Voting Record — Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, City of Durham (11558)

Roberta Blackman-Woods

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From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	0 votes out of 324, 0.0%	324 votes out of 463, 70.0%	1 time
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	1 vote out of 280, 0.4%	280 votes out of 467, 60.0%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	1 vote out of 867, 0.1%	867 votes out of 1239, 70.0%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	6 votes out of 1020, 0.6%	1020 votes out of 1288, 79.2%	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	Roberta Blackman-Woods	Lab Vote	Rôle
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities & Local Government) (Planning),
Commons	23 Oct 2018	Abortion Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
12 Jan 2018	Became Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities & Local Government) (Planning),
12 Jan 2018	Stopped being Shadow Minister (International Development),
3 Jul 2017	Became Shadow Minister (International Development),
3 Jul 2017	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Housing),
House	Date	Subject	Roberta Blackman-Woods	Lab Vote	Rôle
13 Mar 2017	Stopped being Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
9 Oct 2016	Became Shadow Minister (Housing),
18 Jul 2016	Became Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
27 Jun 2016	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Housing),
Commons	20 Apr 2016	Printing Acts of Parliament on Vellum	Majority	no	Rebel
18 Sep 2015	Became Shadow Minister (Housing),
18 Sep 2015	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government),
House	Date	Subject	Roberta Blackman-Woods	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Thursdays	minority	aye	Rebel
7 Oct 2011	Became Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government),
7 Oct 2011	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office),
8 Oct 2010	Became Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office),
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Commons Science and Technology Committee
House	Date	Subject	Roberta Blackman-Woods	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
1 Oct 2009	Became Member, Commons Science and Technology Committee
30 Sep 2009	Stopped being Member, Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee
16 Jan 2009	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon David Lammy, Minister of State), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
13 Nov 2008	Became PPS (Rt Hon David Lammy, Minister of State), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
16 Oct 2008	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
29 Sep 2008	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
4 Aug 2008	Became PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
10 Mar 2008	Became Member, Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee
Commons	1 Feb 2008	Prayers	tellno	no	Teller
25 Oct 2007	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
11 Oct 2007	Became PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
26 Jul 2007	Became PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
26 Jul 2007	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
23 Jul 2007	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
16 Jul 2007	Became PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
28 Jun 2007	Became PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong, Minister of State (Cabinet)), Cabinet Office
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Oct 2006	Points of Order — Gambling Act 2005 (Amendment)	Majority	aye	Rebel
17 Jul 2006	Stopped being Member, Education & Skills Committee
8 May 2006	Became PPS (Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong, Minister of State (Cabinet)), Cabinet Office
12 Jul 2005	Became Member, Education & Skills Committee
28 Jun 2005	Became Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
28 Jun 2005	Became Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint 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
9%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
6%	Academy Schools - for
17%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
32%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
69%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
40%	Asylum System - More strict
23%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
85%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
75%	Business and community control of schools: For
20%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
33%	Closed Material Proceedure
21%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
100%	Control Orders
100%	Crossrail - In favour
13%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
26%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
100%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Employment rights
29%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
76%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
76%	European Union Integration - For
16%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
3%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
40%	Fixed Term Parliaments
72%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
78%	Fully Elected House of Lords
58%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
54%	Further devolution to Scotland
67%	Further devolution to Wales
78%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
87%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
26%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
47%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
94%	HS2 - In Favour
79%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
50%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
75%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
21%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
10%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
46%	Increase the state pension age
13%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
4%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
83%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
98%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
13%	Localise Council Tax Support
35%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
10%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
60%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
75%	Mansion Tax
81%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
38%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
33%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
84%	Minimum Wage
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
70%	More powers for local councils
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
31%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
58%	Nuclear power - For
76%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
10%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
0%	Police and Crime Commissioners
100%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
0%	Post office closures - against
86%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
53%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
84%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
28%	Reduce capital gains tax
6%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
15%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
10%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
5%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
76%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
45%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
17%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
52%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
9%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
16%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
75%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
19%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
73%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50%	Right to strike
78%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
15%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
82%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	State control of bus services
75%	Stop climate change
94%	Support current and former armed service members
48%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
12%	Tougher on illegal immigration
2%	Trade Unions - Restrict
54%	Transparency of Parliament
64%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
1%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
75%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
70%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
71%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, City of Durham (11558)

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