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Ian Lavery is currently Party Chair, Labour Party, , Co-National Campaign Coordinator, and Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office),

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
9 Jun 2017	still in office	Lab	0 votes out of 165, 0.0%	165 votes out of 232, 71.1%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	1 vote out of 336, 0.3%	336 votes out of 467, 71.9%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	5 votes out of 933, 0.5%	933 votes out of 1239, 75.3%	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	Ian Lavery	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
14 Jun 2017	Became Party Chair, Labour Party,
14 Jun 2017	Became Co-National Campaign Coordinator,
14 Jun 2017	Stopped being Campaigns and Elections Chair,
House	Date	Subject	Ian Lavery	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Feb 2017	Became Campaigns and Elections Chair,
Commons	8 Feb 2017	Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) Between the European Union and Canada	minority	aye	Rebel
7 Oct 2016	Became Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office),
7 Oct 2016	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (Trade Unions and Civil Society),
26 Oct 2015	Stopped being Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee
18 Sep 2015	Became Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (Trade Unions and Civil Society),
8 Jul 2015	Became Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee
House	Date	Subject	Ian Lavery	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee
Commons	15 Jul 2014	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jul 2014	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Clause 6 — Date of Repeal — Sunset Clause	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Jul 2014	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jul 2014	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Fast-Track Timetable — House of Commons Stages in Single Day	minority	aye	Rebel
11 Dec 2013	Stopped being Member, Draft Deregulation Bill (Joint Committee)
10 Jul 2013	Became Member, Draft Deregulation Bill (Joint Committee)
24 Oct 2011	Stopped being Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Commons	19 Oct 2011	House of Commons Recess Dates — Winter 2011-12	Majority	no	Rebel
2 Nov 2010	Became Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee
26 Jul 2010	Became Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
26 Jul 2010	Became Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Commons	14 Jul 2010	Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010	minority	unknown	Unknown

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
50%	Action to prevent domestic violence
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
28%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
16%	Asylum System - More strict
0%	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
20%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Redundancy Payments
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
20%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
25%	Cull Badgers
50%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
15%	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.
5%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
66%	European Union - For
8%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
29%	Fixed Term Parliaments
48%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
99%	Fully Elected House of Lords
76%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
59%	Further devolution to Scotland
65%	Further devolution to Wales
92%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
7%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
20%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
47%	Higher taxes on banks
50%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
64%	HS2 - In Favour
85%	Human Rights and Equality
50%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
80%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
22%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
4%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
14%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
94%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
93%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
30%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
52%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
19%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
52%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
17%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
79%	Minumum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
97%	More Generous Benefits for Ill and Disabled
71%	More powers for local councils
100%	MPs to approve Withdrawal Agreeement
100%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
72%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Strengthen
0%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
8%	Police and Crime Commissioners
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
0%	Promote Occupational Pensions
53%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
83%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
14%	Reduce capital gains tax
7%	Reduce central funding for local government
7%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
8%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
5%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
16%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50%	Referendum on the UK's membership of the EU - For
0%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
33%	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
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
80%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
100%	Right to strike
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
30%	Shift Powers from MPs in the Commons to Ministers
100%	Smoking ban - In favour
75%	State control of bus services
75%	Stop climate change
100%	Stronger Military Covenant
44%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Terrorism laws - For
6%	Tougher on illegal immigration
5%	Trade Union Regulation
50%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
39%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
80%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices

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