Voting Record — Jonathan Edwards MP, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (24743)

Jonathan Edwards is currently Shadow PC Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), , Shadow PC Spokesperson (Foreign Intervention), , Shadow PC Spokesperson (Treasury), and Shadow PC Spokesperson (Transport),

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
13 Dec 2019	still in office	PC	0 votes out of 41, 0.0%	41 votes out of 67, 61.2%	2 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	PC	0 votes out of 383, 0.0%	383 votes out of 463, 82.7%	1 time
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	PC	0 votes out of 343, 0.0%	343 votes out of 467, 73.4%	15 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	PC	2 votes out of 866, 0.2%	866 votes out of 1239, 69.9%	27 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	Jonathan Edwards	PC Vote	Rôle
Commons	11 Feb 2020	Distinct Immigration Policy for Scotland	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Jan 2020	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — Decline Third Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
House	Date	Subject	Jonathan Edwards	PC Vote	Rôle
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
Commons	4 Sep 2019	Early Parliamentary General Election	tellno	no	Teller
11 Mar 2019	Became Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Jonathan Edwards	PC Vote	Rôle
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
Commons	13 Mar 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill (Programme) (No. 2)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — Northern Ireland	tellaye	aye	Teller
31 Oct 2016	Became Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
14 Jul 2016	Became Shadow PC Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy),
14 Jul 2016	Stopped being Shadow PC Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills),
Commons	3 Feb 2016	Transfer of Further Powers to Scotland — Financial Arrangements	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria — Decline to Authorise	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Nov 2015	Opposition Day — Trident Nuclear Deterrent Programme Renewal	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Nov 2015	Scotland Bill — New Clause 27 — Equal Opportunities	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Nov 2015	Scotland Bill — New Clause 18 — Giving the Scottish Parliament Powers Relating to Tax Credits	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Nov 2015	Scotland Bill — New Clause 36 — Power for Scottish Parliament to Call a Scottish Independence Referendum	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Nov 2015	Scotland Bill — New Clause 35 — Consent of the Scottish Parliament to certain Westminster Acts	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	21 Jul 2015	Finance Bill 2015-16 — Decline Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Jul 2015	Summer Budget 2015 Resolution 21 — Application of Climate Change Levy to Electricity from Renewable Sources	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Jul 2015	Scotland Bill — Clause 53 — Consultation with Scottish Ministers On Renewable Electricity Incentive Schemes	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2015	Scotland Bill — New Clause 10 — Require UK Parliament to Have Consent of Scottish Parliament Before Legislating on Devolved Matters	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2015	Scotland Bill — Clause 11 — Full Control Over Taxation, Borrowing and Public Spending for Scottish Parliament	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2015	Scotland Bill — Clause 1 — Consent of Scottish People and Parliament Before Abolition of The Scottish Parliament	tellaye	aye	Teller
8 May 2015	Became Shadow PC Spokesperson (Foreign Intervention),
House	Date	Subject	Jonathan Edwards	PC Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow PC Spokesperson (Wales),
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow PC Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport),
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow PC Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government),
Commons	23 Feb 2015	Serious Crime Bill — New Clause 1 — Making Clear Sex-Selective Abortion is Illegal	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	20 Jan 2015	Opposition Day — Trident Nuclear Weapons System Renewal	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Dec 2014	Infrastructure Bill — Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Jul 2014	Finance Bill 2013-14 to 2014-15 — New Clause 1 — Corportation Tax Arrangments for Oil Industry Asset Hire Operations	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Jun 2014	Deregulation Bill — Third Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2014	Budget Resolution — Air Passenger Duty Rates from 1 April 2014	tellno	no	Teller
10 Mar 2014	Became Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
Commons	6 Jan 2014	Water Bill — New Clause 1 — Legislative Competence for Water in Wales	tellaye	aye	Teller
6 Jan 2014	Stopped being Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
Commons	22 Oct 2013	Immigration Bill — Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Apr 2013	Finance Bill — Clause 183 — Air passenger duty: rates of duty from 1 April 2013	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2013	Budget Resolutions — Air Passenger Duty Rates from 1 April 2013	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Feb 2013	Opposition Day — Housing Benefit (Under-occupancy Penalty)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Nov 2012	Scotland and the Union	tellno	no	Teller
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	17 May 2012	Queens' Speech — Jobs — Banker's Bonus Tax — VAT Cut — Tax Incentive to Take on Workers — Sooner Infrastructure Investment	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Apr 2012	Finance Bill — Schedule 23 — Air Passenger Duty	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	26 Mar 2012	Budget Resolutions — Air Passenger Duty Rates from 1 April 2012	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Dec 2011	Opposition Day — Public Sector Pensions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Dec 2011	London Local Authorities Bill — Clause 4 — Power to Require Name and Address for Council Officers, PCSOs and Accredited Individuals When Issuing FPNs	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	21 Jun 2011	Scotland Bill — Chapter 5 — Empower Scottish Parliament to Tax Company Profits	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Mar 2011	Budget Resolutions — 10. Alcoholic liquor duties (rates)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2011	Scotland Bill — Clause 26 — Scottish Parliament Consent for Commencement of Scottish Set Income Tax Rate	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2011	Scotland Bill — Clause 24 — Devolution of Power to Tax Quarrying or Mining to Scottish Parliament	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Mar 2011	Scotland Bill — Clause 13 — Return Responsibility for Regulating Health Professionals in Scotland to UK Parliament	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Mar 2011	Scotland Bill — Clause 12 — Return of Certain Insolvency Powers from Scotland to the UK Parliament	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Mar 2011	Scotland Bill — Clause 11 — Devolution to Scotland of Powers to Regulate Specially Dangerous Air Weapons	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Feb 2011	Draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2011	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Feb 2011	Opposition Day — Fuel Duty In Remote Rural Areas	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Jan 2011	Scotland Bill — Reject Second Reading — Devolution of Further Powers, Including Tax Raising Powers, to Scotland	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Jan 2011	National Insurance Contributions Bill — Clause 4 — Regional Exclusions from National Insurance Exemption for New Businesses	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	12 Jan 2011	Postal Services Bill — New Clause 4 — Restriction on Universal Service Provider Disposals	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Dec 2010	European Union Bill — Decline Second Reading	Majority	unknown	Unknown
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
18 Jun 2010	Became Shadow PC Spokesperson (Wales),
18 Jun 2010	Became Shadow PC Spokesperson (Treasury),
18 Jun 2010	Became Shadow PC Spokesperson (Transport),
18 Jun 2010	Became Shadow PC Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport),
18 Jun 2010	Became Shadow PC Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government),
18 Jun 2010	Became Shadow PC Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills),
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Size of the Backbench Business Committee	tellaye	aye	Teller

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
37%	Academy Schools - for
50%	Action to prevent domestic violence
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
42%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
62%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
0%	Asylum System - More strict
1%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
92%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
100%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
14%	Business and community control of schools: For
30%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Redundancy Payments
8%	Closed Material Proceedure
22%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
75%	Cull Badgers
25%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
18%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
0%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
29%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
77%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
22%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
77%	European Union Integration - For
4%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
52%	Fixed Term Parliaments
91%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
91%	Fully Elected House of Lords
72%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
80%	Further devolution to Scotland
88%	Further devolution to Wales
83%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
25%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
7%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
51%	Higher taxes on banks
0%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
0%	HS2 - In Favour
85%	Human Rights and Equality
0%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
75%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
0%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
5%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
7%	Increase VAT
83%	Inheritance Tax
100%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
0%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
64%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
25%	Localise Council Tax Support
42%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
100%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88%	Mansion Tax
0%	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
0%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
80%	Minumum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
93%	More Generous Benefits for Ill and Disabled
65%	More powers for local councils
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
100%	No detention without charge or trial
57%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
0%	Nuclear power - For
79%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
23%	Police and Crime Commissioners
75%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
23%	Privatise Royal Mail
45%	Promote Occupational Pensions
88%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
84%	Public Ownership of Railways
76%	Rail Fares - Lower
0%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
28%	Reduce capital gains tax
19%	Reduce central funding for local government
9%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
33%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
6%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
22%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
24%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
34%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
99%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
91%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
17%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
38%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
16%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
20%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
81%	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
38%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
75%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	State control of bus services
83%	Stop climate change
83%	Stronger Military Covenant
43%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Tougher on illegal immigration
5%	Trade Union Regulation
0%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
22%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
100%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices

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Voting Record — Jonathan Edwards MP, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (24743)

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