Voting Record — James Brokenshire MP, Old Bexley and Sidcup (11640)

James Brokenshire

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

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
Old Bexley and Sidcup	13 Dec 2019	7 Oct 2021	Con	0 votes out of 322, 0.0%	322 votes out of 367, 87.7%	0 times
Old Bexley and Sidcup	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	2 votes out of 349, 0.6%	349 votes out of 463, 75.4%	0 times
Old Bexley and Sidcup	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	0 votes out of 398, 0.0%	398 votes out of 467, 85.2%	0 times
Old Bexley and Sidcup	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	5 votes out of 945, 0.5%	945 votes out of 1239, 76.3%	0 times
Hornchurch	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	10 votes out of 900, 1.1%	900 votes out of 1288, 69.9%	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	James Brokenshire	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
7 Jul 2021	Stopped being The Minister of State, Home Department,
13 Feb 2020	Became The Minister of State, Home Department,
House	Date	Subject	James Brokenshire	Con Vote	Rôle
24 Jul 2019	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government,
Commons	9 Jul 2019	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — New Clause 1 — Marriage of Same-Sex Couples	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union — Delay Withdrawal if MPs Agree Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	no	Rebel
30 Apr 2018	Became The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government,
8 Jan 2018	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
House	Date	Subject	James Brokenshire	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
14 Jul 2016	Became The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
14 Jul 2016	Stopped being Minister of State (Home Office) (Security and Immigration),
House	Date	Subject	James Brokenshire	Con Vote	Rôle
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	Became Minister of State (Home Office) (Security and Immigration),
8 Feb 2014	Stopped being The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department,
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 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
11 May 2011	Became The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department,
11 May 2011	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office),
13 May 2010	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office),
6 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Home Affairs),
House	Date	Subject	James Brokenshire	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Business of the House — Chair (Terminology)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
8 Nov 2006	Became Shadow Minister (Home Affairs),
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Short Speeches	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	minority	no	Rebel
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

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
69%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
94%	Academy Schools - for
10%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
77%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
0%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
72%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
65%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
90%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
77%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
12%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
84%	Business and community control of schools: For
75%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
84%	Closed Material Proceedure
88%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
81%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
50%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
76%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
50%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
42%	Easier access to abortion
90%	Employee Shareholder Status
61%	Employment rights
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
50%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
22%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
50%	Environmental water quality
93%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
29%	European Union Integration - For
76%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
16%	Fire Safety
49%	Fixed Term Parliaments
17%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
72%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
72%	Fully Elected House of Lords
22%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
12%	Further devolution to Scotland
18%	Further devolution to Wales
34%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
94%	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
82%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
42%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
64%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
94%	HS2 - In Favour
23%	Human Rights and Equality
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
24%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
100%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
42%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
33%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
94%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
81%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
77%	Increase the state pension age
89%	Increase VAT
17%	Inheritance Tax
77%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
6%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
31%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
14%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
88%	Localise Council Tax Support
67%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
25%	Mansion Tax
89%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
48%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	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
30%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
25%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
38%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
58%	Nuclear power - For
25%	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
24%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
25%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
53%	Promote Occupational Pensions
37%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
100%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
17%	Public Ownership of Railways
13%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
86%	Reduce capital gains tax
80%	Reduce central funding for local government
75%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
83%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
88%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
88%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
24%	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
38%	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
71%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
90%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
17%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
36%	Right to strike
20%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
84%	Same Sex Marriage - for
90%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Sell England's Public Forests
63%	Smoking ban - In favour
9%	State control of bus services
25%	Stop climate change
29%	Support current and former armed service members
59%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
59%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
89%	Tougher on illegal immigration
95%	Trade Unions - Restrict
54%	Transparency of Parliament
93%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
99%	University Tuition Fees - For
96%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
8%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
30%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
29%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — James Brokenshire MP, Old Bexley and Sidcup (11640)

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