Voting Record — Jenny Chapman MP, Darlington (24711)

Jenny Chapman is currently Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury), and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office,

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

ConstituencyFromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
House of Lords 1 Feb 2021 still in office Lab 1 vote out of 328, 0.3% 328 votes out of 475, 69.1% 1 time
Darlington 9 Jun 2017 6 Nov 2019 Lab 0 votes out of 333, 0.0% 333 votes out of 463, 71.9% 0 times
Darlington 8 May 2015 3 May 2017 Lab 2 votes out of 300, 0.7% 300 votes out of 467, 64.2% 0 times
Darlington 6 May 2010 30 Mar 2015 Lab 3 votes out of 846, 0.4% 846 votes out of 1239, 68.3% 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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HouseDateSubjectBaroness Chapman of DarlingtonLab VoteRôle
26 Oct 2023Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Business and Trade),
21 Feb 2023Became Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury),
21 Feb 2023Became Shadow Spokesperson (Business and Trade),
20 Feb 2023Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Justice),
20 Feb 2023Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Education),
21 Dec 2022Stopped being Opposition Whip (Lords),
Lords28 Jun 2022Pharmacy (Responsible Pharmacists, Superintendent Pharmacists etc.) Order 2022 - Motion to Approve — Amendment to the Motion tellayeaye Teller
17 Jun 2022Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and International Trade) ,
10 May 2022Became Shadow Spokesperson (Education),
4 Dec 2021Became Shadow Spokesperson (Justice),
4 Dec 2021Became Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and International Trade) ,
Lords13 Jul 2021Procedure and Privileges - Motion to Agree — Amendment to the Motion Majorityaye Rebel
22 Jun 2021Became Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office,
22 Jun 2021Became Opposition Whip (Lords),
HouseDateSubjectJenny ChapmanLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
6 Nov 2019Stopped being Shadow Minister (Exiting the European Union),
HouseDateSubjectJenny ChapmanLab VoteRôle
3 May 2017Stopped being Member, Procedure Committee
7 Nov 2016Became Member, Procedure Committee
31 Oct 2016Stopped being Member, Procedure Committee
9 Oct 2016Became Shadow Minister (Exiting the European Union),
27 Jun 2016Stopped being Shadow Minister (Education),
7 Jan 2016Became Shadow Minister (Education),
7 Jan 2016Stopped being Shadow Minister (Justice),
Commons2 Dec 2015UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria Majorityno Rebel
Commons2 Dec 2015UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria — Decline to Authorise Majorityaye Rebel
13 Jul 2015Became Member, Procedure Committee
HouseDateSubjectJenny ChapmanLab VoteRôle
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Procedure Committee
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
Commons14 Jan 2015Opposition Day — Energy Prices — Require Energy Companies to Pass Savings to Customers When Wholesale Prices Fall bothaye Rebel
Commons27 Oct 2014Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP minorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012House of Commons to Sit on Tuesdays from 7pm until 10pm to Consider Private Members' Bills Majorityaye Rebel
Commons22 May 2012Financial Services Bill — Clause 22 — Powers of Financial Conduct Authority — Credit Offered on Terms Causing Consumer Detriment tellayeaye Teller
Commons12 Mar 2012Backbench Business Committee — Election of Members and Chair — Operation of Committee minorityaye Rebel
7 Oct 2011Became Shadow Minister (Justice),
6 Dec 2010Became Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
26 Jul 2010Became Member, Procedure Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this person and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

AgreementPolicy
13% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
17% Academy Schools - for
50% Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
77% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
28% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
69% Apprenticeships
50% Assisted Dying
29% Asylum System - More strict
0% Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
77% Bankers' Bonus Tax
50% Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
0% Business and community control of schools: For
20% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
32% Closed Material Proceedure
17% Coalition Programme for Government - For
50% Cull Badgers
50% Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
21% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
55% Do more to help refugees inclding children
0% Employee Shareholder Status
0% Employment rights
15% Encourage and incentivise saving
0% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
76% Energy Prices - More Affordable
50% English Votes on English Laws etc.
5% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
68% European Union Integration - For
8% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
3% Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
29% Fixed Term Parliaments
62% For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
99% Fully Elected House of Lords
73% Further devolution to Northern Ireland
62% Further devolution to Scotland
69% Further devolution to Wales
100% Gambling - Against permissiveness
6% GP Commissioning in the NHS
90% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100% Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
16% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
47% Higher taxes on banks
25% Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100% Homosexuality - Equal rights
69% HS2 - In Favour
83% Human Rights and Equality
50% In Favour of Mass Surveillance
75% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100% Incentivise membership of press regulator
21% Increase Air Passenger Duty
7% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
23% Increase VAT
67% Inheritance Tax
50% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
78% 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
34% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
20% Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
52% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100% Mansion Tax
78% Mass Retention of Communications Data
27% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Member trustees on pension boards
0% Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
83% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
69% Minimum Wage
100% More Emergency Service Workers
100% More funds for social care
63% 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
75% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
0% Pension auto-enrolment - For
10% Phase out of Tenancies for Life
16% Police and Crime Commissioners
86% Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
75% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0% Privatise Royal Mail
0% Promote Occupational Pensions
53% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
84% Public Ownership of Railways
100% Rail Fares - Lower
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
21% Reduce capital gains tax
17% Reduce central funding for local government
8% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0% Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
12% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
5% Reducing the number of MPs - for
14% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
8% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29% Register of Lobbyists
100% Regulate letting agent fees
50% 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
6% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
75% Retain funds from council house sales locally
19% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
66% Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
58% Right to strike
81% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100% Same Sex Marriage - for
8% Schools - Greater Autonomy
0% Sell England's Public Forests
88% Smoking ban - In favour
99% State control of bus services
71% 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
13% Termination of pregnancy - against
6% 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
78% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
90% Voting age - Reduce to 16
100% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
86% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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