Voting Record — Alison McGovern MP, Wirral South (24897)

Alison McGovern is currently Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
13 Dec 2019 still in office Lab 0 votes out of 727, 0.0% 727 votes out of 1012, 71.8% 0 times
9 Jun 2017 6 Nov 2019 Lab 0 votes out of 359, 0.0% 359 votes out of 463, 77.5% 1 time
8 May 2015 3 May 2017 Lab 3 votes out of 302, 1.0% 302 votes out of 467, 64.7% 0 times
6 May 2010 30 Mar 2015 Lab 2 votes out of 819, 0.2% 819 votes out of 1239, 66.1% 19 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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HouseDateSubjectAlison McGovernLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
4 Dec 2021Became Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),
4 Dec 2021Stopped being Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport),
17 Nov 2021Stopped being Member, Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill Committee
9 Nov 2021Became Member, Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill Committee
11 May 2020Stopped being Member, Treasury Committee
10 Apr 2020Became Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport),
2 Mar 2020Became Member, Treasury Committee
HouseDateSubjectAlison McGovernLab VoteRôle
6 Nov 2019Stopped being Member, Treasury Sub-Committee
6 Nov 2019Stopped being Member, Treasury Committee
6 Nov 2019Stopped being Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
6 Nov 2019Stopped being Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
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
12 Dec 2017Became Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
12 Dec 2017Became Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
14 Sep 2017Became Member, Treasury Sub-Committee
11 Sep 2017Became Member, Treasury Committee
HouseDateSubjectAlison McGovernLab VoteRôle
3 May 2017Stopped being Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
3 May 2017Stopped being Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
Commons8 Feb 2017European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
26 Oct 2016Became Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
26 Oct 2016Became Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
26 Oct 2016Stopped being Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
Commons2 Dec 2015UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria Majorityno Rebel
Commons2 Dec 2015UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria — Decline to Authorise Majorityaye Rebel
18 Sep 2015Stopped being Shadow Minister (Treasury),
1 Jul 2015Became Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
8 May 2015Became Shadow Minister (Treasury),
HouseDateSubjectAlison McGovernLab VoteRôle
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Shadow Minister (Education),
5 Nov 2014Became Shadow Minister (Education),
5 Nov 2014Stopped being Shadow Minister (International Development),
7 Oct 2013Became Shadow Minister (International Development),
7 Oct 2013Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
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
4 Feb 2013Stopped being Member, International Development Committee
11 Jan 2013Became Opposition Whip (Commons),
18 Nov 2010Became Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
2 Nov 2010Became Member, International Development Committee
Commons15 Jun 2010Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee minorityno 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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