Voting Record — Ian Mearns MP, Gateshead (24919)

Ian Mearns

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	Lab	3 votes out of 801, 0.4%	801 votes out of 1069, 74.9%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	1 vote out of 383, 0.3%	383 votes out of 463, 82.7%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	1 vote out of 325, 0.3%	325 votes out of 467, 69.6%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	4 votes out of 918, 0.4%	918 votes out of 1239, 74.1%	1 time

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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	Ian Mearns	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Education Committee
30 May 2024	Stopped being Chair, Backbench Business Committee
30 May 2024	Stopped being Chair, Backbench Business Committee
7 Feb 2024	Stopped being Member, Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill Committee
31 Jan 2024	Became Member, Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill Committee
15 Nov 2023	Became Chair, Backbench Business Committee
15 Nov 2023	Became Chair, Backbench Business Committee
26 Oct 2023	Stopped being Chair, Backbench Business Committee
26 Oct 2023	Stopped being Chair, Backbench Business Committee
Commons	14 Dec 2021	Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2021	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2021	Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Dec 2020	Sittings of the House — Adjournment from 30 December 2020 to 11 January 2021	Majority	no	Rebel
20 May 2020	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
2 Mar 2020	Became Member, Education Committee
27 Jan 2020	Became Chair, Backbench Business Committee
27 Jan 2020	Became Chair, Backbench Business Committee
House	Date	Subject	Ian Mearns	Lab Vote	Rôle
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Education Committee
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Chair, Backbench Business Committee
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Chair, Backbench Business Committee
13 Feb 2019	Became Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
Commons	25 Jun 2018	National Policy Statement: Airports — Heathrow Northwest Runway	minority	aye	Rebel
6 Nov 2017	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
11 Sep 2017	Became Member, Education Committee
12 Jul 2017	Became Chair, Backbench Business Committee
12 Jul 2017	Became Chair, Backbench Business Committee
House	Date	Subject	Ian Mearns	Lab Vote	Rôle
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Education Committee
3 May 2017	Stopped being Chair, Backbench Business Committee
3 May 2017	Stopped being Chair, Backbench Business Committee
Commons	8 Feb 2017	Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) Between the European Union and Canada	minority	aye	Rebel
24 May 2016	Became Chair, Backbench Business Committee
24 May 2016	Became Chair, Backbench Business Committee
12 May 2016	Stopped being Chair, Backbench Business Committee
12 May 2016	Stopped being Chair, Backbench Business Committee
25 Nov 2015	Became Member, Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee
10 Sep 2015	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
7 Jul 2015	Stopped being Member, High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill (Commons) Committee
6 Jul 2015	Became Member, Education Committee
Commons	18 Jun 2015	European Union Referendum Bill — Clause 2 — Entitlement of EU Citizens to Vote in Referendum on the UK's Membership of the EU	both	no	Rebel
18 Jun 2015	Became Chair, Backbench Business Committee
18 Jun 2015	Became Chair, Backbench Business Committee
House	Date	Subject	Ian Mearns	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Education Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Backbench Business Committee
Commons	22 Oct 2014	Reappointment of Ian Kennedy as Chair of Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority	minority	aye	Rebel
30 Jun 2014	Became Member, Backbench Business Committee
14 May 2014	Stopped being Member, Backbench Business Committee
29 Apr 2014	Became Member, High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill (Commons) Committee
10 Jun 2013	Became Member, Backbench Business Committee
25 Apr 2013	Stopped being Member, Backbench Business Committee
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays	minority	no	Rebel
12 Jun 2012	Became Member, Backbench Business Committee
1 May 2012	Stopped being Member, Backbench Business Committee
Commons	19 Oct 2011	House of Commons Recess Dates — Winter 2011-12	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 2011	Ban on Smoking in Private Vehicles	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 6 — Referendum on Emergency Financial Assistance for EU Member States	both	aye	Rebel
8 Nov 2010	Became Member, Backbench Business Committee
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Education 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
14%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Academy Schools - for
90%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
65%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
28%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
69%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
5%	Asylum System - More strict
11%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
0%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
85%	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
20%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
25%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
20%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
7%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
55%	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
87%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
16%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
72%	European Union Integration - For
8%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
3%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
100%	Fire Safety
38%	Fixed Term Parliaments
74%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
25%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
99%	Fully Elected House of Lords
78%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
63%	Further devolution to Scotland
71%	Further devolution to Wales
84%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
0%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
90%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
14%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
64%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
91%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
56%	HS2 - In Favour
90%	Human Rights and Equality
76%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
83%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
21%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
25%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
16%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
50%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
50%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
36%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
10%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
54%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
60%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
53%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
33%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
74%	Minimum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	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
20%	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
40%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
8%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	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
10%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
14%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
21%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
52%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
57%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
21%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
63%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	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
9%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
74%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
100%	Right to strike
82%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
76%	Same Sex Marriage - for
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
100%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	State control of bus services
83%	Stop climate change
77%	Support current and former armed service members
38%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
14%	Termination of pregnancy - against
9%	Tougher on illegal immigration
0%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
48%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
92%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
86%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
93%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Ian Mearns MP, Gateshead (24919)

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