Voting Record — MPs for Middlesbrough

Andy McDonald

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...)
Andy McDonald (show only their votes)	13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Lab	1 vote out of 753, 0.1%	753 votes out of 1069, 70.4%
Andy McDonald (show only their votes)	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	1 vote out of 363, 0.3%	363 votes out of 463, 78.4%
Andy McDonald (show only their votes)	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	0 votes out of 343, 0.0%	343 votes out of 467, 73.4%
Andy McDonald (show only their votes)	30 Nov 2012	30 Mar 2015	Lab	0 votes out of 419, 0.0%	419 votes out of 587, 71.4%
Stuart Bell (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	13 Oct 2012	Lab	3 votes out of 315, 1.0%	315 votes out of 612, 51.5%
Stuart Bell (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	14 votes out of 751, 1.9%	751 votes out of 1288, 58.3%
Stuart Bell (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	9 votes out of 577, 1.6%	577 votes out of 1246, 46.3%
Stuart Bell (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	10 votes out of 646, 1.5%	646 votes out of 1273, 50.7%

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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 Andy McDonald MP
House	Date	Subject	Andy McDonald	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Feb 2022	Social Security and Pensions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Dec 2021	Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2021	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Andy McDonald MP
House	Date	Subject	Andy McDonald	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	25 Jun 2018	National Policy Statement: Airports — Heathrow Northwest Runway	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Andy McDonald MP
House	Date	Subject	Andy McDonald	Lab Vote	Rôle
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
Votes by Andy McDonald MP
House	Date	Subject	Andy McDonald	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	29 Oct 2014	Railways (Public Sector Operators)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Votes by Stuart Bell MP
House	Date	Subject	Stuart Bell	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Oct 2011	House of Commons Recess Dates — Winter 2011-12	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2011	Use of Hand-held Electronic Devices and Social Media in the Chamber (Backbench Business)	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Stuart Bell MP
House	Date	Subject	Stuart Bell	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2007	Orders of the Day — Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Stuart Bell MP
House	Date	Subject	Stuart Bell	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Feb 2005	Criminal Law (Amendment) (Householder Protection) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Dec 2001	Facilities of the House	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Dec 2001	Facilities of the House	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2001	Relationships (Civil Registration)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Parliamentary Pensions	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by Stuart Bell MP
House	Date	Subject	Stuart Bell	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Mar 2001	Election of a Speaker — Election of Speaker by secret ballot	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jan 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill — Reduction of Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts to 16	minority	aye	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
29%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
1%	Academy Schools - for
87%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
73%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
85%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
1%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
96%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
5%	Asylum System - More strict
21%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
16%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
100%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
33%	Closed Material Proceedure
24%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
0%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
20%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
7%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
75%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
59%	Employment rights
15%	Encourage and incentivise saving
78%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
75%	Environmental water quality
17%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
75%	European Union Integration - For
0%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
100%	Fire Safety
63%	Fixed Term Parliaments
69%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
25%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
100%	Fully Elected House of Lords
78%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
69%	Further devolution to Scotland
72%	Further devolution to Wales
100%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
0%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
86%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
43%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
67%	Higher taxes on banks
50%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
78%	HS2 - In Favour
100%	Human Rights and Equality
76%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
75%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
28%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
27%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
33%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
88%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
29%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
42%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88%	Mansion Tax
87%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
49%	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
83%	Minimum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
75%	More funds for social care
78%	More powers for local councils
88%	More restrictive planning laws
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
50%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
75%	Nuclear power - For
87%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
75%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
23%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
99%	Public Ownership of Railways
98%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0%	Reduce capital gains tax
0%	Reduce central funding for local government
60%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
14%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
22%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
25%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
76%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
59%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
52%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
100%	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
9%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
23%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
75%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
73%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
100%	Right to strike
81%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Smoking ban - In favour
75%	State control of bus services
85%	Stop climate change
76%	Support current and former armed service members
0%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
29%	Termination of pregnancy - against
11%	Tougher on illegal immigration
0%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Trident replacement - In favour
8%	University Tuition Fees - For
35%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
92%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
79%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
83%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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