Voting Record — Mark Harper MP, Forest of Dean (11588)

Mark Harper

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	16 votes out of 904, 1.8%	904 votes out of 1069, 84.6%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	14 votes out of 437, 3.2%	437 votes out of 463, 94.4%	1 time
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	0 votes out of 413, 0.0%	413 votes out of 467, 88.4%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	10 votes out of 1083, 0.9%	1083 votes out of 1239, 87.4%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	8 votes out of 990, 0.8%	990 votes out of 1288, 76.9%	5 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	Mark Harper	Con Vote	Rôle
5 Jul 2024	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Transport,
25 Oct 2022	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Conference (2022) Committee
25 Oct 2022	Became The Secretary of State for Transport,
19 Oct 2022	Became Member, Speaker's Conference (2022) Committee
Commons	18 Oct 2022	Public Order Bill — New Clause 11 - Offence of interference with access to or provision of abortion services	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2021	Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2021	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2021	Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Entry to Venues and Events) (England) Regulations 2021 (SI, 2021, No. 1416)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Nov 2021	Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 — Omicron Variant	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Nov 2021	Health and Care Bill — New Clause 49 — Cap on Requirement to Pay Care Costs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2021	Committee on Standards — Owen Paterson MP	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2021	Committee on Standards — Owen Paterson MP	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2021	Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jun 2021	House of Commons Proceedings During the Pandemic	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jun 2021	Coronavirus Restrictions — Extension	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Apr 2021	Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2021	Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Feb 2021	Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Dec 2020	The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Nov 2020	Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 — Nationwide Lockdown for 28 Days	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Jun 2020	Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme — House of Commons Debates on Sanctions in Individual Cases	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mark Harper	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	9 Jul 2019	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — New Clause 1 — Marriage of Same-Sex Couples	minority	aye	Rebel
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	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
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	19 Mar 2019	Foreign Affairs Committee — Membership	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2019	European Union Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jan 2019	European Union Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2018	Restoration and Renewal — Lords and Commons Leaving the Palace of Westminister During Renovations	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2018	Restoration and Renewal — Lords and Commons Leaving the Palace of Westminister During Renovations	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mark Harper	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
14 Jul 2016	Stopped being The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury,
8 May 2015	Became The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury,
8 May 2015	Stopped being Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Disabled People),
House	Date	Subject	Mark Harper	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	11 Mar 2015	Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Dec 2014	Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 2 — New Election as A Result of Conviction of an MP for An Offence Committed Before Their Election or Before Recall Bill Coming Into Force	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 1 — If Conviction of MP for Fiddling Allowances Should Trigger New Election	minority	aye	Rebel
15 Jul 2014	Became Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Disabled People),
10 Mar 2014	Became Member, Administration Committee
Commons	10 Feb 2014	Children and Families Bill — Offence of Smoking in a Private Vehicle When A Person Under 18 is Present	minority	aye	Rebel
8 Feb 2014	Stopped being The Minister for Immigration,
Commons	21 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 8 — Domestic protection for persons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 6 — Protection of Beliefs About Marriage	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 3 — Conscientious Objection From Registrars to Marrying Same Sex Couples	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
6 Sep 2012	Became The Minister for Immigration,
6 Sep 2012	Stopped being The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office,
Commons	9 Sep 2011	Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill — Third Reading — Impact of Bills on Each Part of the United Kingdom	Majority	aye	Rebel
12 May 2010	Became The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office,
6 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),
House	Date	Subject	Mark Harper	Con Vote	Rôle
23 Nov 2009	Stopped being Member, Work and Pensions Committee
29 Jun 2009	Became Member, Work and Pensions Committee
Commons	12 Jun 2009	Prayers — Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2008	Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day — Second Part] — Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [ Lords] (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2008	Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day — Second Part] — Manchester City Council Bill [ Lords] (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2008	Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day — Second Part] — Manchester City Council Bill [ Lords] (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Jun 2008	Motion to sit in private — Voting Age (Reduction) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
3 Jul 2007	Became Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),
1 Apr 2007	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Defence),
6 Nov 2006	Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
8 Dec 2005	Became Shadow Minister (Defence),
Commons	2 Dec 2005	Motion to sit in Private	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	29 Nov 2005	Representation of the People (Reduction of Voting Age)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Term Limits for Chairmen of Select Committees	tellno	no	Teller
12 Jul 2005	Became Member, Administration 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
91%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Academy Schools - for
13%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
37%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
0%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
68%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
97%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
100%	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
100%	Closed Material Proceedure
89%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
81%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
81%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
45%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
14%	Easier access to abortion
100%	Employee Shareholder Status
48%	Employment rights
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
16%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
20%	Environmental water quality
93%	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
12%	Fire Safety
49%	Fixed Term Parliaments
9%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
72%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
32%	Fully Elected House of Lords
19%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
8%	Further devolution to Scotland
15%	Further devolution to Wales
28%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
12%	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
70%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
83%	HS2 - In Favour
21%	Human Rights and Equality
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
24%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
100%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
33%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
33%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
95%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
85%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
100%	Increase the state pension age
90%	Increase VAT
17%	Inheritance Tax
77%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
0%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
38%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
62%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
9%	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
96%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
15%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
0%	More funds for social care
34%	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
84%	Nuclear power - For
22%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
17%	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
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
69%	Promote Occupational Pensions
26%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
92%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
100%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
86%	Reduce capital gains tax
85%	Reduce central funding for local government
40%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
89%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
89%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
79%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	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
83%	Register of Lobbyists
0%	Regulate letting agent fees
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
38%	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
95%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
25%	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
15%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
84%	Same Sex Marriage - for
100%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
28%	Smoking ban - In favour
9%	State control of bus services
26%	Stop climate change
23%	Support current and former armed service members
63%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
82%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
91%	Tougher on illegal immigration
96%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	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
21%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Mark Harper MP, Forest of Dean (11588)

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