Voting Record — Linda Riordan MP, Halifax (11607)

Linda Riordan

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	7 votes out of 753, 0.9%	753 votes out of 1239, 60.8%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	53 votes out of 979, 5.4%	979 votes out of 1288, 76.0%	0 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	Linda Riordan	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	26 Sep 2014	UK Air Strikes Against ISIL in Iraq	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jul 2014	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Fast-Track Timetable — House of Commons Stages in Single Day	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Mar 2014	Welfare Cap — Charter for Budget Responsibility	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jun 2013	Energy Bill — Clause 11 — Subsidy of Nuclear Power Generation	minority	no	Rebel
4 Mar 2013	Became Member, European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Election of Backbench Business Committee by Parties	Majority	aye	Rebel
6 Feb 2012	Stopped being Member, Justice Committee
Commons	21 Mar 2011	United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 — Libya — No Fly Zone	minority	aye	Rebel
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Justice Committee
21 Jun 2010	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Procedure Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Justice Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
House	Date	Subject	Linda Riordan	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	1 Mar 2010	Control Orders — Annual Renewal 2010	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Feb 2010	Energy Bill — Emissions performance standard — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jan 2010	Fiscal Responsibility Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Dec 2009	Equality Bill — New Clause 3 — Mandatory pay audits	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2009	Welfare Reform Bill — Financial penalties should not apply to single parents of under-fives — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2009	Marine Conservation Bill — Marine Conservation Zones designated to conserve marine ecosystem as a whole — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2009	National Policy Statements — Parliamentary debate following committee report — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Apr 2009	Gurkha Settlement Rights — Government defeat	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2009	Iraq War Inquiry — Declines to make a proposal	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2009	Iraq War Inquiry — No reasonable impediment — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 2 — Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 1 — Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: "work for your benefit" schemes etc.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — New Clause 1 — Jobseeker's allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Mar 2009	Control Orders — Annual renewal 2009	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2008	Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day] — Post Office Card Account	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Nov 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 2 — Employer's duties in relation to industrial action ballots	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Oct 2008	Climate Change Bill — Electricity generating station performance standards — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Jul 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 3 — Vehicle excise duty: variation of graduated rates for light passenger vehicles	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of period of detention to 42 days — Order	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of Maximim Period of Police Detention Without Charge in Terror Cases from 28 to 42 Days	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Disallow inquests without a jury in England and Wales — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — National Planning Policy Statement To Include Policies Which Help Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2008	Energy Bill — Renewable energy feed-in tariff — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Apr 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 16 — Earnings link	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2008	Housing and Regeneration Bill — Subsidy arrangements: formula and exclusions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2008	Housing and Regeneration Bill — Code of practice for consultations — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2008	Iraq Inquiry — Not the right time	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2008	Iraq Inquiry — Call rejected	minority	no	Rebel
17 Mar 2008	Became Member, Justice Committee
13 Nov 2007	Stopped being Member, Crossrail Bill Committee
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	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — New Clause 11 — Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3(2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Feb 2007	Delegated Legislation — merchant shipping	minority	no	Rebel
6 Nov 2006	Became Member, Procedure Committee
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Regulate schools' admissions policies — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Requirements as to composition of governing bodies — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 May 2006	Armed Forces Bill — Clause 8 — Desertion — Life imprisonment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Timetable	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Feb 2006	Identity Cards Bill — Applications relating to entries in Register	minority	aye	Rebel
5 Dec 2005	Became Member, Crossrail Bill Committee
21 Nov 2005	Became Member, Environmental Audit Committee
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Clause 1 — Encouragement of Terrorism — "unforeseen recklessness"	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 28 Days — but not 60	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 90 Days	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Clause 1(2) — Offence of Glorifying Terrorism	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Clause 1 — Offence of Encouragement of Terrorism — "intends"	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2005	Terrorism Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Oct 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Oct 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Compulsory registration when applying for a Passport	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Oct 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Recommittal to Select Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Timetable	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel

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
0%	Academy Schools - for
82%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67%	Apprenticeships
99%	Asylum System - More strict
85%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Business and community control of schools: For
20%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
32%	Closed Material Proceedure
24%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
34%	Control Orders
100%	Crossrail - In favour
13%	Cull Badgers
77%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
100%	Easier access to abortion
30%	Employee Shareholder Status
50%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
89%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
12%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
75%	European Union Integration - For
12%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
40%	Fixed Term Parliaments
63%	Fully Elected House of Lords
47%	Further devolution to Scotland
50%	Further devolution to Wales
55%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
7%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
75%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
93%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
21%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
36%	Higher taxes on banks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
83%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
50%	HS2 - In Favour
80%	Human Rights and Equality
59%	Identity cards - For introduction
70%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
28%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
11%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
14%	Increase VAT
0%	Inheritance Tax
24%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
47%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
40%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88%	Mansion Tax
59%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
18%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
88%	Minimum Wage
53%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
58%	More powers for local councils
69%	No detention without charge or trial
92%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
49%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
42%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
23%	Police and Crime Commissioners
100%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
0%	Post office closures - against
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
16%	Promote Occupational Pensions
58%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
83%	Reduce capital gains tax
25%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
15%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
18%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
10%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
16%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
42%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
4%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
17%	Register of Lobbyists
69%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
10%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
12%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
98%	Right to strike
23%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
90%	Same Sex Marriage - for
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Sell England's Public Forests
82%	Smoking ban - In favour
100%	State control of bus services
66%	Stop climate change
94%	Support current and former armed service members
44%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transparency of Parliament
17%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
16%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
100%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
70%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Linda Riordan MP, Halifax (11607)

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