Voting Record — Nick Brown MP, Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (10069)

Nick Brown is currently Member, Public Accounts Commission and Opposition Chief Whip (Commons),

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
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	4 votes out of 1102, 0.4%	1102 votes out of 1288, 85.6%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	4 votes out of 864, 0.5%	864 votes out of 1246, 69.3%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	2 votes out of 743, 0.3%	743 votes out of 1273, 58.4%	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	Nick Brown	Lab Vote	Rôle
16 Nov 2017	Became Member, Public Accounts Commission
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Commission
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Members Estimate Committee
31 Oct 2016	Stopped being Member, House of Commons Commission
17 Oct 2016	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
17 Oct 2016	Stopped being Chair, Finance Committee (Commons)
17 Oct 2016	Stopped being Chair, Finance Committee (Commons)
6 Oct 2016	Became Opposition Chief Whip (Commons),
10 Nov 2015	Became Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
4 Nov 2015	Became Member, Public Accounts Commission
10 Sep 2015	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
21 Jul 2015	Became Chair, Finance Committee (Commons)
21 Jul 2015	Became Chair, Finance Committee (Commons)
21 Jul 2015	Stopped being Member, Finance Committee (Commons)
20 Jul 2015	Became Member, Finance Committee (Commons)
9 Jul 2015	Became Member, Members Estimate Committee
9 Jul 2015	Became Member, House of Commons Commission
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
8 Oct 2010	Stopped being Shadow Parliamentary Secretary and Chief Whip,
23 Jun 2010	Became Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
12 May 2010	Became Shadow Parliamentary Secretary and Chief Whip,
6 May 2010	Stopped being The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury,
6 May 2010	Stopped being Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (North East) ,
Commons	20 Mar 2009	Prayers — Fuel Poverty Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
27 Oct 2008	Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
3 Oct 2008	Became The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury,
3 Oct 2008	Stopped being The Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household,
12 Jul 2007	Became Member, Administration Committee
29 Jun 2007	Became Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (North East) ,
28 Jun 2007	Became The Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household,
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 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Nick Brown	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes	minority	aye	Rebel
13 Jun 2003	Stopped being Minister (Department for Work and Pensions) (Work),
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
8 Jun 2001	Became Minister (Department for Work and Pensions) (Work),
8 Jun 2001	Stopped being Minister of State (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food),
House	Date	Subject	Nick Brown	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
27 Jul 1998	Became Minister of State (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food),
26 Jul 1998	Stopped being Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip),
3 May 1997	Became Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip),
1 May 1997	Stopped being Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons),
1 Jan 1995	Became Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons),
1 Jan 1995	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Health),
1 Jan 1994	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Health),
1 Jan 1994	Stopped being Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons,
1 Jan 1992	Became Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons,
1 Jan 1992	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury),
1 Jan 1988	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury),
1 Jan 1988	Stopped being Shadow Solicitor General,
1 Jan 1985	Became Shadow Solicitor General,

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
10%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Academy Schools - for
50%	Action to prevent domestic violence
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
28%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
66%	Apprenticeships
75%	Assisted Dying
61%	Asylum System - More strict
1%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
74%	Ban fox hunting
89%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
69%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
15%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
100%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
13%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
23%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
10%	Employee Shareholder Status
15%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
76%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
50%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
5%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
75%	European Union Integration - For
16%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
3%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
40%	Fixed Term Parliaments
64%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
74%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
26%	Fully Elected House of Lords
73%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
64%	Further devolution to Scotland
70%	Further devolution to Wales
58%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
22%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
51%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
89%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
56%	HS2 - In Favour
79%	Human Rights and Equality
96%	Identity cards - For introduction
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
75%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
21%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
7%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
13%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
15%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
94%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
95%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
35%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
10%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
40%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
64%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
45%	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
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
91%	Minumum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
93%	More Generous Benefits for Ill and Disabled
70%	More powers for local councils
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
22%	No detention without charge or trial
57%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
63%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
20%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
0%	Police and Crime Commissioners
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
75%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
35%	Promote Occupational Pensions
41%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
21%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
84%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
30%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
14%	Reduce capital gains tax
0%	Reduce central funding for local government
10%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
8%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
21%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
0%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
46%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
99%	Regulate letting agent fees
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
91%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
33%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
16%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
78%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
86%	Right to strike
79%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
89%	Same Sex Marriage - for
14%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
70%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	State control of bus services
74%	Stop climate change
78%	Stronger Military Covenant
44%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
75%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
12%	Tougher on illegal immigration
2%	Trade Union Regulation
29%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
11%	Transparency of Parliament
57%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
8%	University education fees - Should be free
55%	University Tuition Fees - For
69%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
81%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
93%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
99.5%	Gordon Brown	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Lab
99.2%	Tony Blair	Sedgefield	Lab
98.5%	Denis MacShane	Rotherham	Lab
98.5%	Michael Wills	North Swindon	Lab
98.5%	David Lammy	Tottenham	Lab

Voting Record — Nick Brown MP, Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (10069)

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