Voting Record — MPs for Halesowen and Rowley Regis

James Morris

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

Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
James Morris (show only their votes)	13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Con	1 vote out of 967, 0.1%	967 votes out of 1069, 90.5%
James Morris (show only their votes)	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	2 votes out of 435, 0.5%	435 votes out of 463, 94.0%
James Morris (show only their votes)	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	0 votes out of 424, 0.0%	424 votes out of 467, 90.8%
James Morris (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	13 votes out of 1061, 1.2%	1061 votes out of 1239, 85.6%
Sylvia Heal (show only their votes)	17 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Deputy Speaker	0 votes out of 0	0 votes out of 1288, 0.0%
Sylvia Heal (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	16 May 2005	Lab	votes out of	votes out of
Sylvia Heal (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Deputy Speaker	0 votes out of 0	0 votes out of 1246, 0.0%
Sylvia Heal (show only their votes)	2 Nov 2000	14 May 2001	Deputy Speaker	0 votes out of 0	0 votes out of 258, 0.0%
Sylvia Heal (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	1 Nov 2000	Lab	0 votes out of 830, 0.0%	830 votes out of 1015, 81.8%

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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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Votes by James Morris MP
House	Date	Subject	James Morris	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	6 Jun 2023	Committee on Standards	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2021	Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint Committee	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Jun 2021	Armed Forces Bill — New Clause 7 — Immigration and Nationality Fees Cap — Commonwealth and Gurkha Members of Armed Forces	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Jun 2021	Armed Forces Bill — Clause 8 — Armed Forces Covenant — Accommodation for Service People in Scotland	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Jun 2021	Armed Forces Bill — Clause 8 — Armed Forces Covenant	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2021	COVID-19 Control and Support for the Aviation Sector	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2021	Papers to be Provided by HM Treasury to the Public Accounts Committee — Covid-19 and Education	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 May 2021	Environment Bill — New Clause 24 — Prohibition on Burning of Vegetation on Peat in Upland Areas	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 May 2021	Environment Bill — New Clause 12 — Well Consents for Hydraulic Fracturing: Cessation of Issue and Termination	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 May 2021	Environment Bill — Clause 95 — General Duty to Conserve and Enhance Biodiversity	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 May 2021	Environment Bill — New Clause 25 — Duty to Prepare a Tree Strategy for England	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 May 2021	Telecommunications (Security) Bill — New Clause 3 — Network Diversification — Report	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 May 2021	Telecommunications (Security) Bill — New Clause 2 — Provision of Information to the Intelligence and Security Committee	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 May 2021	Telecommunications (Security) Bill — New Clause 1 — OFCOM’s Annual Report — Security	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 May 2021	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — Affordable and Safe Housing for All	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 2021	National Security and Investment Bill — Clause 61 — Annual Report	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 2021	Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2021 — Motion to Revoke	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 2021	Fire Safety Bill — After Clause 2 — Legislative Proposals Relating to Prohibition on Passing Remediation Costs on to Leaseholders and Tenants	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Apr 2021	Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Apr 2021	Finance (No. 2) Bill — New Clause 25 — Review of Freeports	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Apr 2021	Finance (No. 2) Bill — New Clause 24 — Impact of Tax Incentives for Investment in Plant or Machinery	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Apr 2021	Finance (No. 2) Bill — Clause 9 — Taxation — Living Wage — Unions — Large Digital Services Companies	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Apr 2021	Finance (No. 2) Bill — New Clause 23 — Equality Impact Analysis	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Apr 2021	Finance (No. 2) Bill — New Clause 10 — Report on Changes to Coronavirus Support Payments etc	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Apr 2021	Finance (No. 2) Bill — Clause 5 — Basic Rate Limit and Personal Allowance for Future Tax Years	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Apr 2021	Domestic Abuse Bill — Before Clause 69 — Reasonable Force in Domestic Abuse Cases	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Apr 2021	Domestic Abuse Bill — After Clause 64 — Training for Judges and Magistrates	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Apr 2021	Domestic Abuse Bill — Clause 55 — Support Provided by Local Authorities to Victims of Domestic Abuse — Child Contact Centre Accreditation	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Apr 2021	Domestic Abuse Bill — Clause 2 — Definition of “Personally Connected”	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Apr 2021	Strength of the UK’s Armed Forces	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Apr 2021	The Investigation into the Lobbying of Government Committee	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Mar 2021	Contingencies Fund (No. 2) Bill — Clause 1 — Temporary Increase in Capital Limit of Contingencies Fund — Reports	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Feb 2021	Membership of the Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Feb 2021	Fire Safety Bill — After Clause 2 — Prohibition on Passing Remediation Costs on to Leaseholders and Tenants	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Feb 2021	Fire Safety Bill — Duties of Owner or Manager	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Jan 2021	Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill — Clause 1 — Authorisation of Criminal Conduct — Children and Vulnerable Sources	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Jan 2021	Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill — After Clause 2 — Notification to a Judicial Commissioner	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Jan 2021	Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill — Clause 1 — Authorisation of Criminal Conduct — Compensation	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Jan 2021	Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill — Clause 1 — Authorisation of Criminal Conduct — Exclusions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Jan 2021	Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill — Clause 1 — Authorisation of Criminal Conduct	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Dec 2020	Sittings of the House — Adjournment from 30 December 2020 to 11 January 2021	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Dec 2020	European Union (Future Relationship) Bill — Third Reading — International Cooperation	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Dec 2020	European Union (Future Relationship) Bill — Timetable and Procedural Rules	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Dec 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — Clause 48 — Power to Provide Financial Assistance for Economic Development etc	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Dec 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — Clause 47 — Further Provision Related to Sections 44 and 45 etc — Northern Ireland Regulations — Compatibility with Domestic and International Law	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Dec 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — Clause 10 — Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Public Interest Derogations	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Dec 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — After Clause 1 — Common Frameworks Process	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Oct 2020	Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause — Time Limit on Immigration Detention for EEA and Swiss Nationals	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Oct 2020	Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 4 — EU Settlement Scheme: Physical Documented Proof	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Oct 2020	Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause — Leave to Enter: Family Unity and Claims for Asylum	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Oct 2020	Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause — Children in Care and Children Entitled to Care Leaving Support: Entitlement to Remain	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Oct 2020	Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause — Impact on the Social Care Sector of Repeal of EU Law Relating to Free Movement	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Oct 2020	Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill — Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Sep 2020	The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Sep 2020	The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Sep 2020	Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Sep 2020	Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Sep 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill (Money)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Sep 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — Second Reading — Free Movement of Goods and Professionals Within the UK	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Sep 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — Decline Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Sep 2020	GCSE, A-Level and NVQ Qualifications in 2020 — Provision of Information to the Education Select Committee	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Sep 2020	Replacement of Coronavirus Support Schemes With More Targeted Assistance	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Sep 2020	Replacement of Coronavirus Support Schemes With More Targeted Assistance	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Sep 2020	Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill — Clause 2 — Addition of Countries From Which Requests for Arrests for the Purposes of Extradition for Serious Offences Are Considered	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Sep 2020	Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill — Schedule — Consultation and Assessment Prior to Amending Power of Arrest on Basis of Request from Another Country	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Sep 2020	Fire Safety Bill — New Clause 1 — Duties of Owner or Manager	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Feb 2020	Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill — Timetable	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 2020	NHS Funding Bill — New Clause 4 — Annual Statement on Sufficiency of NHS Funding to Meet Targets	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 2020	NHS Funding Bill — Clause 1 — Prevention of Transferring Funds from NHS Capital Budgets to Achieve NHS Revenue Spending Requirements	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 2020	NHS Funding Bill — Clause 1 — Annual Statement — Parity of Esteem for Mental Health Services — Spending on Mental Health Services	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Jan 2020	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — Clause 26 — Status of EU Case Law	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Jan 2020	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — Clause 7 — Physical Proof of Right of Permanant Residence in the UK	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Jan 2020	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — Leaving the European Union	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jan 2020	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — Economy and Jobs	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Jan 2020	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — Third Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Jan 2020	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — Decline Third Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Jan 2020	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — New Clause 29 — Close Alignment with EU Single Market — Participation in EU Projects — Rights and Protections	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Jan 2020	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — New Clause 10 — Implementation Period Negotiating Objectives: Erasmus+	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Jan 2020	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — New Clause 2 — Protecting Workers’ Rights	tellno	no	Teller
Votes by James Morris MP
House	Date	Subject	James Morris	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	24 Oct 2019	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — Leaving the European Union	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Oct 2019	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — The Economy — In the Interest of the Many — Green Industrial Revolution	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (O) — Seeking Preferential Trade Arrangements To Apply In Absense of Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union	Majority	aye	Rebel
Votes by James Morris MP
House	Date	Subject	James Morris	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
Votes by James Morris MP
House	Date	Subject	James Morris	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Feb 2015	Serious Crime Bill — New Clause 1 — Making Clear Sex-Selective Abortion is Illegal	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2015	Infrastructure Bill — New Clause 16 — Pubs and Bars — Demolition and Change of Use	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 1 — If Conviction of MP for Misconduct in Public Office Should Trigger New Election	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Oct 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Make Same Sex Marriage Available to Armed Forces Personnel Outside the United Kingdom	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Amendments to Acts of Parliament in Light of the Introduction of Same Sex Marriage in Parts of the UK	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Changes to Laws on Consular Marriage Following Introduction of Same Sex Marriages in Parts of the UK	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Registration of Armed Forces Chapels for Same Sex Marriages	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Proceedures for Consenting to Registration of Shared Places of Worship for Same Sex Marriage	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Same Sex Marriage — Enabling Courts to Deal with Divorce or Annulment Proceedings	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2011	National Referendum on the United Kingdom's Membership of the European Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Public Houses and Private Members' Clubs (Smoking) Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Sylvia Heal MP
House	Date	Subject	Sylvia Heal	Deputy Speaker Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
Votes by Sylvia Heal MP
House	Date	Subject	Sylvia Heal	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
Votes by Sylvia Heal MP
House	Date	Subject	Sylvia Heal	Deputy Speaker Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
Votes by Sylvia Heal MP
House	Date	Subject	Sylvia Heal	Deputy Speaker Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
Votes by Sylvia Heal MP
House	Date	Subject	Sylvia Heal	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller

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
50%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Academy Schools - for
13%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
82%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
0%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
72%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
35%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
96%	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%	Closed Material Proceedure
88%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
75%	Cull Badgers
0%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
85%	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
50%	Easier access to abortion
60%	Employee Shareholder Status
48%	Employment rights
85%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
19%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
20%	Environmental water quality
89%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
30%	European Union Integration - For
84%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
12%	Fire Safety
49%	Fixed Term Parliaments
8%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
72%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
1%	Fully Elected House of Lords
19%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
9%	Further devolution to Scotland
13%	Further devolution to Wales
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
94%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
12%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
85%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
38%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
21%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
94%	HS2 - In Favour
25%	Human Rights and Equality
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
84%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
81%	Increase the state pension age
89%	Increase VAT
17%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
0%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
53%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
67%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
0%	Mansion Tax
96%	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
15%	Minimum Wage
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
0%	More funds for social care
33%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
0%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
18%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
100%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
12%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
29%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
100%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
86%	Reduce capital gains tax
85%	Reduce central funding for local government
20%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
87%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
88%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
71%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
84%	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
1%	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
91%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
8%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
42%	Right to strike
12%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
40%	Same Sex Marriage - for
100%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
75%	Smoking ban - In favour
9%	State control of bus services
22%	Stop climate change
26%	Support current and former armed service members
69%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
91%	Tougher on illegal immigration
96%	Trade Unions - Restrict
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
8%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
29%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
14%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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