Voting Record — Guy Opperman MP, Hexham (24962)

Guy Opperman

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
13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Con	1 vote out of 919, 0.1%	919 votes out of 1069, 86.0%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	5 votes out of 420, 1.2%	420 votes out of 463, 90.7%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	1 vote out of 421, 0.2%	421 votes out of 467, 90.1%	63 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	9 votes out of 938, 1.0%	938 votes out of 1239, 75.7%	0 times

External Links

See Guy Opperman's Parliamentary speeches at: TheyWorkForYou.com
Contact your MP for free at: WriteToThem.com
Form a long term relationship with your MP: HearFromYourMP.com
Search for local party donations declared to the Electoral Commission

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).

See also all votes... attended | possible

House	Date	Subject	Guy Opperman	Con Vote	Rôle
5 Jul 2024	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport),
13 Nov 2023	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport),
13 Nov 2023	Stopped being The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions,
Commons	7 Mar 2023	Public Order Bill — Clause 9 - Offence of interference with access to or provision of abortion services	Majority	unknown	Unknown
27 Oct 2022	Became The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions,
26 Oct 2022	Stopped being Member, Pension Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill Committee
19 Oct 2022	Became Member, Pension Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) Bill Committee
8 Sep 2022	Stopped being The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
8 Jul 2022	Became The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
7 Jul 2022	Stopped being The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
2 Feb 2022	Stopped being Member, Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Bill Committee
26 Jan 2022	Became Member, Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Bill Committee
15 Jun 2021	Stopped being Member, Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee
8 Jun 2021	Became Member, Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee
Commons	17 Jun 2020	Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Guy Opperman	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Sep 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — Clause 1 — Purpose of Delaying Withdrawal — Content of Bill to Implement Withdrawl Agreement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Jul 2019	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — New Clause 10 — International Obligations — Abortion — Sexual and Reproductive Health	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Apr 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship — Motion (C) Customs Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (O) — Seeking Preferential Trade Arrangements To Apply In Absense of Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (B) — Leave Without a Deal on 12 April 2019	Majority	aye	Rebel
14 Jun 2017	Became The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
14 Jun 2017	Stopped being The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
House	Date	Subject	Guy Opperman	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	13 Mar 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill (Programme) (No. 2)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Nov 2016	Digital Economy Bill — New Clause 27 — Introduction of Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme as Alternative to Universal Service Order Provision	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Nov 2016	Digital Economy Bill — New Clause 10 — Internet Pornography: Requirement to Teach Age Requirement and Risks	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Nov 2016	Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — Regulations on Local Branches and Groups	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jul 2016	Charter for Budget Responsibility — Reducing Public Borrowing — Cap on Welfare Spending	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jul 2016	Housing Benefit Cuts — Supported Housing	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Jul 2016	Higher Education and Research Bill — Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
17 Jul 2016	Became The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
17 Jul 2016	Stopped being Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
Commons	13 Jul 2016	Appointment of Jenny Willott Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Jun 2016	Finance Bill — Clause 135 — Report on the Impact of the Climate Change Levy	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Jun 2016	Finance Bill — New Clause 1 Review of Income Tax Treatment of Workers Providing Services Through Intermediaries	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Jun 2016	Finance Bill — Clause 10 — Company Car Tax — Diesel Cars With Low Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rates	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Jun 2016	Benefit Cuts for Disabled and Ill People Required to Participate in Activities Intended to Increase Their Chances of Obtaining Work	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Jun 2016	BBC — Television Licence for Consumers of BBC On-Demand Services — Transparency Over BBC Budgets — Open Commissioning	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 May 2016	Queen's Speech — Forcing Schools to Become Academies — Further Rises in University Tuition Fees	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 May 2016	Housing and Planning Bill — Clause 72 — Vacant High Value Local Authority Housing — Local Retention of Funds for Social Housing	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 May 2016	Opposition Day — NHS Bursaries	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Apr 2016	Trade Union Bill — Publication Requirements — Public Sector Union Officials	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Apr 2016	Trade Union Bill — Publication of a Strategy for the Rollout of Secure Electronic Balloting	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	26 Apr 2016	Policing and Crime Bill — Schedule 1 — Consent of Fire Authority and Councils or Local People Before Police and Crime Commissioner Given Fire and Rescue Responsibilities	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Apr 2016	Policing and Crime Bill — Schedule 1 — Report on Funding Requirement Prior to Police and Crime Commissioners Gaining Responsibility for Fire and Rescue Service	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Apr 2016	Policing and Crime Bill — Police and Crime Commissioners — Responsibility for Fire and Rescue Service.	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Apr 2016	Energy Bill — Onshore Wind Power — Ceasing to Count Towards Renewables Obligation	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Apr 2016	Tax Avoidance and Evasion	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2016	Government Assessment of Medium Term Economic and Budgetary Position for Submission to the European Commission	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2016	High Speed Rail (London — West Midlands) Bill — Third Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2016	High Speed Rail (London — West Midlands) Bill — New Clause 22 — Construction of an Integrated Euston Station	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2016	High Speed Rail (London — West Midlands) Bill — New Clause 8 — Office of the HS2 Adjudicator to Protect the Environment and Communities	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2016	High Speed Rail (London — West Midlands) Bill — New Clause 20 — Allow Public Sector Operators to Run High Speed 2 Passenger Services	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Mar 2016	Immigration Health Charge for Youth Mobility Scheme Applicants and Nationals of Australia and New Zealand	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Mar 2016	Enterprise Bill — Clause 33 — Powers for Local Government to Vary Sunday Opening Hours for Large Shops	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Feb 2016	Opposition Day — Police Funding, Crime and Community Safety	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Feb 2016	Opposition Day — Transitional State Pension Arrangements for Women	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Feb 2016	Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2016-17 — Level of Central Government Funding for Policing	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Jan 2016	Opposition Day — Prisons and Probation — Bring G4S Establishments Under Government Control — Review Rehabilitation Policy — Publish Agreement with Saudi Arabia	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Jan 2016	Opposition Day — Application of Housing Benefit Cuts to Supported Housing	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jan 2016	Psychoactive Substances Bill — Schedule 1 — Exempted Substances — Alkyl Nitrites (Poppers)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jan 2016	Psychoactive Substances Bill — Clause 8 — Importing of A Psychoactive Substance for Personal Use	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jan 2016	Psychoactive Substances Bill — New Clause 2 — Closure of Premises Prior to a Court Decision	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jan 2016	Psychoactive Substances Bill — New Clause 1 — Personal, Social and Health Education.	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Jan 2016	Opposition Day — Flooding — Spending on Flood Defences — Review of Flood Policy	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Jan 2016	Opposition Day — Universal Credit Work Allowance — Decision to Cut	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Dec 2015	Opposition Day — Impact of Policies on Women	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Dec 2015	Opposition Day — Mental Health	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Nov 2015	Opposition Day — Protecting the Education Budget	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Nov 2015	Opposition Day — The Economy — Tax Credits — Investment in Science, Technology and Green Jobs	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Nov 2015	Opposition Day — Policing	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Nov 2015	Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill — Database of Innovative Treatments — Departure from Accepted Practice — Money	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Oct 2015	Opposition Day — Junior Doctors' Contracts	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Oct 2015	Opposition Day — Steel Industry	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Oct 2015	Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill — Clause 10 — Set Funding of Combined Authorities Over a Year in Advance	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Oct 2015	Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill — Clause 3 — Make Creation of a Combined Authority Conditional on Having Elected Mayor	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	21 Oct 2015	Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill — New Clause 23 — Report on Funding of Combined Authorities	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Oct 2015	Charter for Budget Responsibility — Aiming for Budget Surplus — Cap on Welfare Spending	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Oct 2015	Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill — Decline Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Sep 2015	Education and Adoption Bill — Third Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Sep 2015	Assisted Dying Bill — Second Reading	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Sep 2015	Opposition Day — Assistance for Middle East Refugees	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Jul 2015	Opposition Day — Equal Pay and the Gender Pay Gap	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Jun 2015	Opposition Day — Boosting Participation in Sport — Support for Local Grassroots Sports Clubs	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Jun 2015	Opposition Day — Weekly Publication of Accident and Emergency Statistics — Plan for Tackling Hospital Deficits	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Jun 2015	Opposition Day — Report on Impact of Spending Review Options on Productivity	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Jun 2015	Opposition Day — Review of 14-19 Education	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Jun 2015	Opposition Day — Housing	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Jun 2015	Queen's Speech — Devolution — Protection of the Interests of Scotland	tellno	no	Teller
13 May 2015	Became Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
House	Date	Subject	Guy Opperman	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	21 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 8 — Domestic protection for persons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 6 — Protection of Beliefs About Marriage	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 3 — Conscientious Objection From Registrars to Marrying Same Sex Couples	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Thursdays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Nov 2011	Regulation of Hairdressers — Fines for Hairdressing Commercially Without a Licence	minority	no	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
29%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
94%	Academy Schools - for
13%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
80%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
1%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
72%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
100%	Assisted Dying
93%	Asylum System - More strict
90%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
100%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
16%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
100%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
84%	Closed Material Proceedure
82%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
75%	Cull Badgers
50%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
83%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
93%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
23%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
69%	Easier access to abortion
100%	Employee Shareholder Status
48%	Employment rights
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
19%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
20%	Environmental water quality
89%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
34%	European Union Integration - For
81%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
12%	Fire Safety
42%	Fixed Term Parliaments
14%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
72%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
50%	Fully Elected House of Lords
23%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
10%	Further devolution to Scotland
22%	Further devolution to Wales
8%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
94%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
14%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
81%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
27%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
94%	HS2 - In Favour
32%	Human Rights and Equality
36%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
100%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
33%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
33%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
84%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
78%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
81%	Increase the state pension age
81%	Increase VAT
8%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
6%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
45%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
41%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
13%	Mansion Tax
96%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
51%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Member trustees on pension boards
100%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
21%	Minimum Wage
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
0%	More funds for social care
34%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
0%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
77%	Nuclear power - For
20%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
100%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
24%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
99%	Promote Occupational Pensions
29%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
92%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
86%	Reduce capital gains tax
85%	Reduce central funding for local government
20%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
83%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
80%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
79%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
70%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
75%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
0%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
50%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
25%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
87%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
13%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
42%	Right to strike
16%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
92%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Sell England's Public Forests
75%	Smoking ban - In favour
9%	State control of bus services
23%	Stop climate change
26%	Support current and former armed service members
66%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
29%	Termination of pregnancy - against
85%	Tougher on illegal immigration
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
90%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100%	University Tuition Fees - For
87%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
8%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
50%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
29%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 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.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
No results found

Voting Record — Guy Opperman MP, Hexham (24962)

External Links

Interesting Votes

Policy Comparisons

Possible Friends (more...)

About the Project

The Whip on the Web

Help keep PublicWhip alive