Voting Record — Mark Spencer MP, Sherwood (24909)

Mark Spencer

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	30 May 2024	Con	2 votes out of 918, 0.2%	918 votes out of 1069, 85.9%	2 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	1 vote out of 434, 0.2%	434 votes out of 463, 93.7%	5 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	0 votes out of 425, 0.0%	425 votes out of 467, 91.0%	39 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	10 votes out of 977, 1.0%	977 votes out of 1239, 78.9%	2 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	Mark Spencer	Con Vote	Rôle
5 Jul 2024	Stopped being The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
31 Jan 2024	Stopped being Member, Pet Abduction Bill Committee
24 Jan 2024	Became Member, Pet Abduction Bill Committee
Commons	7 Mar 2023	Public Order Bill — Clause 9 - Offence of interference with access to or provision of abortion services	Majority	unknown	Unknown
8 Sep 2022	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Commission
7 Sep 2022	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
7 Sep 2022	Became The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
6 Sep 2022	Stopped being Member, House of Commons Commission
6 Sep 2022	Stopped being Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons,
Commons	30 Mar 2022	Health and Care Bill — After Clause 148 — Permitted Locations for Abortion Treatment	Majority	no	Rebel
8 Feb 2022	Became Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
8 Feb 2022	Became Member, Public Accounts Commission
8 Feb 2022	Became Member, House of Commons Commission
8 Feb 2022	Became Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons,
8 Feb 2022	Stopped being The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury,
Commons	30 Dec 2020	European Union (Future Relationship) Bill — Third Reading — International Cooperation	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Dec 2020	European Union (Future Relationship) Bill — Second Reading — International Cooperation	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Jun 2020	Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mark Spencer	Con Vote	Rôle
4 Sep 2019	Stopped being Member, Committee of Selection
24 Jul 2019	Became The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury,
24 Jul 2019	Stopped being Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons),
Commons	18 Jul 2019	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — Clause 3 — Recall of Parliament to Consider Progress Reports — Establishing a Northern Ireland Executive — Protecting Veterans Fom Repeated Investigation for Northern Ireland Troubles Incidents	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Jul 2019	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — Clause 3 — Recall of Parliament to Consider Progress Reports — Establishing a Northern Ireland Executive — Protecting Veterans Fom Repeated Investigation for Northern Ireland Troubles Incidents	tellno	no	Teller
26 Jul 2018	Became Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons),
26 Jul 2018	Stopped being The Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household,
Commons	23 Jan 2018	Appointment of Professor Sir Ian Kennedy as Electoral Commissioner	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading — Membership of the European Union	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Jan 2018	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Reject Third Reading — Membership of the European Union	tellno	no	Teller
9 Jan 2018	Became The Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household,
9 Jan 2018	Stopped being The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
14 Nov 2017	Became Member, Committee of Selection
Commons	11 Sep 2017	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
15 Jun 2017	Became The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
15 Jun 2017	Stopped being Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
House	Date	Subject	Mark Spencer	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	27 Mar 2017	Bus Services Bill — Ban on Local Government in England Running Bus Services	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Mar 2017	Bus Services Bill — Report on Provision of Concessionary Bus Travel to Apprentices Aged 16 to 18	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Mar 2017	Bus Services Bill — New Clause 1 — National Strategy for Buses	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Mar 2017	Draft Individual Savings Account (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2017 — Lifetime ISA Regulations	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 192 — Nuclear Collaboration — Euratom	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 57 — Protection of EU Citizens' UK Residence Rights	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 4 — Take Views of Devolved Administrations into Account in Negotiations	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Information to Enable Parliamentary Scrutiny	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 158 — Report on Continued Levels of EU Funding for Wales	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 26 — Agreement of Representatives of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Administrations	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Jan 2017	Technical and Further Education Bill — Schedule 2 — Education Administration: Transfer Schemes	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Jan 2017	Technical and Further Education Bill — New Clause 4 — Careers Education Strategy for Those in Apprenticeships and Technical or Occupational Education	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Dec 2016	Draft Coasting Schools (England) Regulations 2016 — Identifying Schools Where Pupils are not Fufilling their Potential	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Dec 2016	Savings (Government Contributions) Bill — Schedule 2 — Help-to-Save Accounts — Credit Unions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Dec 2016	Savings (Government Contributions) Bill — Clause 1 — Government Contributions to Lifetime ISAs	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Dec 2016	Savings (Government Contributions) Bill — Impact review: automatic enrolment and pensions savings	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Nov 2016	Digital Economy Bill — New Clause 8 — Responsibility for Policy and Funding of TV licence Fee Concessions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Nov 2016	Digital Economy Bill — New Clause 27 — Introduction of Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme as Alternative to Universal Service Order Provision	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Nov 2016	Digital Economy Bill — New Clause 10 — Internet Pornography: Requirement to Teach Age Requirement and Risks	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2016	Higher Education and Research Bill — Third Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2016	Higher Education and Research Bill — Clause 95 — Secretary of State's Power to Give Directions Related to Research Funding	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2016	Higher Education and Research Bill — Clause 40 — Authorisation to grant degrees etc	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2016	Higher Education and Research Bill — Clause 25 — Parliamentary Approval of Rating Scheme for Higher Education Providers	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2016	Higher Education and Research Bill — New Clause 11 — Post Study Work Visa Evaluation	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2016	Higher Education and Research Bill — New Clause 5 — Student Living Costs Grants	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2016	Higher Education and Research Bill — New Clause 2 — Student Loans — Restrictions on Modification of Repayment Terms	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Nov 2016	Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Nov 2016	Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill — Curtail Debate and Move to Vote	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Nov 2016	Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — Extension of Range of Relevant Payment Methods	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Nov 2016	Investigatory Powers Bill — Major News Publishers Which Are Not Members of an Approved Regulator — Claims of Unlawful Interception — Court Costs	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Sep 2016	Wales Bill — New Clause 6 — Tax on Carriage of Passengers by Air	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Sep 2016	Wales Bill — New Clause 3 — Rail: Franchising of Passenger Services — Public Sector Rail Operators in Wales	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Sep 2016	Wales Bill — Clause 1 — Separation of the Legal Jurisdictions for England and Wales	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Sep 2016	Finance Bill — Clause 125 — VAT: Women's Sanitary Products	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Sep 2016	Finance Bill — New Clause 13 — Report on Amount of Tax Due which HMRC Fails to Collect	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Sep 2016	Finance Bill — New Clause 7 — Review of Tax Treatment of Scottish Limited Partnerships	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Sep 2016	Finance Bill — Clause 45 — Rate of Corporation Tax for Financial Year 2020	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Sep 2016	Finance Bill — New Clause 5 — Review of Corporation Tax Treatment of the Oil and Gas Industry	tellno	no	Teller
15 Jun 2016	Became Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
House	Date	Subject	Mark Spencer	Con Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Commons	11 Mar 2015	Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Feb 2015	Offence of Failing to Prevent Smoking In an Enclosed Vehicle in the Presence of Someone Under 18	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2015	Motion to Sit in Private	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 1 — If Conviction of MP for Misconduct in Public Office Should Trigger New Election	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 1 — Length of Suspension from the House of Commons Which Would Trigger New Election for MP	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Oct 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2014	Motion to Sit in Private	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	10 Feb 2014	Children and Families Bill — Offence of Smoking in a Private Vehicle When A Person Under 18 is Present	minority	aye	Rebel
10 Dec 2013	Stopped being Member, Backbench Business Committee
4 Nov 2013	Became Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
4 Nov 2013	Became Member, Backbench Business Committee
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons to Sit on Tuesdays from 7pm until 10pm to Consider Private Members' Bills	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Thursdays	Majority	no	Rebel
26 Jul 2010	Became Member, Environmental Audit 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
29%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Academy Schools - for
16%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
82%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
0%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
72%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
93%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
99%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
8%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
100%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Closed Material Proceedure
90%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
88%	Cull Badgers
0%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
85%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
86%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
45%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
69%	Easier access to abortion
100%	Employee Shareholder Status
56%	Employment rights
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
22%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
20%	Environmental water quality
93%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
32%	European Union Integration - For
85%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
12%	Fire Safety
50%	Fixed Term Parliaments
7%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
72%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
55%	Fully Elected House of Lords
19%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
8%	Further devolution to Scotland
13%	Further devolution to Wales
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
14%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
89%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
33%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
50%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
94%	HS2 - In Favour
17%	Human Rights and Equality
24%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
100%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
33%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
33%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
95%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
84%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
100%	Increase the state pension age
85%	Increase VAT
17%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
0%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
53%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
78%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
0%	Mansion Tax
81%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
59%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Member trustees on pension boards
100%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
15%	Minimum Wage
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
0%	More funds for social care
31%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
0%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
19%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
100%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
12%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
29%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
100%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
86%	Reduce capital gains tax
90%	Reduce central funding for local government
20%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
87%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
88%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
79%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
78%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
96%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
15%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
55%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
50%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
83%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
9%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
42%	Right to strike
13%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50%	Same Sex Marriage - for
96%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
25%	Smoking ban - In favour
9%	State control of bus services
23%	Stop climate change
26%	Support current and former armed service members
63%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
29%	Termination of pregnancy - against
85%	Tougher on illegal immigration
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100%	University Tuition Fees - For
87%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
8%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
29%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
14%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Mark Spencer MP, Sherwood (24909)

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