Voting Record — Alan Whitehead MP, Southampton, Test (10630)

Alan Whitehead

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	0 votes out of 837, 0.0%	837 votes out of 1069, 78.3%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	1 vote out of 384, 0.3%	384 votes out of 463, 82.9%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	4 votes out of 352, 1.1%	352 votes out of 467, 75.4%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	6 votes out of 937, 0.6%	937 votes out of 1239, 75.6%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	9 votes out of 1145, 0.8%	1145 votes out of 1288, 88.9%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	4 votes out of 1075, 0.4%	1075 votes out of 1246, 86.3%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	6 votes out of 1002, 0.6%	1002 votes out of 1273, 78.7%	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	Alan Whitehead	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
30 May 2024	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Climate Change and Net Zero),
29 Jun 2023	Stopped being Member, Energy Bill [HL] Committee
17 May 2023	Became Member, Energy Bill [HL] Committee
4 Dec 2021	Became Shadow Minister (Climate Change and Net Zero),
4 Dec 2021	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy),
25 Nov 2021	Stopped being Member, Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill Committee
9 Nov 2021	Became Member, Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill Committee
House	Date	Subject	Alan Whitehead	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	25 Jun 2018	National Policy Statement: Airports — Heathrow Northwest Runway	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Alan Whitehead	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	8 Feb 2017	Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) Between the European Union and Canada	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — All Clauses Stand Part	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
28 Nov 2016	Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
10 Oct 2016	Became Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy),
12 Sep 2016	Became Member, Environmental Audit Committee
28 Jun 2016	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change),
30 Nov 2015	Stopped being Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee
18 Sep 2015	Became Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change),
8 Jul 2015	Became Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee
House	Date	Subject	Alan Whitehead	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Committee on Standards
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Committee of Privileges
Commons	27 Oct 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2013	Crime and Courts Bill — Clause 24 — Protect Basic Level of Subsistance When Setting Installement Levels for Paying Fines	Majority	aye	Rebel
7 Jan 2013	Stopped being Member, Standards and Privileges Committee
7 Jan 2013	Became Member, Committee on Standards
7 Jan 2013	Became Member, Committee of Privileges
Commons	27 Jun 2012	Draft Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 — Strengthening Police Notification Requirements	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Feb 2011	Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) Code Revision — Stop and Search — Fingerprints and DNA — Entry and Search — CCTV	minority	aye	Rebel
26 Jul 2010	Became Member, Environmental Audit Committee
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Size of the Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Justice Committee
House	Date	Subject	Alan Whitehead	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
19 Jan 2009	Became Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee
22 Jul 2008	Stopped being Member, Draft Marine Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
8 May 2008	Became Member, Draft Marine Bill (Joint Committee)
6 Nov 2007	Became Member, Justice Committee
3 Aug 2007	Stopped being Member, Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee)
18 Mar 2007	Became Member, Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Jun 2006	Parliamentary and Local Elections (Choice of Electoral Systems)	minority	no	Rebel
12 Jul 2005	Became Member, Standards and Privileges Committee
House	Date	Subject	Alan Whitehead	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
28 May 2002	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Transport, Local Government and Regions),
11 Jun 2001	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Transport, Local Government and Regions),
House	Date	Subject	Alan Whitehead	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2000	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
6 Dec 1999	Stopped being Member, Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs Committee
Commons	2 Nov 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 1999	Broadcasting (Religious Programming)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 May 1999	Referendums Bill - Commencement (No. 2)	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	24 Feb 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
14 Jul 1997	Became Member, Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs 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
3%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Academy Schools - for
84%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
76%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
28%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
53%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
39%	Asylum System - More strict
21%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
0%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
100%	Ban fox hunting
88%	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
19%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
100%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
13%	Cull Badgers
50%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
23%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
7%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
100%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
96%	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
15%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
80%	European Union Integration - For
19%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
3%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
100%	Fire Safety
51%	Fixed Term Parliaments
84%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
32%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
100%	Fully Elected House of Lords
77%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
62%	Further devolution to Scotland
72%	Further devolution to Wales
57%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
6%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
86%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
22%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
59%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
86%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
89%	HS2 - In Favour
86%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
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
22%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
15%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
42%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
93%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
32%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
10%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
61%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
89%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
44%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
33%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
81%	Minimum Wage
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
74%	More powers for local councils
100%	More restrictive planning laws
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
20%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
74%	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%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
35%	Promote Occupational Pensions
52%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
21%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
84%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
30%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
14%	Reduce capital gains tax
10%	Reduce central funding for local government
80%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
14%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
14%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
12%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
0%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
76%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
46%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
63%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
97%	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
10%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
83%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50%	Right to strike
78%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
97%	Same Sex Marriage - for
19%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
68%	Smoking ban - In favour
75%	State control of bus services
83%	Stop climate change
79%	Support current and former armed service members
41%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
11%	Tougher on illegal immigration
2%	Trade Unions - Restrict
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
57%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7%	University education fees - Should be free
59%	University Tuition Fees - For
44%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
90%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
86%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
93%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Alan Whitehead MP, Southampton, Test (10630)

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