Voting Record — Andrew Stephenson MP, Pendle (24759)

Andrew Stephenson

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	Con	1 vote out of 924, 0.1%	924 votes out of 1069, 86.4%	32 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	4 votes out of 423, 0.9%	423 votes out of 463, 91.4%	36 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	0 votes out of 380, 0.0%	380 votes out of 467, 81.4%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	12 votes out of 986, 1.2%	986 votes out of 1239, 79.6%	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	Andrew Stephenson	Con Vote	Rôle
5 Jul 2024	Stopped being Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care),
13 Nov 2023	Became Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care),
13 Nov 2023	Stopped being Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
Commons	17 Oct 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill — Clause 222 - Commencement and transitional provision	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Oct 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill — Clause 87 - National development management policies: meaning	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Oct 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill — After Clause 70 - Local authorities to be allowed to meet virtually	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Oct 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill — Clause 9 - Non-constituent members of a CCA	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Sep 2023	Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill — After Clause 180 - Failure to prevent fraud	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 Sep 2023	Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill — After Clause 187 - Civil recovery: costs of proceedings	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2023	Illegal Migration Bill — Clause 4 - Disregard of certain claims, applications etc	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2023	Illegal Migration Bill — Clause 4 - Disregard of certain claims, applications etc	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2023	Illegal Migration Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
18 May 2023	Stopped being Member, Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
10 May 2023	Became Member, Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
Commons	22 Mar 2023	Public Order Bill — Clause 11 - Powers to stop and search without suspicion	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Mar 2023	Northern Ireland	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	21 Mar 2023	36. Alcohol duty	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	21 Mar 2023	18. Pensions (lifetime allowance charge and annual allowance)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 2023	Illegal Migration Bill: Money	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 2023	Illegal Migration Bill: Programme	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 2023	Illegal Migration Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 2023	Illegal Migration Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Jan 2023	Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill — Schedule - Minimum Service Levels for Certain Strikes	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Jan 2023	Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill — Schedule - Minimum Service Levels for Certain Strikes	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Jan 2023	Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill — Schedule - Minimum Service Levels for Certain Strikes	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Jan 2023	Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill — Schedule - Minimum Service Levels for Certain Strikes	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Jan 2023	Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill — Clause 5 - Commencement	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Nov 2022	Finance Bill — New Clause 3 - Research and Development tax relief policy	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Nov 2022	Finance Bill — New Clause 3 - Research and Development tax relief policy	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Nov 2022	Finance Bill — New Clause 2 - Review of revenue from the Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Nov 2022	Finance Bill — Clause 5 - Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2026 and 2027-28	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Nov 2022	Finance Bill — Clause 5 - Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2026 and 2027-28	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	29 Nov 2022	Privilege	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Nov 2022	Finance Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Nov 2022	Finance Bill	tellno	no	Teller
22 Nov 2022	Stopped being Member, UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] Committee
Commons	18 Nov 2022	Prayers	tellno	no	Teller
16 Nov 2022	Became Member, UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] Committee
Commons	8 Nov 2022	Papers Relating to the Home Secretary	tellno	no	Teller
31 Oct 2022	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
27 Oct 2022	Became Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
27 Oct 2022	Stopped being Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities),
18 Oct 2022	Became Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
20 Sep 2022	Became Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities),
6 Sep 2022	Stopped being Minister without Portfolio ,
7 Jul 2022	Became Minister without Portfolio ,
7 Jul 2022	Stopped being Minister of State (Department for Transport),
Commons	17 Jun 2020	Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020	Majority	no	Rebel
13 Feb 2020	Became Minister of State (Department for Transport),
13 Feb 2020	Stopped being Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development),
House	Date	Subject	Andrew Stephenson	Con Vote	Rôle
25 Jul 2019	Became Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development),
25 Jul 2019	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy),
Commons	9 Jul 2019	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — New Clause 10 — International Obligations — Abortion — Sexual and Reproductive Health	Majority	no	Rebel
8 May 2019	Stopped being Member, Committee of Selection
4 Apr 2019	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy),
4 Apr 2019	Stopped being The Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household,
Commons	29 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union — Withdrawal — Withdrawal Agreement	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Mar 2019	Foreign Affairs Committee — Membership	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2019	European Union Withdrawal Agreement	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Jan 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 — Avoid Hard Border on the Island of Ireland Without the UK Remaining Aligned to the EU Customs Union	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Oct 2018	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill — New Clause 7 — Equal Rights for People of Northern Ireland	Majority	no	Rebel
26 Jul 2018	Became The Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household,
26 Jul 2018	Stopped being The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
Commons	20 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Approval by MPs of Government Plans in the Eventuality MPs Reject a Withdrawal Agreement or an Agreement is not Reached	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Schedule 1 — Retention of General Principles of EU Law	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 5 — EU Charter of Fundamental Rights	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — Make Withdrawal Conditional on Statement on Negotiations to Retain UK Participation in EU Customs Union	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 17 — Powers of Ministers	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 7 — Dealing with Deficiencies Arising from Withdrawal — Powers of Ministers	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Schedule 1 — Challenges to Retained European Union Law	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Jan 2018	Appointment of Professor Sir Ian Kennedy as Electoral Commissioner	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 14 — Allow Ministers to Change Date of Withdrawal	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Jan 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 11 — Powers of Devolved Administrations to Make Laws Incompatible With EU Law	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Jan 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Schedule 2 — Powers for Ministers in Devolved Administrations	tellaye	aye	Teller
11 Jan 2018	Became Member, Committee of Selection
Commons	9 Jan 2018	Trade Bill — Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Jan 2018	Trade Bill — Decline Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
9 Jan 2018	Became The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
9 Jan 2018	Stopped being Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
Commons	19 Dec 2017	Finance (No. 2) Bill — New Clause 8 — Analysis of Effectiveness of Provisions of this Act on Tax Avoidance and Evasion	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Dec 2017	Finance (No. 2) Bill — New Clause 6 — Equality Impact Analyses of Provisions of this Act	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Dec 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 7 — Rights and Protections	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Dec 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 7 — Power for Ministers to Amend Devolution Arrangements for Scotland and Wales	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Dec 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 7 — Retention of Laws Required by the UK's Membership of the Single Market	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Dec 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 7 — Powers of Ministers — Functionality of Retained EU Law	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Dec 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 63 — Environmental Standards and Protections: Enforcement	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Nov 2017	Budget Resolution 28 — Bank Levy	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Schedule 1 — Retention of EU Law — Challenges — Retention of General Principles -	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Schedule 1 — Right to Compensation in Respect of Failure to Transpose EU Law into UK Law	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Schedule 1 — Retention of General Principles of EU Law	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 5 — European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 79 — Reporting Amendments to EU Laws Forming Part of UK Law — Workers' Rights	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Nov 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 6 — Interpretation of Retained EU law — Transitional Period	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Nov 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 6 — UK Courts and Tribunals — Regard for European Court and European Union Decisions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Nov 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 14 — Report on Interpretation of Retained EU law During Transitional Period	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Nov 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — Repeal of the European Communities Act 1972	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Nov 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — Repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 — Consent of Devolved Legislatures	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	31 Oct 2017	Finance Bill — Third Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	31 Oct 2017	Finance Bill — New Clause 2 — Taxation of Chargeable Gains — Persons with Foreign Domicile	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Oct 2017	Smart Meters Bill (Programme)	tellaye	aye	Teller
15 Jun 2017	Became Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
House	Date	Subject	Andrew Stephenson	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	Andrew Stephenson	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 1 — If Conviction of MP for Misconduct in Public Office Should Trigger New Election	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 1 — Length of Suspension from the House of Commons Which Would Trigger New Election for MP	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Oct 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 8 — Domestic protection for persons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 6 — Protection of Beliefs About Marriage	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 3 — Conscientious Objection From Registrars to Marrying Same Sex Couples	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Draft EU Budget 2011	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	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.

Agreement	Policy
29%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
94%	Academy Schools - for
13%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
82%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
1%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
100%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
91%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
99%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
12%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
95%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Closed Material Proceedure
82%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
75%	Cull Badgers
0%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
80%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
23%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
69%	Easier access to abortion
90%	Employee Shareholder Status
58%	Employment rights
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
22%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
20%	Environmental water quality
93%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
33%	European Union Integration - For
96%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
12%	Fire Safety
49%	Fixed Term Parliaments
7%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
76%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
55%	Fully Elected House of Lords
19%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
9%	Further devolution to Scotland
17%	Further devolution to Wales
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
14%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
95%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
33%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
83%	HS2 - In Favour
37%	Human Rights and Equality
24%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
33%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
33%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
95%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
76%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
90%	Increase the state pension age
93%	Increase VAT
17%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
0%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
61%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
78%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
0%	Mansion Tax
78%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
60%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Member trustees on pension boards
100%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
16%	Minimum Wage
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
0%	More funds for social care
33%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
0%	No detention without charge or trial
7%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
77%	Nuclear power - For
23%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
100%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
12%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
75%	Privatise Royal Mail
77%	Promote Occupational Pensions
40%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
92%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
86%	Reduce capital gains tax
80%	Reduce central funding for local government
30%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
89%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
89%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
79%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
64%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
92%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
1%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
55%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
25%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
91%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
9%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
42%	Right to strike
15%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
96%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
50%	Smoking ban - In favour
1%	State control of bus services
20%	Stop climate change
26%	Support current and former armed service members
49%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
29%	Termination of pregnancy - against
91%	Tougher on illegal immigration
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
90%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
99%	University Tuition Fees - For
96%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
17%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
29%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
29%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Andrew Stephenson MP, Pendle (24759)

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