Voting Record — Andy Burnham MP, Leigh (10766)

Andy Burnham is currently Mayor of Greater Manchester,

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
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	0 votes out of 213, 0.0%	213 votes out of 467, 45.6%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	4 votes out of 686, 0.6%	686 votes out of 1239, 55.4%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	10 votes out of 991, 1.0%	991 votes out of 1288, 76.9%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	6 votes out of 1003, 0.6%	1003 votes out of 1246, 80.5%	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	Andy Burnham	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
8 May 2017	Became Mayor of Greater Manchester,
6 Oct 2016	Stopped being Shadow Home Secretary,
14 Sep 2015	Became Shadow Home Secretary,
14 Sep 2015	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Health,
House	Date	Subject	Andy Burnham	Lab Vote	Rôle
7 Oct 2011	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Health,
7 Oct 2011	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State (Education and Election Co-ordinator),
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Draft Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the AP1000 Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Draft Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the EPR Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2010	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010	Majority	no	Rebel
8 Oct 2010	Became Shadow Secretary of State (Education and Election Co-ordinator),
8 Oct 2010	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Health,
12 May 2010	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Health,
6 May 2010	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Health,
House	Date	Subject	Andy Burnham	Lab Vote	Rôle
6 Jun 2009	Became The Secretary of State for Health,
5 Jun 2009	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,
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
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
25 Jan 2008	Became The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,
24 Jan 2008	Stopped being The Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
28 Jun 2007	Became The Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being Minister of State (Department of Health) (Delivery and Quality),
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	19 Jan 2007	Orders of the Day — Sustainable Communities Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
5 May 2006	Became Minister of State (Department of Health) (Delivery and Quality),
5 May 2006	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office),
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs	Majority	aye	Rebel
10 May 2005	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office),
House	Date	Subject	Andy Burnham	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon David Blunkett, Secretary of State), Home Office
10 Apr 2005	Became PPS (Rt Hon David Blunkett, Secretary of State), Home Office
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
16 Dec 2004	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon David Blunkett, Secretary of State), Home Office
13 May 2004	Became PPS (Rt Hon David Blunkett, Secretary of State), Home Office
20 Oct 2003	Stopped being Member, Health and Social Care Committee
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
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	aye	Rebel
16 Jul 2001	Became Member, Health and Social Care 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
14%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
25%	Academy Schools - for
50%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
91%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
32%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
69%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
79%	Asylum System - More strict
25%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
100%	Ban fox hunting
76%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
89%	Business and community control of schools: For
30%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
32%	Closed Material Proceedure
25%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
99%	Control Orders
100%	Crossrail - In favour
25%	Cull Badgers
89%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
98%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
86%	Easier access to abortion
10%	Employee Shareholder Status
15%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
94%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
50%	Environmental water quality
5%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
65%	European Union Integration - For
8%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
29%	Fixed Term Parliaments
29%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
90%	Fully Elected House of Lords
52%	Further devolution to Scotland
56%	Further devolution to Wales
44%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
75%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
87%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
35%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
35%	Higher taxes on banks
50%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
76%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
67%	HS2 - In Favour
56%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
70%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
83%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
33%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
12%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
23%	Increase the state pension age
22%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
83%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
99%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
93%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
13%	Localise Council Tax Support
39%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
40%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
75%	Mansion Tax
89%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
57%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
50%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
33%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
78%	Minimum Wage
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100%	More funds for social care
64%	More powers for local councils
20%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
91%	Nuclear power - For
63%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
39%	Police and Crime Commissioners
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
50%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
75%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
53%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
15%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
21%	Reduce capital gains tax
33%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
11%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
17%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
26%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
15%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
40%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
21%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
25%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
25%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
17%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
75%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
9%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
16%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
24%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
48%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50%	Right to strike
28%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
86%	Same Sex Marriage - for
37%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
85%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	State control of bus services
71%	Stop climate change
63%	Support current and former armed service members
51%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
25%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
12%	Tougher on illegal immigration
7%	Trade Unions - Restrict
29%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
33%	Transparency of Parliament
79%	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
63%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
56%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
83%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Andy Burnham MP, Leigh (10766)

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