Voting Record — James Wharton MP, Stockton South (24930)

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From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	0 votes out of 420, 0.0%	420 votes out of 467, 89.9%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	5 votes out of 1062, 0.5%	1062 votes out of 1239, 85.7%	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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House	Date	Subject	James Wharton	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
12 Jun 2017	Stopped being The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development,
17 Jul 2016	Became The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development,
17 Jul 2016	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Northern P,
8 May 2015	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Northern P,
House	Date	Subject	James Wharton	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	3 Feb 2015	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015	minority	aye	Rebel
12 Nov 2012	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
Commons	31 Oct 2012	Seek Real Terms Cut in European Union Budget	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	10 Oct 2011	Protection of Freedoms Bill — Amendment to Programme Motion	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 Jun 2011	Devolving Responsibility for Jobcentre Plus to the Welsh Government	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jul 2010	Closure of Debate — Use of the Commons Chamber by the United Kingdom Youth Parliament	both	aye	Rebel
12 Jul 2010	Became 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.

Agreement	Policy
50%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Academy Schools - for
67%	Action to prevent domestic violence
0%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
72%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
35%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
84%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
8%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
100%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Redundancy Payments
100%	Closed Material Proceedure
90%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
75%	Cull Badgers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
100%	Employee Shareholder Status
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
6%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
95%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
49%	European Union - For
96%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
83%	Fixed Term Parliaments
11%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
50%	Fully Elected House of Lords
6%	Further devolution to Scotland
0%	Further devolution to Wales
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
93%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
60%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
32%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
100%	HS2 - In Favour
32%	Human Rights and Equality
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
40%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
33%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
100%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
100%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
92%	Increase VAT
17%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
0%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
0%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
58%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
0%	Mansion Tax
78%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
60%	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
16%	Minumum Wage
0%	More funds for social care
0%	More Generous Benefits for Ill and Disabled
31%	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
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
100%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
38%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
16%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
86%	Reduce capital gains tax
92%	Reduce central funding for local government
99%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
96%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
85%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
71%	Referendum on the UK's membership of the EU - For
100%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
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%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
84%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
10%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
42%	Right to strike
50%	Same Sex Marriage - for
100%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
38%	Smoking ban - In favour
9%	State control of bus services
25%	Stop climate change
0%	Stronger Military Covenant
56%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
100%	Terrorism laws - For
94%	Tougher on illegal immigration
95%	Trade Union Regulation
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
99%	University Tuition Fees - For
96%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
10%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices

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Voting Record — James Wharton MP, Stockton South (24930)

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