Voting Record — MPs for Wirral South

Alison McGovern

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

NameFromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)
Alison McGovern (show only their votes) 13 Dec 2019 still in office Lab 0 votes out of 717, 0.0% 717 votes out of 1002, 71.6%
Alison McGovern (show only their votes) 9 Jun 2017 6 Nov 2019 Lab 0 votes out of 359, 0.0% 359 votes out of 463, 77.5%
Alison McGovern (show only their votes) 8 May 2015 3 May 2017 Lab 3 votes out of 302, 1.0% 302 votes out of 467, 64.7%
Alison McGovern (show only their votes) 6 May 2010 30 Mar 2015 Lab 2 votes out of 819, 0.2% 819 votes out of 1239, 66.1%
Ben Chapman (show only their votes) 5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 17 votes out of 971, 1.8% 971 votes out of 1288, 75.4%
Ben Chapman (show only their votes) 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 13 votes out of 917, 1.4% 917 votes out of 1246, 73.6%
Ben Chapman (show only their votes) 1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 3 votes out of 1023, 0.3% 1023 votes out of 1273, 80.4%

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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 Alison McGovern MP
HouseDateSubjectAlison McGovernLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
Votes by Alison McGovern MP
HouseDateSubjectAlison McGovernLab VoteRôle
Commons9 Jan 2019Timescale for Setting Out Plan for Negotiations if Proposed Agreement for the UK Withdrawal from the EU is Rejected by MPs tellayeaye Teller
Votes by Alison McGovern MP
HouseDateSubjectAlison McGovernLab VoteRôle
Commons8 Feb 2017European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Dec 2015UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria Majorityno Rebel
Commons2 Dec 2015UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria — Decline to Authorise Majorityaye Rebel
Votes by Alison McGovern MP
HouseDateSubjectAlison McGovernLab VoteRôle
Commons10 Sep 2013Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 28 — Constituency Limit on Third Party Spending tellnono Teller
Commons10 Sep 2013Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 27 — Cap on Spending by 3rd Parties in Elections tellnono Teller
Commons9 Sep 2013Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 1 — Registration of Lobbyists — Wording of Professional or Consultant Lobbyists tellayeaye Teller
Commons4 Sep 2013Opposition Day — Jobs — Capital Investment — Mansion Tax — Income Tax — Rail Fares — Energy Bills — Private Tenants — Pensions — Payday Loans — Banking, Planning and Skills Reforms tellayeaye Teller
Commons17 Jul 2013NHS — Government Actions tellnono Teller
Commons17 Jul 2013Publication of NHS Transition Risk Register and Implementation of Key Francis Recommendations tellayeaye Teller
Commons8 Jul 2013Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill — New Clause 9 — Financial Sector — Target Ratio of Liabilities to Assets — Role of Bank of England tellayeaye Teller
Commons8 Jul 2013Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill — Clause 4 — Full Separation of Ring-Fenced Retail Banking Activities tellayeaye Teller
Commons25 Jun 2013Opposition Day — Statutory Register of Lobbyists tellnono Teller
Commons25 Jun 2013Opposition Day — Statutory Register of Lobbyists tellayeaye Teller
Commons12 Jun 2013Opposition Day — European Arrest Warrant tellayeaye Teller
Commons25 Apr 2013European Union Documents — Single European Railyway Area tellnono Teller
Commons22 Apr 2013Government assessment of medium term economic and budgetary position for submission to the European Commission tellnono Teller
Commons17 Apr 2013Finance Bill — New Clause 5 — Mansion tax tellayeaye Teller
Commons26 Mar 2013Draft Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 2013 — Minimum Consultation and Notice Period for Large Scale Collective Redundancies tellnono Teller
Commons25 Mar 2013Budget Resolution — 31 — Employee Shareholder Scheme Tax Exemptions tellnono Teller
Commons25 Mar 2013Income Tax for 2013-14 tellnono Teller
Commons25 Mar 2013March 2013 Budget tellnono Teller
Commons14 Mar 2013Motion to Sit In Private tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons15 Jun 2010Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee minorityno Rebel
Votes by Ben Chapman MP
HouseDateSubjectBen ChapmanLab VoteRôle
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement minorityno Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin minorityno Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] minorityno Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility minorityno Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo minorityno Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses minorityno Rebel
Commons5 Jun 2007Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions) minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons21 Oct 2005Armed Forces (Parliamentary Approval for Participation in Armed Conflict) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons13 Jul 2005Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees minorityaye Rebel
Commons13 Jul 2005Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees minorityaye Rebel
Votes by Ben Chapman MP
HouseDateSubjectBen ChapmanLab VoteRôle
Commons26 Jan 2005Car Mileage Allowance minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
Commons17 Dec 2003Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Decline to give a Second Reading — rejected bothno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2003Mersey Tunnels Bill — Schedule 1 — Amendment of the 1980 Act: Levying, Revision and Application of Tolls minorityno Rebel
Commons10 Jun 2003Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) — Schedule 1 — Amendment of the 1980 Act: Levying, Revision and Application of Tolls minorityno Rebel
Commons10 Jun 2003Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) — Schedule 1 — Amendment of the 1980 Act: Levying, Revision and Application of Tolls minorityaye Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2002Mersey Tunnels Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Jul 2002Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) minorityaye Rebel
Votes by Ben Chapman MP
HouseDateSubjectBen ChapmanLab VoteRôle
Commons19 Dec 2000Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations minorityaye Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons26 May 1999Line of Route minorityaye 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.

AgreementPolicy
7% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Academy Schools - for
90% Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
76% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
36% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
66% Apprenticeships
50% Assisted Dying
9% Asylum System - More strict
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
77% Do more to help refugees inclding children
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.
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
36% Fixed Term Parliaments
78% For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
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
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
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
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% 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
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
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
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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