Voting Record — Dai Havard MP, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (10944)

Dai Havard

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
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	7 votes out of 791, 0.9%	791 votes out of 1239, 63.8%	1 time
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	46 votes out of 939, 4.9%	939 votes out of 1288, 72.9%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	20 votes out of 931, 2.1%	931 votes out of 1246, 74.7%	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	Dai Havard	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Defence Committee
Commons	15 Jul 2014	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Clause 6 — Date of Repeal — Sunset Clause	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Jul 2014	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Fast-Track Timetable — House of Commons Stages in Single Day	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jun 2013	Energy Bill — Clause 11 — Subsidy of Nuclear Power Generation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Programme)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Jun 2011	Devolving Responsibility for Jobcentre Plus to the Welsh Government	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	26 Apr 2011	Prohibition on Emergency Service and Transport Strikes Withouth Majority of Employees in Unionised Workforce Voting For Action	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Feb 2011	Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2011 — Fees for Immigration, Nationality and Consular Applications	minority	aye	Rebel
24 Jan 2011	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
House	Date	Subject	Dai Havard	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	9 Nov 2009	Coroners and Justice Bill — Enable Minister to Replace Inquest With Inquiry — Incercept Evidence in Inquests	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Jul 2009	Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry — New Clause 1 — Implementation of section 1	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2009	National Policy Statements — Parliamentary committee writes a report	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2009	National Policy Statements — Parliamentary debate following committee report — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — No lower limit for declaration	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' financial interests — Full and complete registration	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — outer-London MPs can no longer claim second home	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Mar 2009	Bill Presented — Clause 11 — Certified investigations: investigation by a judge, inquest without jury	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 2 — Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 1 — Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: "work for your benefit" schemes etc.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — New Clause 1 — Jobseeker's allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Dec 2008	Police raid of MP's office — New committee to adjourn immediately	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Dec 2008	Review of House of Commons Proceedures Police Raid of Damian Green MP's Office — Committee to Investigate Immediately — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Nov 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 2 — Employer's duties in relation to industrial action ballots	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jul 2008	Intelligence and Security Committee — Should belong to the House — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of period of detention to 42 days — Order	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of Maximim Period of Police Detention Without Charge in Terror Cases from 28 to 42 Days	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Disallow inquests without a jury in England and Wales — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Control orders only without prospect of prosecution — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — National Planning Policy Statement To Include Policies Which Help Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2008	Energy Bill — Renewable energy feed-in tariff — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Apr 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 16 — Earnings link	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2008	Housing and Regeneration Bill — Subsidy arrangements: formula and exclusions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2008	Housing and Regeneration Bill — Code of practice for consultations — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Preventing prison officers from taking industrial action	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — New Clause 11 — Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3(2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Regulate schools' admissions policies — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Nov 2005	Representation of the People (Reduction of Voting Age)	Majority	aye	Rebel
12 Jul 2005	Stopped being Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
House	Date	Subject	Dai Havard	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	28 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2004	Higher Education Bill — New Clause 5 — Abolition of tuition fees chargeable to qualifying student	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Jan 2004	Higher Education Bill — Second Reading — Increase in University Tuition Fees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS foundation trusts	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Nov 2003	Fire Services Bill — Clause 1 — Powers of the Secretary of State	minority	no	Rebel
20 Oct 2003	Became Member, Defence Committee
Commons	8 Jul 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — NHS Foundation Trusts	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 May 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	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	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	no	Rebel
31 Oct 2001	Became Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Business of the House	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution)	minority	aye	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
13%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
8%	Academy Schools - for
77%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67%	Apprenticeships
75%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Ban fox hunting
84%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
27%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
25%	Closed Material Proceedure
19%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
90%	Control Orders
100%	Crossrail - In favour
13%	Cull Badgers
50%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
92%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Encourage and incentivise saving
50%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
82%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
6%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
68%	European Union Integration - For
4%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
29%	Fixed Term Parliaments
20%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
0%	Fully Elected House of Lords
51%	Further devolution to Scotland
45%	Further devolution to Wales
61%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
100%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
30%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
21%	Higher taxes on banks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
74%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
70%	HS2 - In Favour
62%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
70%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
28%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
6%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
14%	Increase VAT
0%	Inheritance Tax
38%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
18%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
94%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
92%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
39%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
52%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88%	Mansion Tax
57%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
22%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
76%	Minimum Wage
22%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
70%	More powers for local councils
38%	No detention without charge or trial
92%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
97%	Nuclear power - For
58%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
16%	Police and Crime Commissioners
94%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
6%	Post office closures - against
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
35%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100%	Public Ownership of Railways
88%	Rail Fares - Lower
15%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
83%	Reduce capital gains tax
25%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
13%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
12%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
8%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
35%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
84%	Regulate letting agent fees
67%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
66%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
10%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
100%	Right to strike
50%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50%	Same Sex Marriage - for
6%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
61%	Smoking ban - In favour
100%	State control of bus services
62%	Stop climate change
99%	Support current and former armed service members
44%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
0%	Trade Unions - Restrict
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
39%	Transparency of Parliament
17%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
68%	University education fees - Should be free
28%	University Tuition Fees - For
57%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0%	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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Voting Record — Dai Havard MP, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (10944)

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