Voting Record — Heidi Alexander MP, Lewisham East (24953)

Heidi Alexander is currently The Secretary of State for Transport,

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

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
Swindon South	5 Jul 2024	still in office	Lab	0 votes out of 73, 0.0%	73 votes out of 86, 84.9%	0 times
Lewisham East	9 Jun 2017	9 May 2018	Lab	1 vote out of 129, 0.8%	129 votes out of 156, 82.7%	9 times
Lewisham East	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	7 votes out of 339, 2.1%	339 votes out of 467, 72.6%	9 times
Lewisham East	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	3 votes out of 997, 0.3%	997 votes out of 1239, 80.5%	73 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	Heidi Alexander	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
29 Nov 2024	Became The Secretary of State for Transport,
28 Nov 2024	Stopped being The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice,
8 Jul 2024	Became The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice,
House	Date	Subject	Heidi Alexander	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Jan 2018	Appointment of Professor Sir Ian Kennedy as Electoral Commissioner	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 17 — Report on Economic Impact of Withdrawal Agreement	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Jan 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 12 — Environmental Protection	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Jan 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 6 — Publication of Legal Advice on Varying Notification of Withdrawal from the EU	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Dec 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 13 — UK Retaining EU Common Customs Tarriff and Common Customs Policy	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Dec 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 9 — Parliamentary Approval for Terms of the UK's Withdrawal from the EU	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Dec 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 7 — Power for Ministers to Amend Devolution Arrangements for Scotland and Wales	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Schedule 1 — Right to Compensation in Respect of Failure to Transpose EU Law into UK Law	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Nov 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 25 — Amendment of Retained European Union Law	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Jun 2017	Queen's Speech — European Union Negiotiations	tellaye	aye	Teller
House	Date	Subject	Heidi Alexander	Lab Vote	Rôle
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Health and Social Care Committee
Commons	8 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — All Clauses Stand Part	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
31 Oct 2016	Became Member, Health and Social Care Committee
26 Jun 2016	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Health,
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria — Decline to Authorise	Majority	aye	Rebel
14 Sep 2015	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Health,
14 Sep 2015	Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons	11 Sep 2015	Assisted Dying Bill — Second Reading	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	8 Sep 2015	Finance Bill — New Clause 1 — Report on Impact of Bank Levy Rate Reduction and Introduction of a Surcharge on Banking Company Profits	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Sep 2015	Finance Bill — New Clause 2 — Report on Application of Climate Change Levy Tax To Electricity Generated from Renewable Sources	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Sep 2015	Finance Bill — Application of Climate Change Levy Tax to Electricity Generated from Renewable Sources	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Sep 2015	Finance Bill — Clause 43 — Review of Impact of Rise in Insurance Premium Tax	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Jul 2015	Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Decline Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Jul 2015	English Votes on English Laws	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	29 Jun 2015	Scotland Bill — New Clause 21 — The Scottish Office for Budget Responsibility	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Jun 2015	Scotland Bill — New Clause 1 — Independent Commission on Impact of Full Fiscal Autonomy for Scotland on the Scottish Economy	tellaye	aye	Teller
House	Date	Subject	Heidi Alexander	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
Commons	26 Mar 2015	House of Commons Standing Orders — Secret Ballot for Re-Election of a Former Speaker	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2015	Corporation Tax 2016-17	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2015	Income Tax 2015-16	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2015	March 2015 Budget	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Feb 2015	Serious Crime Bill — New Clause 19 — Child Abduction Warning Notices and Orders	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Feb 2015	Serious Crime Bill — New Clause 17 — Offence of Failing to Report Harm to a Child	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Feb 2015	Serious Crime Bill — New Clause 2 — Official Secrets Act 1989 — Defence of Disclosure to Historic Child Abuse Inquiry	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Feb 2015	Infrastructure Bill — Safeguards and Conditions for Hydraulic Fracturing Activities (Fracking)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Feb 2015	Opposition Day — Tax Avoidance — International Efforts	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Feb 2015	Opposition Day — Reducing Tax Avoidance	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Dec 2014	Equal Pay (Transparency) Bill	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	8 Dec 2014	Infrastructure Bill — Motion to Decline Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Nov 2014	Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill — Clause 37 — Public Sector Procurement — Training — Small Organisations — Buying Local	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Oct 2014	Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill — Clause 3 — Generally Responsible Approach	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Oct 2014	Carers Bedroom Entitlement (Social Housing Sector) Bill	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	30 Jun 2014	Opposition Day -Benefits System — Risks — Timeframe for Assessments	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Jun 2014	Wales Bill — Clause 2 — Allow Someone to Stand As Both Constituency and Regional Candidate in Welsh Assembly Election	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Jun 2014	Wales Bill — New Clause 2 — Infrastructure Guarantees in Wales	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Jun 2014	Criminal Justice and Courts Bill — Clause 58 — Judicial Review — Interveners and Costs	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 May 2014	Care Bill — Clause 118 — Duties of Special Administrators of NHS Trusts	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2014	Disenfranchisement of All Residents of Scotland In Event of Scottish Referendum In Favour of Independence	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Feb 2014	Housing Benefit and Universal Credit — Regular Payments and Penalty for Excess Bedrooms	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	13 Jan 2014	Inquiry into Impact of Welfare Reforms on Incidence of Poverty	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Jan 2014	Mesothelioma Bill — New Clause 2 — Divert Up to 1% of Payment Scheme Levy to Fund Research	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Dec 2013	National Insurance (Contributions) Bill — New Clause 3 — Report on Youth Unemployement and Effect of Scrapping Employer's National Insurance Contributions for Employees Under 21	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Nov 2013	European Union (Referendum) Bill — Clause 3 — Breakdown of Results by European Parliament Constituency With Gibraltar Separate	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Nov 2013	European Union (Referendum) Bill — Clause 3 — Deadline for Electoral Commission Recommendations on EU Referendum Rules	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Nov 2013	European Union (Referendum) Bill — Clause 1 — Consultation on Wording of Referendum Question	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Nov 2013	European Union (Referendum) Bill — Clause 1 — Closure of Debate on Consultation on Wording of Referendum Question	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Nov 2013	Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for Those Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Nov 2013	Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for those deemed to have excess bedrooms	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Nov 2013	European Union (Referendum) Bill — Closure Motion on Debate on Eligibility to Vote in Referendum on the UK Membership of the EU	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Oct 2013	Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill — Schedule 8 — Abolition of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Oct 2013	Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill — New Clause 26 — New Offence of Assault on Workers in Public Facing Roles	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Sep 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Schedule 3 — Types of Third Party Spending Restricted	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Sep 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 26 — Meaning of "controlled expenditure"	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Sep 2013	Opposition Day — Living Standards — Energy Prices and Profits	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Sep 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Committal to Committee and Timetable	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Sep 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Sep 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Decline Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Jul 2013	NHS — Government Actions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Jul 2013	Publication of NHS Transition Risk Register and Implementation of Key Francis Recommendations	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Jul 2013	Draft Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Jul 2013	Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill — New Clause 4 — Duty of Care for Ring-Fenced Retail Banking Divisions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Jul 2013	European Union (Referendum) Bill — Closure Motion	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Jul 2013	Finance Bill — New Clause 9 — Reintroduce 10% Initial Rate of Income Tax	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Jun 2013	Opposition Day — Badger Cull	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Jun 2013	Opposition Day — Badger Cull	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 May 2013	Cost of Living	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Apr 2013	Finance Bill — Clause 3 — Report on Impact of Taxation Changes on Living Standards of Basic Rate Taxpayers	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Apr 2013	Finance Bill — New Clause 2 — Rate of VAT	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Apr 2013	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Clause 56 — Commission for Equality and Human Rights	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Apr 2013	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Clause 56 — Commission for Equality and Human Rights	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Apr 2013	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Programme	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Apr 2013	Finance Bill 2013 — Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
19 Mar 2013	Became Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons	12 Mar 2013	Opposition Day — Require Larger Public Sector Contractors to Offer Apprenticeships	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Mar 2013	Opposition Day — Tax Fairness	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Mar 2013	Opposition Day — Tax Fairness — Tax on Properties Worth over £2m to Fund Tax Cut for Those on Middle and Low Incomes	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Feb 2013	Local Government Finance Settlement 2013-14 (England)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Feb 2013	Police Grant Report 2013-14	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Jan 2013	Draft Public Bodies (Abolition of the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board) Order 2013	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Jan 2013	Opposition Day — Support Investors in Rental Properties and Action Against Rogue Landlords	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Jan 2013	Opposition Day — Regulation of the Private Rented Sector	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Dec 2012	Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Third Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Dec 2012	Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Clause 25 — Employee Shareholder Status — Exemption from Certain Statutory Employment Rights	tellaye	aye	Teller
26 Nov 2012	Stopped being Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Commons	12 Nov 2012	New Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Nov 2012	Opposition Day — Cost of Living — Tax Avoidance and Evasion	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Nov 2012	Opposition Day — Fuel Duty	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Oct 2012	Draft Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012 — Minimum Welfare Standards	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Oct 2012	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — New Clause 14 — Civil Claims In Health and Safety Cases Only On Basis of Negligence	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Sep 2012	Opposition Day — Higher and Further Education — Tuition Fees	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2012	London Local Authorities Bill — Street Litter Control Notices — Application to All Non Domestic Premises	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Dec 2011	London Local Authorities Bill — Clause 4 — Power to Require Name and Address for Council Officers, PCSOs and Accredited Individuals When Issuing FPNs	tellno	no	Teller
26 Jul 2010	Became Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government 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.

Agreement	Policy
0%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Academy Schools - for
33%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
84%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
28%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
69%	Apprenticeships
100%	Assisted Dying
35%	Asylum System - More strict
1%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
88%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
0%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
21%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
0%	Cull Badgers
50%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
20%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
100%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
16%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
100%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
5%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
81%	European Union Integration - For
13%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
3%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
40%	Fixed Term Parliaments
92%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
99%	Fully Elected House of Lords
81%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
63%	Further devolution to Scotland
71%	Further devolution to Wales
100%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
7%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
90%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
15%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
51%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
79%	HS2 - In Favour
83%	Human Rights and Equality
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
50%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
21%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
6%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
13%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
50%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
35%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
10%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
87%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
46%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
84%	Minimum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
74%	More powers for local councils
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
50%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
69%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
0%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
10%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
0%	Police and Crime Commissioners
100%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
0%	Promote Occupational Pensions
53%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Public Ownership of Railways
88%	Rail Fares - Lower
28%	Reduce capital gains tax
0%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
11%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
10%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
5%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
57%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
21%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
10%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
94%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
100%	Right to strike
83%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
88%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	State control of bus services
68%	Stop climate change
100%	Support current and former armed service members
44%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
25%	Tougher on illegal immigration
0%	Trade Unions - Restrict
70%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
96%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
80%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Heidi Alexander MP, Lewisham East (24953)

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