Voting Record — Andrew George MP, St Ives (10222)

Andrew George is currently Member, Health and Social Care Committee

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 Jul 2024	still in office	LDem	0 votes out of 50, 0.0%	50 votes out of 86, 58.1%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	LDem	69 votes out of 906, 7.6%	906 votes out of 1239, 73.1%	2 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	LDem	5 votes out of 857, 0.6%	857 votes out of 1288, 66.5%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	LDem	22 votes out of 885, 2.5%	885 votes out of 1246, 71.0%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	LDem	9 votes out of 808, 1.1%	808 votes out of 1273, 63.5%	2 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	Andrew George	LDem Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
28 Oct 2024	Became Member, Health and Social Care Committee
House	Date	Subject	Andrew George	LDem Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Health and Social Care Committee
Commons	25 Mar 2015	Draft Infrastructure Planning (Radioactive Waste Geological Disposal Facilities) Order 2015	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2014	Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill — New Clause 2 — Pubs Code: Market Rent Only Option for Tenants of Large Pub-Owning Businesses	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Sep 2014	Motion to Sit in Private	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	9 Jul 2014	Draft Civil Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2014 — Residence Test for Legal Aid Eligibility	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2014	Care Bill — New Clause 9 — Require Annual Report on Social Care Funding Levels	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	12 Feb 2014	Local Government Finance Report (England) 2014-15	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Jan 2014	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 28 — Regulated Expenditure by Third Parties in General Elections	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Jan 2014	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Schedule 3 — Inclusion of Staff Costs in Controlled Expenditure	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jan 2014	Offender Rehabilitation Bill — New Clause 4 — Probation Reform Pilot Schemes	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Nov 2013	Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for Those Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Nov 2013	Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for those deemed to have excess bedrooms	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Nov 2013	Business of the House — Require MPs to Provide Explanatory Statements Along With Amendments to Bills They Propose	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Oct 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 27 — Cap on Spending by 3rd Parties in Elections	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Sep 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Committal to Committee and Timetable	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Aug 2013	Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Jun 2013	Energy Bill — Clause 1 — Requirement to Set a Decarbonisation Target Range	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 3 — Conscientious Objection From Registrars to Marrying Same Sex Couples	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Apr 2013	Abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Apr 2013	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Discrimination on the Basis of Caste	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Apr 2013	Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Development orders: development within the curtilage of a dwelling house	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Jan 2013	Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Third Reading — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Jan 2013	Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Clauses 1 to 3 and Schedule — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Jan 2013	Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Second Reading — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Dec 2012	Charities Act 2011 (Amendment) Bill — Presumption of Charitable Status for Religious Institutions	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Oct 2012	Badger Cull	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2012	Draft Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012 — Under Occupation Critera — Local Housing Allowance Rates	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Oct 2012	Draft Public Bodies (Abolition of the Commission for Rural Communities) Order 2012	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Apr 2012	Finance Bill — New Clause 6 — Extending VAT to Static Holiday Caravans	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Apr 2012	Finance Bill — New Clause 5 — VAT on Hot Baked Goods — (Pasty Tax)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Apr 2012	Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill — Ensure Individuals Have Access to Legal Services They Need	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Mar 2012	Health and Social Care Bill — Clinical Commissioning Group Members' Interests — Eligibility to Partipate in Decision Making	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2012	Health and Social Care Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2012	Health and Social Care Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Backbench Business Committee — Election of Members and Chair — Operation of Committee	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Election of Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Election of Backbench Business Committee by Parties	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Feb 2012	Health and Social Care Bill Risk Register	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Period of Entitlement to Contributory Employment and Support Allowance	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Employment and Support Allowance for Those Ill or Disabled Since Their Youth	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Clause 41 — Regulation of No-Win No-Fee Arrangements	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Clause 12 — Legal Aid for Those in Custody	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — New Clause 17 — Extension of Scope of Legal Aid	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — New Clause 26 — Offence of Squatting in a Residential building	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — New Clause 26 — Exemptions from Offence of Squatting in a Residential Building	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Definition of Domestic Abuse Used In Relation to Eligibility for Civil Legal Aid	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Oct 2011	Public Bodies Bill — Schedule 1 — Power to Abolish Agricultural Wages Board	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill — Should Secretary of State for Health "Secure" or "Provide or Secure" Services	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill — Clause 168 — Private Patient Income Cap	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2011	Finance Bill — Clause 73 — Financial Transaction Tax	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2011	Localism Bill — Clause 130 — Flexible Tenancies — Safeguards for Exsiting Secure Tenancies	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2011	Localism Bill — Clause 130 — Flexible Tenancies	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 May 2011	Localism Bill — New Clause 29 — Retail Diversity Scheme	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 May 2011	Localism Bill — New Clause 15 — Clarification Local Finance Considerations Can Be Taken Into Account When Determining Planning Application	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 May 2011	Localism Bill — Schedule 2 — Power for Secretary of State to Impose Change to Mayor and Cabinet Executive	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 May 2011	NHS Reforms — Market Based Approach	both	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Apr 2011	Control of Negative Election Campaigns by Third Parties — Allowing All UK Residents Over 18 to Vote — Introduction of Voter ID	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — Special Case of the Isle of Wight	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — Number and distribution of seats — Isle of Wight	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — permissible variation in population in a constituency	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — permissible variation in population in a constituency	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Dec 2010	University Tuition Fee Cap — Set Basic Limit at £6,000 Per Year	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Dec 2010	University Tuition Fee Cap — Raise Upper Limit to £9,000 Per Year	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Nov 2010	Opposition Day — School Sports Funding	both	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Third Reading	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — number and distribution of seats	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — number and distribution of seats	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 8 — Periodicity of Reports of the Boundary Commissions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Require Impact Assessment of Effect of New Academy —rejected	both	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Requirement for Foundation Schools to Consult on Application for Academy Order	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Referendum of Parents If Governor Objects to Application for Academy Status -rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2010	Finance Bill — Increase in Rate of Value Added Tax	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2010	Finance Bill — Assessment of Impact of VAT Increase on Mountain Rescue Services	both	no	Rebel
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Health and Social Care Committee
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Size of the Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
House	Date	Subject	Andrew George	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	1 Jul 2009	Bill Presented — Sustainable Energy (Local Plans) Bill — Clause 8 — Enforcement	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Business of the House — Regional Accountability	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	Majority	aye	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	18 Feb 2008	Delegated Legislation — Local Government	minority	aye	Rebel
19 Nov 2007	Became Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
4 Mar 2006	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for International Development,
Commons	27 Feb 2006	Government of Wales Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — Clause 11 — Electoral Region Vacancies	Majority	aye	Rebel
1 Jun 2005	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
1 Jun 2005	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
10 May 2005	Became Shadow Secretary of State for International Development,
House	Date	Subject	Andrew George	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Support For Members Who Have Chosen Not To Take Their Seats	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Support For Members Who Have Chosen Not To Take Their Seats	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2004	Pre-Budget Report 2004	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	8 Nov 2004	Housing Bill — Improvements in Energy Efficiency — rejected	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Oct 2004	New Clause 10 — Victims of persons subject to hospital order with restriction order: representations — Clause 22 — Procedure for determining fitness to plead: England and Wales	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Jul 2003	Hunting Bill (Programme) (No. 4)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Mar 2003	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — New Schedule 2 — 'Belfast No. 2	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Mar 2003	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — New Clause 14 — Belfast (No. 2)	both	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill (Programme)	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Programming	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
1 Jun 2002	Became Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
Commons	18 Dec 2001	Facilities of the House	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Parliamentary Pensions	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Pay (Expression of Opinion)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2001	Business of the House	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Jun 2001	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),
House	Date	Subject	Andrew George	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	both	no	Rebel
Commons	21 Nov 2000	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill - The Board's policing plan	both	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	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Apr 2000	Local Government Bill [Lords]	both	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2000	Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Age additions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Mar 2000	Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Recovery of housing benefit	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	2 Nov 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Nov 1999	Stopped being Member, Agriculture Committee
1 Jun 1999	Became Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),
Commons	29 Jul 1998	Parliamentary Oaths (Amendment)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In	minority	no	Rebel
14 Jul 1997	Became Member, Agriculture Committee
Commons	4 Jun 1997	Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill - Referendum in Scotland	Majority	aye	Rebel
1 Jun 1997	Became Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),

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
7%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
84%	Academy Schools - for
0%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
0%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67%	Apprenticeships
100%	Assisted Dying
10%	Asylum System - More strict
86%	Ban fox hunting
9%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
12%	Business and community control of schools: For
70%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
98%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
92%	Closed Material Proceedure
79%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
0%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
38%	Cull Badgers
19%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
75%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
83%	Easier access to abortion
90%	Employee Shareholder Status
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
75%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
0%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
24%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
69%	European Union Integration - For
37%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
83%	Fixed Term Parliaments
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
86%	Fox hunting - Ban
88%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
41%	Fully Elected House of Lords
20%	Further devolution to Scotland
35%	Further devolution to Wales
42%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
29%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
25%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
57%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
86%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
86%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
90%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
80%	HS2 - In Favour
94%	Human Rights and Equality
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
40%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
89%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
97%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
100%	Increase the state pension age
86%	Increase VAT
100%	Inheritance Tax
1%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
89%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
0%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
2%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
71%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
61%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
13%	Mansion Tax
52%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
74%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
20%	Minimum Wage
15%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
44%	More powers for local councils
64%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
1%	Nuclear power - For
65%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
58%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
91%	Police and Crime Commissioners
1%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
99%	Post office closures - against
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
71%	Privatise Royal Mail
84%	Promote Occupational Pensions
29%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
17%	Reduce capital gains tax
63%	Reduce central funding for local government
100%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
51%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
91%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
50%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
88%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
31%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
96%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
60%	Register of Lobbyists
1%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
71%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
55%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
55%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
88%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42%	Right to strike
81%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
61%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
77%	Smoking ban - In favour
0%	State control of bus services
59%	Stop climate change
1%	Support current and former armed service members
52%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
17%	Termination of pregnancy - against
67%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54%	Transparency of Parliament
0%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
92%	University education fees - Should be free
4%	University Tuition Fees - For
47%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
58%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
60%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
0%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Andrew George MP, St Ives (10222)

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