Voting Record — Michael Meacher MP, Oldham West and Royton (10427)

Michael Meacher

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
8 May 2015	20 Oct 2015	Lab	0 votes out of 45, 0.0%	45 votes out of 80, 56.3%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	9 votes out of 705, 1.3%	705 votes out of 1239, 56.9%	2 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	33 votes out of 743, 4.4%	743 votes out of 1288, 57.7%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	9 votes out of 619, 1.5%	619 votes out of 1246, 49.7%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	0 votes out of 722, 0.0%	722 votes out of 1273, 56.7%	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	Michael Meacher	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
21 Oct 2015	Stopped being Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
12 Oct 2015	Became Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
House	Date	Subject	Michael Meacher	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	27 Oct 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Jul 2014	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Clause 6 — Date of Repeal — Sunset Clause	minority	no	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	6 Nov 2013	Business of the House — Require MPs to Provide Explanatory Statements Along With Amendments to Bills They Propose	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jun 2013	Energy Bill — Clause 11 — Subsidy of Nuclear Power Generation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Backbench Business Committee — Election of Members and Chair — Operation of Committee	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Nov 2010	Backbench Business — Banking Reform — Only Underwrite Purely Deposit-Taking Banks — State Run Derivatives Clearing House	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Size of the Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Programme	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Michael Meacher	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 2 — Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Mar 2009	Control Orders — Annual renewal 2009	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2009	Heathrow Third Runway — rethink the plans — rejected	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	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Right of oral representations — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Secretary of State to have final say — rejected	minority	no	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	2 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — National Planning Policy Statement To Include Policies Which Help Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change	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	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	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	18 Jul 2007	Orders of the Day — Clause 12 — Power to repeal section 4	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jul 2007	Orders of the Day — After Clause 18	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jul 2007	Orders of the Day — Pensions Bill — After Clause 18	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Apr 2007	Pensions Bill — Pensions Protection Lifeboat Fund	minority	no	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	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	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	11 Dec 2006	Orders of the Day — Offender Management Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Dec 2006	Orders of the Day — Clause 2 — Meaning of "relevant duty of care"	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	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	15 Mar 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2005	Deferred Division — Marketing of Foods Derived from Genetically Modified Maize	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 — Offence of Encouragement of Terrorism — "intends"	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Michael Meacher	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendment — Courts and Conrol Orders	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendment — Human Rights Obligations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendments — Application to a Court	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Jan 2004	Higher Education Bill — Second Reading — Increase in University Tuition Fees	minority	aye	Rebel
11 Sep 2003	Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
13 Jun 2003	Stopped being Minister (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Environment),
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	5 Jul 2001	Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution)	minority	aye	Rebel
11 Jun 2001	Became Minister (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Environment),
7 Jun 2001	Stopped being Minister of State (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions) (Environment),
House	Date	Subject	Michael Meacher	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
19 Nov 1997	Became Member, Environmental Audit Committee
3 May 1997	Became Minister of State (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions) (Environment),
1 May 1997	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
1 Jul 1996	Became Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
1 Jul 1996	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Education),
1 Jul 1995	Became Shadow Minister (Education),
1 Jul 1995	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Transport),
22 Jun 1994	Became Shadow Minister (Transport),
22 Jun 1994	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
1 Jul 1993	Became Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
1 Jul 1993	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs),
20 Jul 1992	Became Shadow Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs),
20 Jul 1992	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
1 Jul 1989	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
1 Jul 1989	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
1 Jul 1988	Stopped being Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee,
1 Jul 1987	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
1 Jul 1987	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State,
1 Jul 1983	Became Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee,
11 Jun 1983	Became Shadow Secretary of State,
4 May 1979	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Trade),
14 Apr 1976	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Trade),
14 Apr 1976	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Security),
12 Jun 1975	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Security),
12 Jun 1975	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Industry),
7 Mar 1974	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Industry),

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
18%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Academy Schools - for
91%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
73%	Asylum System - More strict
50%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
84%	Ban fox hunting
88%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
25%	Business and community control of schools: For
30%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
42%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
32%	Closed Material Proceedure
24%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
36%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
38%	Cull Badgers
73%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
75%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
94%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
50%	Environmental water quality
19%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
73%	European Union Integration - For
20%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
29%	Fixed Term Parliaments
70%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
84%	Fox hunting - Ban
12%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
90%	Fully Elected House of Lords
54%	Further devolution to Scotland
50%	Further devolution to Wales
61%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
25%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
94%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
22%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
28%	Higher taxes on banks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
78%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
70%	HS2 - In Favour
82%	Human Rights and Equality
78%	Identity cards - For introduction
80%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
22%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
10%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
1%	Increase the state pension age
15%	Increase VAT
60%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
47%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
57%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
35%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
36%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
7%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
75%	Minimum Wage
71%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
65%	More powers for local councils
41%	No detention without charge or trial
57%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
71%	Nuclear power - For
44%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
42%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Police and Crime Commissioners
94%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
6%	Post office closures - against
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
34%	Privatise Royal Mail
21%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
77%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
83%	Reduce capital gains tax
25%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
17%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
13%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
8%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
16%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
39%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
29%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
40%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
87%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
14%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
16%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
13%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
83%	Right to strike
27%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
60%	Same Sex Marriage - for
6%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
68%	Smoking ban - In favour
100%	State control of bus services
71%	Stop climate change
78%	Support current and former armed service members
48%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
21%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Tougher on illegal immigration
14%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
25%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
65%	University education fees - Should be free
34%	University Tuition Fees - For
84%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
75%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
50%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
88%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Michael Meacher MP, Oldham West and Royton (10427)

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