Voting Record — John Woodcock MP, Barrow and Furness (24837)

John Woodcock is currently Member, Home Affairs Committee

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
30 Apr 2018	still in office	Independent	no whip	74 votes out of 113, 65.5%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	29 Apr 2018	Lab	0 votes out of 94, 0.0%	94 votes out of 141, 66.7%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	2 votes out of 244, 0.8%	244 votes out of 467, 52.2%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	0 votes out of 820, 0.0%	820 votes out of 1239, 66.2%	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	John Woodcock	Independent Vote	Rôle
Commons	1 Nov 2018	79. Minor Amendments in Consequence of Eu Withdrawal	minority	none	Free
Commons	1 Nov 2018	5. Basic Rate Limit and Personal Allowance for Tax Year 2019-20	Majority	none	Free
Commons	1 Nov 2018	Budget Resolutions - Income Tax (Charge)	minority	none	Free
Commons	24 Oct 2018	Petition - European Baccalaureate Qualification — Electricity	minority	none	Free
Commons	24 Oct 2018	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill — Equal rights for people of Northern Ireland (No. 2)	Majority	none	Free
Commons	24 Oct 2018	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill — Equal rights for people of Northern Ireland (No. 2)	Majority	none	Free
Commons	23 Oct 2018	Civil Liability Bill [Lords] — Damages for whiplash injuries	Majority	none	Free
Commons	23 Oct 2018	Civil Liability Bill [Lords] — Small Claims Track: Children and Protected Parties	Majority	none	Free
Commons	23 Oct 2018	Civil Liability Bill [Lords] — Restriction on increase in small claims limit for relevant personal injuries	Majority	none	Free
Commons	23 Oct 2018	Abortion	Majority	none	Free
Commons	17 Oct 2018	Universal Credit — Briefing Papers and Analysis	minority	none	Free
Commons	16 Oct 2018	Overseas Electors Bill: Money Resolution	minority	none	Free
Commons	16 Oct 2018	Overseas Electors Bill: Money Resolution — Restrict Spending	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Sep 2018	EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement and Investment Protection Agreement	Majority	none	Free
Commons	11 Sep 2018	Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill — Clause 18 — Review and Report on Supporting Persons Vulnerable to Being Drawn into Terrorism	Majority	none	Free
Commons	11 Sep 2018	Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill — New Clause 2 — Entering or Remaining in a Designated Area Overseas	Majority	none	Free
Commons	5 Sep 2018	Tenant Fees Bill — Schedule 1 -Permitted Payments	minority	none	Free
Commons	5 Sep 2018	Tenant Fees Bill — Clause 8 — Financial Penalties	minority	none	Free
Commons	19 Jul 2018	Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards — Publication of Information About Matters Under Investigation	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Jul 2018	Leave for European Union Citizens and Others To Remain in the United Kingdom Following Withdrawal from the Union — Fingerprint and Facial Photograph Information	Majority	none	Free
Commons	18 Jul 2018	Relations Between the European Union, its Member States and New Zealand	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Jul 2018	Relations Between the European Union, its Member States and Australia	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Jul 2018	Relations Between the European Union, its Member States and Canada	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Jul 2018	Relations Between the European Union, its Member States and Cuba	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Jul 2018	Relations Between the European Union, its Member States, and Central America	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Jul 2018	Partnership and Cooperation with the Republic of Armenia — European Union	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Jul 2018	Trade Bill — Third Reading	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Jul 2018	Trade Bill — New Clause 18 — UK-EU Free Trade Area or Customs Union	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Jul 2018	Trade Bill — New Clause 17 — UK Participation in the European Medicines Regulatory Network	Majority	none	Free
Commons	17 Jul 2018	Trade Bill — Schedule 4 — The Trade Remedies Authority — Non-Executive Members — Representation	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Jul 2018	Trade Bill — New Clause 4 — Implementation of International Trade and Government Procurement Agreements — Consent of Devolved Administrations	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Jul 2018	Trade Bill — Clause 2 — International Free Trade Agreements — Consultation Prior to Consideration by Parliament	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Jul 2018	Trade Bill — New Clause 3 — Free Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny and Consent	minority	none	Free
Commons	11 Jul 2018	Draft Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2018 — Support for Use of Biomass in Former Coal Fired Power Stations	minority	none	Free
Commons	11 Jul 2018	Censure of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions — Esther McVey MP — Universal Credit	minority	none	Free
Commons	4 Jul 2018	Ivory Bill — New Clause 2 — Report on the International Ivory Market	minority	none	Free
Commons	4 Jul 2018	Ivory Bill — New Clause 1 — Restrictions on Dealing Ivory from Hippopotamus, Killer Whale, Narwal, Sperm Whale or Walrus	minority	none	Free
Commons	26 Jun 2018	EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement	Majority	none	Free
Commons	26 Jun 2018	Draft European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Canada Trade Agreement) Order 2018	Majority	none	Free
Commons	20 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Approval by MPs of Government Plans in the Eventuality MPs Reject a Withdrawal Agreement or an Agreement is not Reached	minority	none	Free
Commons	19 Jun 2018	Confidence in Chris Grayling MP as Secretary of State for Transport	minority	none	Free
Commons	13 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause — Maintenance of EU Environmental Principles and Standards	minority	none	Free
Commons	13 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause — Enhanced Protection for Certain Areas of EU Law	minority	none	Free
Commons	13 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Schedule 1 — Retention of General Principles of EU Law	minority	none	Free
Commons	13 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 5 — EU Charter of Fundamental Rights	minority	none	Free
Commons	13 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — Make Withdrawal Conditional on Statement on Negotiations to Retain UK Participation in EU Customs Union	minority	none	Free
Commons	13 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — Make Withdrawal Conditional on Unspecified Condition	minority	none	Free
Commons	13 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Seek Participation in European Economic Area via EU Withdrawal Agreement Negotiations	minority	none	Free
Commons	13 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 19 — Seek Full Access to European Union Internal Market via Withdrawal Agreement Negotiations	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 9 — Powers of Ministers — Parliamentary Approval of Mandate for Negiotiations — Implementation of Withdrawal Agreement	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 17 — Powers of Ministers	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 17 — Powers of Ministers	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 7 — Dealing with Deficiencies Arising from Withdrawal — Powers of Ministers	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Schedule 1 — Challenges to Retained European Union Law	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause — Parliamentary Approval of the Outcome of Negotiations with the European Union	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Schedule 7 — Parliamentary Approval of Theoretical Regulations to Set the Exit Date	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 14 — Interpretation — Power of Ministers to Set Exit Day	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 14 — Interpretation — Power of Ministers to Set Exit Day	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Schedule 7 — Paragraph 13 — Scrutiny of Powers of Ministers	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Schedule 7 — Part I — Scrutiny of Powers of Ministers	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Jun 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Programme — Consideration of Lords Amendments	minority	none	Free
Commons	23 May 2018	Secretary of State for Transport — Censure — Salary Reduction — East Coast Franchise	minority	none	Free
Commons	9 May 2018	NHS Bursaries — Student Loans — Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professions and Dental Profession Subjects	minority	none	Free
Commons	9 May 2018	Data Protection Bill — Information Held for the Purposes of Maintaining Effective Immigration Control	minority	none	Free
Commons	9 May 2018	Data Protection Bill — Clause 14 — Automated Decision Making — Human Rights	minority	none	Free
Commons	9 May 2018	Data Protection Bill — New Clause 4 — Bill of Data Rights in the Digital Environment	minority	none	Free
Commons	9 May 2018	Data Protection Bill — New Clause 18 — Inquiry — Data Protection Breaches by National News Publishers and Other Media Organisations	minority	none	Free
Commons	8 May 2018	Criminal Legal Aid — Determination of Payment Levels	minority	none	Free
Commons	8 May 2018	Nuclear Safeguards Bill — Continuity of Nuclear Safeguarding Arrangements	minority	none	Free
Commons	8 May 2018	Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill — Clause 1 — Victims of Domestic Abuse — Benefit Reduction in Respect of Excess Bedrooms	minority	none	Free
Commons	1 May 2018	Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill — Clause 48 — Powers for Ministers to Amend or Revoke Acts of Parliament	minority	none	Free
Commons	1 May 2018	Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill — New Clause 13 — Requirement for Companies House and Others to Identify Beneficial Ownwers of Companies on Formation	minority	none	Free
Commons	1 May 2018	Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill — New Clause 8 — Public Register of Beneficial Owners of Overseas Entities	minority	none	Free
Commons	1 May 2018	Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill — New Clause 19 — Scottish Limited Partnerships: UK Bank Account Requirement	minority	none	Free
House	Date	Subject	John Woodcock	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
5 Feb 2018	Became Member, Home Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	John Woodcock	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria — Decline to Authorise	Majority	aye	Rebel
18 Sep 2015	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Education),
8 May 2015	Became Shadow Minister (Education),
House	Date	Subject	John Woodcock	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Defence Committee
25 Nov 2013	Became Member, Defence Committee
11 Jan 2013	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Transport),
Commons	3 Feb 2011	Backbench Business — Consumer Credit and Debt Management — Powers to Cap Costs of Certain Unsecured Lending	tellno	no	Teller
2 Nov 2010	Stopped being Member, Defence Committee
8 Oct 2010	Became Shadow Minister (Transport),
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Defence 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
0%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
6%	Academy Schools - for
50%	Action to prevent domestic violence
84%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
32%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
19%	Asylum System - More strict
50%	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
30%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Redundancy Payments
33%	Closed Material Proceedure
22%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
13%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
30%	Employee Shareholder Status
16%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
88%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
72%	European Union - For
12%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
3%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
29%	Fixed Term Parliaments
54%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
75%	Fully Elected House of Lords
73%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
57%	Further devolution to Scotland
65%	Further devolution to Wales
100%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
7%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
86%	Greater Transparency in Public Life
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
18%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
43%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
89%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
71%	HS2 - In Favour
70%	Human Rights and Equality
50%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
92%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
67%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
22%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
8%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
14%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
83%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
50%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
13%	Localise Council Tax Support
29%	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
40%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
84%	Minumum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
87%	More Generous Benefits for Ill and Disabled
63%	More powers for local councils
100%	MPs to approve Withdrawal Agreeement
50%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
75%	Parliament- Strengthen
0%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
10%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
8%	Police and Crime Commissioners
50%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
0%	Promote Occupational Pensions
53%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99%	Public Ownership of Railways
76%	Rail Fares - Lower
35%	Reduce capital gains tax
14%	Reduce central funding for local government
17%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
50%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
15%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
16%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
42%	Referendum on the UK's membership of the EU - For
17%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
17%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
9%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
16%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
50%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
12%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
61%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
58%	Right to strike
90%	Same Sex Marriage - for
12%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
31%	Shift Powers from MPs in the Commons to Ministers
75%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	State control of bus services
71%	Stop climate change
100%	Stronger Military Covenant
44%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
13%	Tougher on illegal immigration
5%	Trade Union Regulation
80%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
2%	University Tuition Fees - For
100%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
60%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
70%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices

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Voting Record — John Woodcock MP, Barrow and Furness (24837)

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