Voting Record — Chris Evans MP, Islwyn (24721)

Chris Evans is currently Member, Welsh Affairs Committee

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

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
Caerphilly	5 Jul 2024	still in office	Lab	1 vote out of 73, 1.4%	73 votes out of 98, 74.5%	0 times
Islwyn	13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Lab	0 votes out of 745, 0.0%	745 votes out of 1069, 69.7%	0 times
Islwyn	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	1 vote out of 380, 0.3%	380 votes out of 463, 82.1%	0 times
Islwyn	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	3 votes out of 326, 0.9%	326 votes out of 467, 69.8%	0 times
Islwyn	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	2 votes out of 928, 0.2%	928 votes out of 1239, 74.9%	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	Chris Evans	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	29 Nov 2024	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
28 Oct 2024	Became Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Chris Evans	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Welsh Grand Committee
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
30 May 2024	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Tech and Digital Economy),
24 Apr 2024	Stopped being Member, Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill Committee
17 Apr 2024	Became Member, Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill Committee
28 Nov 2023	Became Shadow Minister (Tech and Digital Economy),
28 Nov 2023	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),
5 Sep 2023	Became Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions),
5 Sep 2023	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Defence),
21 Feb 2023	Stopped being Member, Procurement Bill [HL] Committee
25 Jan 2023	Became Member, Procurement Bill [HL] Committee
18 Jan 2022	Became Member, Welsh Grand Committee
13 Jul 2021	Stopped being Member, Petitions Committee
14 May 2021	Became Shadow Minister (Defence),
21 Sep 2020	Stopped being Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
20 May 2020	Became Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
2 Mar 2020	Became Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
2 Mar 2020	Became Member, Petitions Committee
House	Date	Subject	Chris Evans	Lab Vote	Rôle
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
Commons	25 Jun 2018	National Policy Statement: Airports — Heathrow Northwest Runway	minority	aye	Rebel
11 Sep 2017	Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
House	Date	Subject	Chris Evans	Lab Vote	Rôle
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
Commons	7 Dec 2016	The United Kingdom Leaving the European Union	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Jun 2016	Investigatory Powers Bill — Clause 18 — Interception and Examination Warrants — Economic and National Security Grounds — Persons Outside British Islands	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Jun 2016	Investigatory Powers Bill — Notifying People Who Have Been Subject to Investigatory Techniques Covered by the Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
26 Oct 2015	Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
House	Date	Subject	Chris Evans	Lab Vote	Rôle
18 Mar 2014	Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
Commons	30 Oct 2013	Opposition Day — Probation Service Reforms	both	no	Rebel
10 Dec 2012	Stopped being Member, Justice Committee
10 Dec 2012	Became Member, Environmental Audit Committee
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons to Sit on Tuesdays from 7pm until 10pm to Consider Private Members' Bills	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Oct 2011	House of Commons Recess Dates — Winter 2011-12	Majority	no	Rebel
12 Oct 2011	Stopped being Member, Draft Defamation Bill (Joint Committee)
24 Mar 2011	Became Member, Draft Defamation Bill (Joint Committee)
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Justice 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
6%	Academy Schools - for
90%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
76%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
32%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
69%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
7%	Asylum System - More strict
25%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
34%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
92%	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
19%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
0%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
20%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
14%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
88%	Easier access to abortion
10%	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
11%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
73%	European Union Integration - For
11%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
3%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
88%	Fire Safety
44%	Fixed Term Parliaments
72%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
25%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
99%	Fully Elected House of Lords
74%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
61%	Further devolution to Scotland
69%	Further devolution to Wales
100%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
0%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
83%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
19%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
64%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
67%	HS2 - In Favour
83%	Human Rights and Equality
64%	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
24%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
20%	Increase VAT
75%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
50%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
45%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
10%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
52%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88%	Mansion Tax
87%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
39%	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
85%	Minimum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
75%	More funds for social care
72%	More powers for local councils
100%	More restrictive planning laws
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
82%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
0%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
10%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
8%	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
40%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
8%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
15%	Reduce capital gains tax
0%	Reduce central funding for local government
70%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
15%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
18%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
22%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
52%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
50%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
4%	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
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
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
75%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
58%	Right to strike
81%	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
99%	State control of bus services
83%	Stop climate change
77%	Support current and former armed service members
38%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
14%	Termination of pregnancy - against
15%	Tougher on illegal immigration
4%	Trade Unions - Restrict
60%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
1%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
92%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
86%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
93%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Chris Evans MP, Islwyn (24721)

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