Voting Record — Ian Swales MP, Redcar (24819)

Ian Swales

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 21 votes out of 931, 2.3% 931 votes out of 1239, 75.1% 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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HouseDateSubjectIan SwalesLDem VoteRôle
Commons26 Jan 2015Infrastructure Bill — New Clause 16 — Pubs and Bars — Demolition and Change of Use minorityno Rebel
Commons1 Dec 2014Education — Clause 29 — Secure colleges and other places for detention of young offenders etc minorityaye Rebel
Commons27 Oct 2014Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP tellnono Teller
30 Jun 2014Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
Commons13 May 2014Consumer Rights Bill — New Clause 22 — Ban on Letting Agents Charging Tenants Fees minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Jan 2014Offender Rehabilitation Bill — New Clause 1 — Probation Service Reform: Parliamentary Approval minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Nov 2013Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill — New Clause 11 — Power to Extend Horserace Betting Levy to Overseas Bookmakers minorityno Rebel
25 Nov 2013Stopped being Member, European Scrutiny Committee
Commons11 Nov 2013Offender Rehabilitation Bill — Decline Second Reading minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Aug 2013Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons Majorityaye Rebel
Commons18 Jun 2013Principle of Financial Transaction Tax minorityno Rebel
Commons18 Apr 2012Finance Bill — New Clause 5 — VAT on Hot Baked Goods — (Pasty Tax) minorityno Rebel
Commons12 Mar 2012Election of Backbench Business Committee minorityno Rebel
Commons12 Mar 2012Election of Backbench Business Committee by Parties minorityno Rebel
Commons21 Feb 2012Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs — Exemptions from Benefit Reductions Due to Excess Bedrooms minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Feb 2012Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Feb 2012Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Period of Entitlement to Contributory Employment and Support Allowance minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Feb 2012Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Employment and Support Allowance for Those Ill or Disabled Since Their Youth minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Nov 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Clause 12 — Legal Aid for Those in Custody bothno Rebel
Commons2 Nov 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — New Clause 17 — Extension of Scope of Legal Aid minorityno Rebel
Commons25 Oct 2011Public Bodies Bill — Schedule 1 — Power to Modify or Transfer Functions of Chief Coroner, Deputy Chief Coroner, and their Medical Advisers bothno Rebel
Commons13 Oct 2011Use of Hand-held Electronic Devices and Social Media in the Chamber (Backbench Business) minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Sep 2011Energy Bill — Clause 42 — Energy Efficiency Requirement for Landlords of Private Rental Properties minorityno Rebel
Commons22 Jun 2011Ban on Smoking in Private Vehicles minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Dec 2010University Tuition Fee Cap — Set Basic Limit at £6,000 Per Year minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Dec 2010University Tuition Fee Cap — Raise Upper Limit to £9,000 Per Year minorityaye Rebel
26 Jul 2010Became Member, European Scrutiny Committee
12 Jul 2010Became Member, Public Accounts 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
92% Academy Schools - for
8% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
0% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50% Apprenticeships
8% Bankers' Bonus Tax
100% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
75% Closed Material Proceedure
89% Coalition Programme for Government - For
75% Cull Badgers
50% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50% Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
90% Employee Shareholder Status
100% Encourage and incentivise saving
100% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
11% Energy Prices - More Affordable
100% Environmental water quality
88% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
73% European Union Integration - For
60% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
83% Fixed Term Parliaments
98% Fully Elected House of Lords
8% Further devolution to Scotland
49% Further devolution to Wales
16% Gambling - Against permissiveness
86% GP Commissioning in the NHS
36% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
85% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
86% Higher taxes on banks
77% Homosexuality - Equal rights
90% HS2 - In Favour
50% Human Rights and Equality
40% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100% Incentivise membership of press regulator
89% Increase Air Passenger Duty
97% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
79% Increase the state pension age
89% Increase VAT
100% Inheritance Tax
0% 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
55% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
0% Mansion Tax
65% Mass Retention of Communications Data
88% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
12% Minimum Wage
38% 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
42% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100% Pension auto-enrolment - For
100% Police and Crime Commissioners
0% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100% Privatise Royal Mail
99% Promote Occupational Pensions
17% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100% Public Ownership of Railways
12% Rail Fares - Lower
17% Reduce capital gains tax
100% Reduce central funding for local government
100% Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
77% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
91% 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
100% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71% Register of Lobbyists
31% Regulate letting agent fees
33% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
98% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
67% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
69% 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
90% Same Sex Marriage - for
92% Schools - Greater Autonomy
100% Sell England's Public Forests
75% Smoking ban - In favour
0% State control of bus services
48% Stop climate change
0% Support current and former armed service members
56% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50% Trade Unions - Restrict
50% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
1% University Tuition Fees - For
74% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
13% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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