Voting Record — Chris Ruane MP, Vale of Clwyd (10518)

Chris Ruane

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
9 Jun 2017 6 Nov 2019 Lab 1 vote out of 365, 0.3% 365 votes out of 463, 78.8% 0 times
6 May 2010 30 Mar 2015 Lab 1 vote out of 876, 0.1% 876 votes out of 1239, 70.7% 26 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 13 votes out of 1049, 1.2% 1049 votes out of 1288, 81.4% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 10 votes out of 907, 1.1% 907 votes out of 1246, 72.8% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 1 vote out of 864, 0.1% 864 votes out of 1273, 67.9% 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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HouseDateSubjectChris RuaneLab VoteRôle
6 Nov 2019Stopped being Shadow Minister (Wales),
Commons16 Jan 2019UK Participation In The EU Agency For Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) — EU Coordination and Cooperation in Policing and Justice minorityaye Rebel
3 Jul 2017Became Shadow Minister (Wales),
HouseDateSubjectChris RuaneLab VoteRôle
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
20 Jan 2014Became Member, Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
4 Nov 2013Stopped being Member, Home Affairs Committee
4 Feb 2013Became Member, Home Affairs Committee
Commons28 Jan 2013Succession to the Crown Bill — New Clause 1 — Remove Requement for Monarch to be Member of the Church of England bothno Rebel
11 Jan 2013Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons17 Dec 2012Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Clause 1 — Planning Applications Directly to Secretary of State tellayeaye Teller
Commons10 Dec 2012Financial Services Bill — Clause 6 — Financial Services Authority Regulation of Setting Benchmarks for Commodity Prices tellayeaye Teller
Commons7 Nov 2012New Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme tellayeaye Teller
Commons11 Sep 2012Universal Credit and Welfare Reform tellayeaye Teller
Commons3 Jul 2012Finance Bill 2012 — Third Reading tellnono Teller
Commons3 Jul 2012Finance Bill — New Clause 13 — Report on Bankers' Bonus Tax tellayeaye Teller
Commons2 Jul 2012Finance Bill — Clause 4 — Phasing Out of Additional Tax Free Income Tax Allowance for Those Aged 65 or over tellayeaye Teller
Commons2 Jul 2012Finance Bill — Clause 1 — Additional Rate of Income Tax tellayeaye Teller
Commons21 May 2012Local Government Finance Bill — Third Reading tellnono Teller
Commons18 Apr 2012Finance Bill — Clause 209 — Tax on Bankers' Bonuses tellayeaye Teller
Commons18 Apr 2012Finance Bill — Clause 1 — Report on Additional Rate of Income Tax tellayeaye Teller
Commons18 Apr 2012Finance Bill — Clause 1 — Additional Rate of Income Tax tellayeaye Teller
Commons5 Mar 2012Opposition Day — Revenue from Tax Avoidance — Tax Credits — Child Benefit tellayeaye Teller
Commons21 Feb 2012European Annual Growth Survey 2012 tellnono Teller
Commons1 Feb 2012Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Employment and Support Allowance for Those With Cancer tellnono Teller
Commons1 Feb 2012Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Period of Entitlement to Contributory Employment and Support Allowance tellnono Teller
Commons1 Feb 2012Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Employment and Support Allowance for Those Ill or Disabled Since Their Youth tellnono Teller
Commons31 Jan 2012Local Government Finance Bill — Clause 8 — Council Tax Reduction Schemes tellayeaye Teller
Commons19 Jan 2012New Standing Order — Consideration of Orders to Abolish, Merge or Modify Public Bodies tellnono Teller
Commons19 Jan 2012European Union Documents — Connecting Europe Facility tellayeaye Teller
Commons14 Nov 2011Education Bill — Efforts of Chief Executive of Skills Funding to Secure Apprenticeship Training — Best or Reasonable tellayeaye Teller
Commons31 Oct 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Schedule 1 — Legal Aid in Clinical Negligence Cases tellayeaye Teller
Commons31 Oct 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Evidence of Domestic Abuse Used In Relation to Eligibility for Civil Legal Aid tellayeaye Teller
Commons31 Oct 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Definition of Domestic Abuse Used In Relation to Eligibility for Civil Legal Aid tellayeaye Teller
Commons26 Oct 2011Health and Social Care Bill — Drop the Bill — Cross Party Talks on NHS Commissioning tellayeaye Teller
Commons25 Oct 2011Public Bodies Bill — Schedule 1 — Power to Modify or Transfer Functions of Chief Coroner, Deputy Chief Coroner, and their Medical Advisers tellayeaye Teller
7 Oct 2011Became Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons21 Jul 2010Use of the House of Commons Chamber by the United Kingdom Youth Parliament minorityaye Rebel
6 May 2010Stopped being Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
6 May 2010Stopped being Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
HouseDateSubjectChris RuaneLab VoteRôle
7 Dec 2009Became Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
7 Dec 2009Became Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
30 Dec 2008Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Caroline Flint, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement minorityno Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin minorityno Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] minorityno Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] minorityno Rebel
16 Oct 2008Became PPS (Rt Hon Caroline Flint, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
16 Oct 2008Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Caroline Flint, Minister of State), Department for Communities and Local Government
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility minorityno Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo minorityno Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses minorityno Rebel
7 Feb 2008Became PPS (Rt Hon Caroline Flint, Minister of State), Department for Communities and Local Government
7 Feb 2008Stopped being PPS (Caroline Flint, Minister of State), Department for Communities and Local Government
29 Jan 2008Stopped being PPS (Caroline Flint, Minister of State), Department for Work and Pensions
29 Jan 2008Became PPS (Caroline Flint, Minister of State), Department for Communities and Local Government
18 Nov 2007Stopped being Member, Crossrail Bill Committee
14 Nov 2007Became Member, Crossrail Bill Committee
25 Oct 2007Became PPS (Caroline Flint, Minister of State), Department for Work and Pensions
15 Mar 2007Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Peter Hain, Secretary of State), Wales Office
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
10 Nov 2005Became PPS (Rt Hon Peter Hain, Secretary of State), Wales Office
HouseDateSubjectChris RuaneLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Peter Hain, Lord Privy Seal), Leader of the House of Commons
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
Commons3 Nov 2004Members' Allowances Majorityno Rebel
13 May 2004Became PPS (Rt Hon Peter Hain, Lord Privy Seal), Leader of the House of Commons
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
16 Dec 2002Stopped being Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1) Majorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectChris RuaneLab VoteRôle
Commons1 Nov 1999Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum — rejected minorityno Rebel
18 Jan 1999Became Member, Welsh Affairs 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.

AgreementPolicy
51% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Academy Schools - for
92% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
0% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67% Apprenticeships
50% Assisted Dying
97% Asylum System - More strict
87% Ban fox hunting
89% Bankers' Bonus Tax
50% Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
81% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
33% Closed Material Proceedure
19% Coalition Programme for Government - For
100% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
13% Cull Badgers
50% Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
26% Delegate more powers to government ministers
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50% Do more to help refugees inclding children
0% Employee Shareholder Status
0% Employment rights
0% Encourage and incentivise saving
0% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
81% Energy Prices - More Affordable
0% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
78% European Union Integration - For
8% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
25% Fixed Term Parliaments
99% For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
87% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
71% Fully Elected House of Lords
73% Further devolution to Northern Ireland
55% Further devolution to Scotland
65% Further devolution to Wales
58% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% GP Commissioning in the NHS
93% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100% Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
24% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
46% Higher taxes on banks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
89% Homosexuality - Equal rights
71% HS2 - In Favour
76% Human Rights and Equality
96% Identity cards - For introduction
92% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100% Incentivise membership of press regulator
32% Increase Air Passenger Duty
9% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
13% Increase VAT
0% Inheritance Tax
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0% Localise Council Tax Support
34% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
62% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100% Mansion Tax
95% Mass Retention of Communications Data
7% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
95% Minimum Wage
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100% More Emergency Service Workers
68% More powers for local councils
100% MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
18% No detention without charge or trial
58% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100% Nuclear power - For
64% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83% Pension auto-enrolment - For
16% Police and Crime Commissioners
99% Post office - in favour of Government policy
1% Post office closures - against
83% Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0% Privatise Royal Mail
35% Promote Occupational Pensions
56% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100% Public Ownership of Railways
100% Rail Fares - Lower
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
83% Reduce capital gains tax
7% Reduce central funding for local government
11% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0% Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
12% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
8% Reducing the number of MPs - for
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
31% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29% Register of Lobbyists
100% Regulate letting agent fees
50% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
78% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0% Require voters to show photo ID before voting
0% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
36% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
19% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
84% Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
42% Right to strike
76% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
97% Same Sex Marriage - for
18% Schools - Greater Autonomy
0% Sell England's Public Forests
68% Smoking ban - In favour
100% State control of bus services
56% Stop climate change
94% Support current and former armed service members
43% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
28% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92% Trade Unions - Restrict
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
46% Transparency of Parliament
33% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7% University education fees - Should be free
55% University Tuition Fees - For
84% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
83% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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