Voting Record — Gerald Kaufman MP, Manchester, Gorton (10327)

Gerald Kaufman

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
8 May 2015	26 Feb 2017	Lab	0 votes out of 177, 0.0%	177 votes out of 440, 40.2%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	9 votes out of 844, 1.1%	844 votes out of 1239, 68.1%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	16 votes out of 954, 1.7%	954 votes out of 1288, 74.1%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	7 votes out of 778, 0.9%	778 votes out of 1246, 62.4%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	1 vote out of 696, 0.1%	696 votes out of 1273, 54.7%	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	Gerald Kaufman	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
26 Feb 2017	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
26 Feb 2017	Stopped being Father of the House of Commons,
7 May 2015	Became Father of the House of Commons,
House	Date	Subject	Gerald Kaufman	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	3 Feb 2015	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Thursdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2011	Use of Hand-held Electronic Devices and Social Media in the Chamber (Backbench Business)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Sep 2011	Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill — Third Reading — Impact of Bills on Each Part of the United Kingdom	both	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Jun 2011	Establishment of Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Mar 2011	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Clause 152 — Director of Public Prosecution's Consent — Universal Jurisdiction Arrest Warrants in Private Prosecutions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Feb 2011	Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2011 — Fees for Immigration, Nationality and Consular Applications	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Gerald Kaufman	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	16 Oct 2009	Clause 2 — Protocol about the Law Commission's work	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	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	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Oct 2007	Modernisation of the House of Commons — Handheld email devices	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Exempt constituents' letters only — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Continue to disclose MPs' correspondence — rejected	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	18 Oct 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Free of charge — rejected	both	no	Rebel
5 May 2005	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
House	Date	Subject	Gerald Kaufman	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
1 Jan 2003	Became Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
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
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Gerald Kaufman	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
20 Sep 1992	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs),
1 Jul 1992	Stopped being Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee,
27 Apr 1992	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
1 Jul 1991	Became Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee,
10 Jul 1987	Became Shadow Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs),
10 Jul 1987	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State (Home Office),
10 Nov 1983	Became Shadow Secretary of State (Home Office),
9 Jun 1983	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State (Environment),
4 Nov 1980	Became Shadow Secretary of State (Environment),
4 May 1979	Stopped being Minister of State (Department of Industry),
4 Dec 1975	Became Minister of State (Department of Industry),
4 Dec 1975	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Industry),
12 Jun 1975	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Industry),
12 Jun 1975	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment),
8 Mar 1974	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment),

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
71%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
13%	Academy Schools - for
50%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
91%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
28%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
83%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
65%	Asylum System - More strict
25%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
100%	Ban fox hunting
88%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
80%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
19%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
88%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
0%	Cull Badgers
81%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
50%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
31%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
94%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
4%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
27%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
64%	European Union Integration - For
15%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
3%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
29%	Fixed Term Parliaments
50%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
10%	Fully Elected House of Lords
60%	Further devolution to Scotland
53%	Further devolution to Wales
53%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
90%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
33%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
40%	Higher taxes on banks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
87%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
75%	HS2 - In Favour
74%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
50%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
70%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
22%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
12%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
23%	Increase the state pension age
20%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
23%	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
13%	Localise Council Tax Support
44%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
20%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
75%	Mansion Tax
50%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
45%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
17%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
81%	Minimum Wage
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50%	More funds for social care
64%	More powers for local councils
22%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
98%	Nuclear power - For
51%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
10%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
16%	Police and Crime Commissioners
96%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
4%	Post office closures - against
50%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
35%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
79%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
83%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
7%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
28%	Reduce capital gains tax
33%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
16%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
21%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
39%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
27%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
39%	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
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
72%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
17%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
10%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
75%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
24%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
50%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
86%	Right to strike
31%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
78%	Same Sex Marriage - for
33%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
82%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	State control of bus services
65%	Stop climate change
94%	Support current and former armed service members
31%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
75%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
6%	Tougher on illegal immigration
36%	Trade Unions - Restrict
32%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
64%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
8%	University education fees - Should be free
62%	University Tuition Fees - For
56%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
67%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
42%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
67%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2015-2017, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

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Voting Record — Gerald Kaufman MP, Manchester, Gorton (10327)

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