Voting Record — David Ward MP, Bradford East (24946)

David Ward

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 LDem 49 votes out of 817, 6.0% 817 votes out of 1239, 65.9% 1 time

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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 WardLDem VoteRôle
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Education Committee
Commons10 Mar 2014Care Bill — New Clause 9 — Require Annual Report on Social Care Funding Levels tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons30 Jan 2014Immigration Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons30 Jan 2014Immigration Bill — Clause 11 — Restrict Right to Appeal Immigration Decisions to the First-tier Tribunal minorityno Rebel
Commons30 Jan 2014Immigration Bill — New Clauses 12 and 18 — Fees — Power to Deprive Naturalised Citizen of Citizenship Even If That Would Leave Them Stateless minorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2013Immigration Bill — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Oct 2013Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Oct 2013Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 27 — Cap on Spending by 3rd Parties in Elections minorityno Rebel
Commons9 Oct 2013Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 26 — Definition of Controlled Expenditure by Third Parties During Elections minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Sep 2013Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons3 Sep 2013Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Decline Second Reading minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Aug 2013Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons Majorityaye Rebel
Commons4 Jun 2013Energy Bill — Clause 1 — Requirement to Set a Decarbonisation Target Range minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Apr 2013Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Employee Shareholder Status — Exemption from Certain Statutory Employment Rights minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Apr 2013Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Discrimination on the Basis of Caste minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Apr 2013Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Clause 56 — Commission for Equality and Human Rights minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Apr 2013Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Development orders: development within the curtilage of a dwelling house minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Apr 2013Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Employee Shareholder Status minorityaye Rebel
Commons8 Jan 2013Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Second Reading — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1% minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Nov 2012Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Oct 2012Draft Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012 — Under Occupation Critera — Local Housing Allowance Rates minorityaye Rebel
16 Jul 2012Stopped being Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
11 Jun 2012Became Member, Education Committee
Commons21 Feb 2012Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs — Exemptions from Benefit Reductions Due to Excess Bedrooms minorityaye Rebel
Commons8 Feb 2012Local Government Finance — Thresholds for Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Feb 2012Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 131 — Exemption from Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Fees minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Feb 2012Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs minorityaye Rebel
Commons31 Jan 2012Local Government Finance Bill — Clause 8 — Council Tax Reduction Schemes minorityno Rebel
Commons2 Nov 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Nov 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Clause 41 — Regulation of No-Win No-Fee Arrangements minorityno Rebel
Commons2 Nov 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Clause 12 — Legal Aid for Those in Custody minorityno Rebel
Commons2 Nov 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — New Clause 17 — Extension of Scope of Legal Aid minorityno Rebel
Commons1 Nov 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — New Clause 26 — Offence of Squatting in a Residential building minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Nov 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — New Clause 26 — Exemptions from Offence of Squatting in a Residential Building minorityno Rebel
Commons31 Oct 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Schedule 1 — Legal Aid in Clinical Negligence Cases minorityno Rebel
Commons31 Oct 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Evidence of Domestic Abuse Used In Relation to Eligibility for Civil Legal Aid minorityno Rebel
Commons31 Oct 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Definition of Domestic Abuse Used In Relation to Eligibility for Civil Legal Aid minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Sep 2011Energy Bill — Clause 42 — Energy Efficiency Requirement for Landlords of Private Rental Properties minorityno Rebel
Commons12 Sep 2011Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Clause 1 — Police and Crime Commissioners minorityaye Rebel
Commons12 Sep 2011Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Clause 1 — Police and Crime Commissioners minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Sep 2011Health and Social Care Bill — Should Secretary of State for Health "Secure" or "Provide or Secure" Services minorityno Rebel
Commons17 May 2011Localism Bill — Schedule 2 — Power for Secretary of State to Impose Change to Mayor and Cabinet Executive minorityno Rebel
Commons19 Jan 2011Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance minorityno Rebel
Commons6 Dec 2010Opposition Day — Local Government Funding — Spread Cuts Over Longer Period — Avoid Disproportionate Impact on Most Deprived Areas minorityno Rebel
Commons13 Oct 2010Superannuation Bill — Clause 1 — Limits on value of benefits provided under civil service compensation scheme minorityno Rebel
Commons13 Oct 2010Superannuation Bill — New Clause 1 — Consents required for civil service compensation scheme modifications minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Sep 2010Superannuation Bill — Programme minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Sep 2010Superannuation Bill — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons26 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons26 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Require Impact Assessment of Effect of New Academy —rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Requirement for Foundation Schools to Consult on Application for Academy Order minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Referendum of Parents If Governor Objects to Application for Academy Status -rejected minorityno Rebel
12 Jul 2010Became Member, Business, Innovation and Skills 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
60% Academy Schools - for
19% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50% Apprenticeships
19% Bankers' Bonus Tax
86% Business and community control of schools: For
30% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
75% Closed Material Proceedure
70% Coalition Programme for Government - For
75% Cull Badgers
50% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50% Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
20% Employee Shareholder Status
50% Encourage and incentivise saving
50% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
6% Energy Prices - More Affordable
50% Environmental water quality
88% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
67% European Union Integration - For
61% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
87% Fixed Term Parliaments
98% Fully Elected House of Lords
8% Further devolution to Scotland
45% Further devolution to Wales
16% Gambling - Against permissiveness
71% GP Commissioning in the NHS
14% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
85% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
64% Higher taxes on banks
76% Homosexuality - Equal rights
80% HS2 - In Favour
86% Human Rights and Equality
30% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100% Incentivise membership of press regulator
83% Increase Air Passenger Duty
89% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
100% Increase the state pension age
89% Increase VAT
100% Inheritance Tax
17% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
21% Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100% Localise Council Tax Support
65% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
90% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
13% Mansion Tax
94% Mass Retention of Communications Data
93% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
6% Minimum Wage
51% More powers for local councils
0% No detention without charge or trial
0% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100% Nuclear power - For
24% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100% Pension auto-enrolment - For
77% Police and Crime Commissioners
0% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100% Privatise Royal Mail
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
17% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50% Public Ownership of Railways
25% Rail Fares - Lower
17% Reduce capital gains tax
75% Reduce central funding for local government
100% Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
65% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
85% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
57% Reducing the number of MPs - for
100% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
24% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
50% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
0% Register of Lobbyists
16% Regulate letting agent fees
50% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
98% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
36% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
54% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
50% Right to strike
50% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
62% Same Sex Marriage - for
72% Schools - Greater Autonomy
100% Sell England's Public Forests
75% Smoking ban - In favour
0% State control of bus services
65% Stop climate change
17% Support current and former armed service members
57% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50% Trade Unions - Restrict
50% Trident replacement - In favour
100% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100% University Tuition Fees - For
88% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
60% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
0% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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