Voting Record — Alison McGovern MP, Wirral South (24897)

Alison McGovern is currently The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions,

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
Birkenhead	5 Jul 2024	still in office	Lab	0 votes out of 57, 0.0%	57 votes out of 68, 83.8%	0 times
Wirral South	13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Lab	0 votes out of 763, 0.0%	763 votes out of 1069, 71.4%	0 times
Wirral South	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	0 votes out of 359, 0.0%	359 votes out of 463, 77.5%	1 time
Wirral South	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	3 votes out of 302, 1.0%	302 votes out of 467, 64.7%	0 times
Wirral South	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	2 votes out of 819, 0.2%	819 votes out of 1239, 66.1%	19 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	Alison McGovern	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
8 Jul 2024	Became The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions,
House	Date	Subject	Alison McGovern	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
30 May 2024	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),
4 Dec 2021	Became Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),
4 Dec 2021	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport),
17 Nov 2021	Stopped being Member, Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill Committee
9 Nov 2021	Became Member, Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill Committee
11 May 2020	Stopped being Member, Treasury Committee
10 Apr 2020	Became Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport),
2 Mar 2020	Became Member, Treasury Committee
House	Date	Subject	Alison McGovern	Lab Vote	Rôle
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Treasury Sub-Committee
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Treasury Committee
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
Commons	9 Jan 2019	Timescale for Setting Out Plan for Negotiations if Proposed Agreement for the UK Withdrawal from the EU is Rejected by MPs	tellaye	aye	Teller
12 Dec 2017	Became Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
12 Dec 2017	Became Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
14 Sep 2017	Became Member, Treasury Sub-Committee
11 Sep 2017	Became Member, Treasury Committee
House	Date	Subject	Alison McGovern	Lab Vote	Rôle
3 May 2017	Stopped being Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
3 May 2017	Stopped being Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
Commons	8 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
26 Oct 2016	Became Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
26 Oct 2016	Became Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
26 Oct 2016	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria — Decline to Authorise	Majority	aye	Rebel
18 Sep 2015	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Treasury),
1 Jul 2015	Became Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
8 May 2015	Became Shadow Minister (Treasury),
House	Date	Subject	Alison McGovern	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Education),
5 Nov 2014	Became Shadow Minister (Education),
5 Nov 2014	Stopped being Shadow Minister (International Development),
7 Oct 2013	Became Shadow Minister (International Development),
7 Oct 2013	Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons	10 Sep 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 28 — Constituency Limit on Third Party Spending	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Sep 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 27 — Cap on Spending by 3rd Parties in Elections	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Sep 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 1 — Registration of Lobbyists — Wording of Professional or Consultant Lobbyists	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 Sep 2013	Opposition Day — Jobs — Capital Investment — Mansion Tax — Income Tax — Rail Fares — Energy Bills — Private Tenants — Pensions — Payday Loans — Banking, Planning and Skills Reforms	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Jul 2013	NHS — Government Actions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Jul 2013	Publication of NHS Transition Risk Register and Implementation of Key Francis Recommendations	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Jul 2013	Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill — New Clause 9 — Financial Sector — Target Ratio of Liabilities to Assets — Role of Bank of England	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Jul 2013	Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill — Clause 4 — Full Separation of Ring-Fenced Retail Banking Activities	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jun 2013	Opposition Day — Statutory Register of Lobbyists	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Jun 2013	Opposition Day — Statutory Register of Lobbyists	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Jun 2013	Opposition Day — European Arrest Warrant	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Apr 2013	European Union Documents — Single European Railyway Area	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Apr 2013	Government assessment of medium term economic and budgetary position for submission to the European Commission	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Apr 2013	Finance Bill — New Clause 5 — Mansion tax	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	26 Mar 2013	Draft Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 2013 — Minimum Consultation and Notice Period for Large Scale Collective Redundancies	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2013	Budget Resolution — 31 — Employee Shareholder Scheme Tax Exemptions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2013	Income Tax for 2013-14	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2013	March 2013 Budget	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2013	Motion to Sit In Private	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
4 Feb 2013	Stopped being Member, International Development Committee
11 Jan 2013	Became Opposition Whip (Commons),
18 Nov 2010	Became Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
2 Nov 2010	Became Member, International Development Committee
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	minority	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
7%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Academy Schools - for
90%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
76%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
76%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
36%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
66%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
9%	Asylum System - More strict
21%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
0%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
81%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
0%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
28%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
25%	Cull Badgers
50%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
21%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
7%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
88%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
59%	Employment rights
15%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
81%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
11%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
74%	European Union Integration - For
15%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
88%	Fire Safety
36%	Fixed Term Parliaments
78%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
21%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
99%	Fully Elected House of Lords
78%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
62%	Further devolution to Scotland
73%	Further devolution to Wales
100%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
6%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
83%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
18%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
64%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
67%	HS2 - In Favour
82%	Human Rights and Equality
76%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
50%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
67%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
32%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
25%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
18%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
89%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
50%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
86%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
50%	Localise Council Tax Support
32%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
52%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
78%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
41%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
50%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
85%	Minimum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
75%	More funds for social care
75%	More powers for local councils
100%	More restrictive planning laws
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
50%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
77%	Nuclear power - For
83%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
0%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
0%	Police and Crime Commissioners
75%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
0%	Promote Occupational Pensions
52%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
95%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
8%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100%	Public Ownership of Railways
88%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
14%	Reduce capital gains tax
5%	Reduce central funding for local government
80%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
17%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
21%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
30%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
76%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
43%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
46%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
17%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
13%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
30%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
79%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
100%	Right to strike
80%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
75%	Smoking ban - In favour
75%	State control of bus services
83%	Stop climate change
80%	Support current and former armed service members
37%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
7%	Termination of pregnancy - against
15%	Tougher on illegal immigration
0%	Trade Unions - Restrict
70%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
78%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
83%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
86%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Alison McGovern MP, Wirral South (24897)

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