Voting Record — Joe Benton MP, Bootle (10039)

Joe Benton

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
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	13 votes out of 609, 2.1%	609 votes out of 1239, 49.2%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	28 votes out of 936, 3.0%	936 votes out of 1288, 72.7%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	18 votes out of 924, 1.9%	924 votes out of 1246, 74.2%	3 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	6 votes out of 953, 0.6%	953 votes out of 1273, 74.9%	7 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	Joe Benton	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Make Same Sex Marriage Available to Armed Forces Personnel Outside the United Kingdom	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Amendments to Acts of Parliament in Light of the Introduction of Same Sex Marriage in Parts of the UK	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Changes to Laws on Consular Marriage Following Introduction of Same Sex Marriages in Parts of the UK	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Registration of Armed Forces Chapels for Same Sex Marriages	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Proceedures for Consenting to Registration of Shared Places of Worship for Same Sex Marriage	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Same Sex Marriage — Enabling Courts to Deal with Divorce or Annulment Proceedings	minority	aye	Rebel
5 Jul 2013	Stopped being Member, European Scrutiny Committee
17 Jun 2013	Became Member, European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	21 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 10 — Civil Partnerships for All Couples	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 8 — Domestic protection for persons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 6 — Protection of Beliefs About Marriage	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 3 — Conscientious Objection From Registrars to Marrying Same Sex Couples	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill 2011 — Independent Abortion Advice	minority	no	Rebel
26 Jul 2010	Became Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Joe Benton	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	9 Nov 2009	Coroners and Justice Bill — Clause 61 — Freedom of Speech — Discussion and Criticism of Sexual Conduct and Orientation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Protection of freedom of expression (sexual orientation)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jun 2007	Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Mar 2007	Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Contraception and Abortion (Parental Information)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2006	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2006	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Joe Benton	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	5 Apr 2005	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 2 — People who lack capacity	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Schedule 3 — Property and affairs: supplementary provisions	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 2 — Excluded decisions (No. 2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 1 — Excluded decisions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees — PAY FOR CHAIRMEN OF SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 2)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Jun 2003	Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) — Schedule 1 — Amendment of the 1980 Act: Levying, Revision and Application of Tolls	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Jun 2003	Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) — Schedule 1 — Amendment of the 1980 Act: Levying, Revision and Application of Tolls	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — Maintain Prohibition on Promotion of Homosexuality (Section 28)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — New Clause 11 — Repeal of Section 2A of Local Government Act 1986	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Nov 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2002	Mersey Tunnels Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
26 Jun 2001	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
House	Date	Subject	Joe Benton	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2000	Local Government Bill [Lords] - Prohibition on promotion of homosexuality: bullying	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Feb 2000	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2000	Medical Treatment (Prevention of Euthanasia) Bill — Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
11 Nov 1999	Stopped being Member, Parliamentary Privilege (Joint Committee)
14 Jun 1999	Stopped being Member, Education & Employment Committee
Commons	1 Mar 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Feb 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Clause 1 — Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Jan 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Hunting beginning in the Republic of Ireland	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Gun Packs	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Mink	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Power to amend	tellaye	aye	Teller
1 Jan 1998	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
1 Jan 1998	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
Commons	28 Nov 1997	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
30 Jul 1997	Became Member, Parliamentary Privilege (Joint Committee)
14 Jul 1997	Became Member, Education & Employment Committee
1 Jan 1997	Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
1 Jan 1994	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
1 Jan 1994	Became Opposition Whip (Commons),
1 Jan 1992	Became Member, Panel of Chairs

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
96%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
8%	Academy Schools - for
77%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
100%	Asylum System - More strict
86%	Ban fox hunting
76%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
80%	Business and community control of schools: For
50%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
33%	Closed Material Proceedure
23%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
99%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
13%	Cull Badgers
72%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
0%	Easier access to abortion
30%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
89%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
75%	European Union Integration - For
17%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
38%	Fixed Term Parliaments
70%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
86%	Fox hunting - Ban
12%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
71%	Fully Elected House of Lords
50%	Further devolution to Scotland
45%	Further devolution to Wales
57%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
21%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
75%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
86%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
30%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
14%	Higher taxes on banks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
18%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
70%	HS2 - In Favour
62%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
60%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
33%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
8%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
50%	Increase the state pension age
33%	Increase VAT
0%	Inheritance Tax
30%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
83%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
96%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
86%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
27%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
95%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
12%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
78%	Minimum Wage
99%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
62%	More powers for local councils
27%	No detention without charge or trial
92%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
51%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
16%	Police and Crime Commissioners
98%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
2%	Post office closures - against
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
16%	Privatise Royal Mail
53%	Promote Occupational Pensions
56%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
42%	Reduce capital gains tax
0%	Reduce central funding for local government
50%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
23%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
21%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
8%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
33%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
8%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
17%	Register of Lobbyists
84%	Regulate letting agent fees
33%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
88%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
83%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
36%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42%	Right to strike
28%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
19%	Same Sex Marriage - for
26%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
77%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	State control of bus services
56%	Stop climate change
78%	Support current and former armed service members
43%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
100%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
17%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7%	University education fees - Should be free
57%	University Tuition Fees - For
38%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
42%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
70%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
50%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Joe Benton MP, Bootle (10039)

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