Voting Record — David Heyes MP, Ashton-under-Lyne (10961)

David Heyes

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 30 Mar 2015 Lab 4 votes out of 693, 0.6% 693 votes out of 1239, 55.9% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 14 votes out of 1049, 1.3% 1049 votes out of 1288, 81.4% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 12 votes out of 985, 1.2% 985 votes out of 1246, 79.1% 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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HouseDateSubjectDavid HeyesLab VoteRôle
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Public Administration Committee
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Commons24 Nov 2010Draft Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the AP1000 Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010 minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Nov 2010Draft Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the EPR Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010 minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Nov 2010Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2010 Majorityno Rebel
Commons24 Nov 2010Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010 Majorityno Rebel
2 Nov 2010Became Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
HouseDateSubjectDavid HeyesLab VoteRôle
Commons30 Apr 2008Energy Bill — Renewable energy feed-in tariff — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Mar 2008Lisbon Treaty — Parliamentary control of decisions made at the European Union level — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons17 Jul 2007Orders of the Day — After Clause 18 minorityaye Rebel
Commons17 Jul 2007Orders of the Day — Pensions Bill — After Clause 18 minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Nov 2006Communications Allowance — Welcoming the principle minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Regulate schools' admissions policies — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Requirements as to composition of governing bodies — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons23 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons15 Mar 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectDavid HeyesLab VoteRôle
Commons28 Feb 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Feb 2005Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — Abolish the offense of Blasphemy — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
Commons8 Jul 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — NHS Foundation Trusts minorityno Rebel
Commons7 May 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Declaration of War minorityaye Rebel
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected minorityno Rebel
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
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected minorityno Rebel
16 Jul 2001Became Member, Public Administration 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
6% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
16% Academy Schools - for
74% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
33% Apprenticeships
100% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
88% Bankers' Bonus Tax
14% Business and community control of schools: For
20% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50% Closed Material Proceedure
20% Coalition Programme for Government - For
85% Control Orders
100% Crossrail - In favour
25% Cull Badgers
77% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25% Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
92% Easier access to abortion
40% Employee Shareholder Status
0% Encourage and incentivise saving
0% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
94% Energy Prices - More Affordable
100% Environmental water quality
0% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
77% European Union Integration - For
8% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
29% Fixed Term Parliaments
30% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
62% Fully Elected House of Lords
50% Further devolution to Scotland
55% Further devolution to Wales
45% Gambling - Against permissiveness
14% GP Commissioning in the NHS
100% Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
93% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
22% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
14% Higher taxes on banks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
75% Homosexuality - Equal rights
70% HS2 - In Favour
62% Human Rights and Equality
100% Identity cards - For introduction
70% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50% Incentivise membership of press regulator
33% Increase Air Passenger Duty
11% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0% Increase the state pension age
14% Increase VAT
50% Inheritance Tax
11% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
19% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
89% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
91% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
13% 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
50% Mansion Tax
95% Mass Retention of Communications Data
53% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
94% Minimum Wage
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
62% More powers for local councils
22% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
89% Nuclear power - For
59% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
42% Pension auto-enrolment - For
8% Police and Crime Commissioners
99% Post office - in favour of Government policy
1% Post office closures - against
100% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
16% Privatise Royal Mail
21% Promote Occupational Pensions
58% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50% Public Ownership of Railways
87% Rail Fares - Lower
15% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
98% Reduce capital gains tax
25% Reduce central funding for local government
50% Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
21% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
18% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
8% Reducing the number of MPs - for
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
33% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
8% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
38% Register of Lobbyists
84% Regulate letting agent fees
50% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
83% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
67% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
27% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
11% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
24% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42% Right to strike
23% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
59% Same Sex Marriage - for
20% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Sell England's Public Forests
77% Smoking ban - In favour
100% State control of bus services
52% Stop climate change
94% Support current and former armed service members
56% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92% Trade Unions - Restrict
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Transparency of Parliament
17% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7% University education fees - Should be free
61% University Tuition Fees - For
48% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
42% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
70% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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