Aid for Those in Custody	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Oct 2011	Health and Social Care Bill — Drop the Bill — Cross Party Talks on NHS Commissioning	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill — Third Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill — Should Secretary of State for Health "Secure" or "Provide or Secure" Services	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Jul 2011	Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 1 — Both Houses of Parliament to Approve General Election Date	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Jun 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Programme	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Jun 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Jun 2011	Opposition Day — The Economy	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Jun 2011	Employment Opportunities Bill — Second Reading — Removal of Restrictions on Foreign Nationals Working — Allow Opt-Out from Minimum Wage	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Third Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 83 — Personal Independence Payment Eligibility — Hospital In-Patient and Care Home Residents	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 79 — Personal Independence Payment — Qualifying Period	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 69 — Ending of discretionary payments	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 May 2011	Localism Bill — Third Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 May 2011	Localism Bill — Clause 130 — Flexible Tenancies — Safeguards for Exsiting Secure Tenancies	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 May 2011	Localism Bill — Clause 130 — Flexible Tenancies	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 May 2011	Localism Bill — Clause 90 — Production of Joint Infrastructure Planning Guidance	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 May 2011	Localism Bill — New Clause 29 — Retail Diversity Scheme	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 May 2011	Education Bill — Third Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 May 2011	Education Bill — Clause 34 — Role of Local Authority in Implementation of Decisions by School Admissions Adjudicator	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Apr 2011	Opposition Day — Higher Education Policy — Charging £9,000 Fees in Only Exceptional Cases — University Places — Teaching Budgets	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Apr 2011	Opposition Day — Sure Start Children's Centres	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Mar 2011	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Clause 152 — Specialist Police and CPS Units to Deal with Universal Jurisdiction Arrest Warrants in Private Prosecutions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Mar 2011	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Clause 152 — Director of Public Prosecution's Consent — Universal Jurisdiction Arrest Warrants in Private Prosecutions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Mar 2011	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — New Schedule 1 — Police and Crime Panels	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Mar 2011	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — New Clause 5 — Memorandum of Understanding on Roles of Chief Constables vs Police and Crime Commissioners	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Mar 2011	Opposition Day — Fuel Prices and the Cost of Living	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Mar 2011	Opposition Day — Reduce Taxation on Fuel for Motor Vehicles Paid for by a Bank Levy	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Mar 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Referendum on the Alternative Vote System — Threshold on Making Result Binding	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Feb 2011	Opposition Day — Military Covenant	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Referendum on the Alternative Vote — Threshold for Binding Result	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — permissible variation in population in a constituency	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Programme	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Feb 2011	Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill — Second Reading	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	9 Feb 2011	Local Government Finance Settlement 2011-12 (England)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Feb 2011	Police Grant Report 2011-12	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	2 Feb 2011	Access and Conservation Arrangements After Sell Off of England's Public Forests	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	2 Feb 2011	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills — remedy its deficiency — rejected	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Jan 2011	Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Jan 2011	Postal Services Bill — Third Reading — Privatisation of Royal Mail	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Jan 2011	Postal Services Bill — Clause 33 — Review of Minimum Requirements	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Jan 2011	Postal Services Bill — New Clause 4 — Restriction on Universal Service Provider Disposals	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Dec 2010	Loans to Ireland Bill — Clause 1 — Interest Rate to be Charged on United Kingdom Loans to Ireland	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Dec 2010	Loans to Ireland Bill — Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Dec 2010	Loans to Ireland Bill — Programme — Expidte Consideration of the Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Dec 2010	European Union Documents- Corporate Governance in Financial Institutions and Remuneration Policies	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Dec 2010	Timetable Motion — Business of the House (Thursday) — University Tuiton Fee Caps	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Dec 2010	Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 2 — Speaker's Certificate re Early General Election to be Issued Within 24 Hours	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Dec 2010	Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 2 — Early parliamentary general elections	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Dec 2010	Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 2 — Period Following Vote of No Confidence in the Government	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Nov 2010	Opposition Day — Funding and Schools Reform	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Nov 2010	Opposition Day — NHS Reorganisation	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 10 — Boundary Commission proposals: publicity and consultation	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 9 — Number and distribution of seats	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 8 — Boundary Commission Veto on Modification of Their Recommendations	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 8 — Periodicity of Reports of the Boundary Commissions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 8 — Review Welsh Parliamentry Constituancies With Respect to Further Devoloution	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Draft EU Budget 2011	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Superannuation Bill — Clause 1 — Limits on value of benefits provided under civil service compensation scheme	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Sep 2010	Identity Documents Bill — New Clause 4 — Transfer of information from National Identity Register to Identity and Passport Service	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Sep 2010	Opposition Day — Crime and Policing — Police Funding	tellaye	aye	Teller
26 Jul 2010	Became Member, Administration Committee
Commons	21 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Statutory Consultees For Proposed Additional Academy Schools	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Selective Schools Becoming Academies Exempt from Requirement to Provide Education for Pupils of Different Abilities	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Require Academies to Comply with the School Admissions Code — rejected	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Personal, Social and Health Education in Academy School Curricula -rejected	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — New Academies Only Where There is Proven Need -rejected	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Permitting Special Schools to Become Academies	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Jul 2010	Child Trust Funds Regulations	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Jul 2010	European Union External Action Service	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Jul 2010	Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Jul 2010	Police Grant Report 2010-11	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Jun 2010	Opposition Day — Industry (Government Support)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Size of the Backbench Business Committee	tellno	no	Teller
12 May 2010	Became Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
6 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons,
House	Date	Subject	Shailesh Vara	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	6 Jan 2010	Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) — Sittings of the House	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 May 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Blasphemy	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
11 Dec 2006	Stopped being Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
8 Nov 2006	Became Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons,
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — as amended	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration	Majority	no	Rebel
12 Jul 2005	Became Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
1 Jul 2005	Stopped being Vice-Chair, Conservative Party,
1 Jul 2001	Became Vice-Chair, Conservative Party,

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
40%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Academy Schools - for
13%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
78%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
0%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
72%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
82%	Asylum System - More strict
90%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
84%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
8%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
100%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
84%	Closed Material Proceedure
87%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
81%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
0%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
82%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
86%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
45%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
57%	Easier access to abortion
100%	Employee Shareholder Status
48%	Employment rights
85%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
26%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
20%	Environmental water quality
81%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
28%	European Union Integration - For
96%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
24%	Fire Safety
49%	Fixed Term Parliaments
9%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
72%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
56%	Fully Elected House of Lords
23%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
10%	Further devolution to Scotland
15%	Further devolution to Wales
51%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
17%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
86%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
33%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
37%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
89%	HS2 - In Favour
25%	Human Rights and Equality
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
36%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
100%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
25%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
33%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
100%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
87%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
100%	Increase the state pension age
93%	Increase VAT
17%	Inheritance Tax
76%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
6%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
34%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
58%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
39%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
0%	Mansion Tax
81%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
59%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Member trustees on pension boards
100%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
26%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
0%	More funds for social care
37%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
38%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
53%	Nuclear power - For
22%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
58%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
100%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
100%	Police and Crime Commissioners
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
12%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
84%	Privatise Royal Mail
84%	Promote Occupational Pensions
26%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
25%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
92%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
86%	Reduce capital gains tax
90%	Reduce central funding for local government
30%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
88%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
89%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
78%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
88%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
70%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
100%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
0%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
53%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
25%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
83%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
10%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
36%	Right to strike
17%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50%	Same Sex Marriage - for
100%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
82%	Smoking ban - In favour
9%	State control of bus services
23%	Stop climate change
24%	Support current and former armed service members
63%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
43%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
87%	Tougher on illegal immigration
96%	Trade Unions - Restrict
31%	Transparency of Parliament
93%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100%	University Tuition Fees - For
96%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
7%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
29%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
14%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Shailesh Vara MP, North West Cambridgeshire (11475)

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