Voting Record — Sarah Champion MP, Rotherham (25168)

Sarah Champion is currently Member, Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill Committee, Member, Pet Abduction Bill Committee, Member, Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government, Member, Liaison Committee (Commons), Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art, Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee), Member, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact, Chair, International Development Committee and Chair, International Development Committee

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
13 Dec 2019 still in office Lab 1 vote out of 744, 0.1% 744 votes out of 1002, 74.3% 0 times
9 Jun 2017 6 Nov 2019 Lab 8 votes out of 341, 2.3% 341 votes out of 463, 73.7% 0 times
8 May 2015 3 May 2017 Lab 2 votes out of 308, 0.6% 308 votes out of 467, 66.0% 0 times
30 Nov 2012 30 Mar 2015 Lab 0 votes out of 389, 0.0% 389 votes out of 587, 66.3% 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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HouseDateSubjectSarah ChampionLab VoteRôle
21 Feb 2024Became Member, Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill Committee
24 Jan 2024Became Member, Pet Abduction Bill Committee
16 Jan 2024Stopped being Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls
11 Jul 2023Stopped being Member, Victims and Prisoners Bill Committee
22 Jun 2023Became Member, Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government
14 Jun 2023Became Member, Victims and Prisoners Bill Committee
9 Nov 2022Stopped being Member, Carer’s Leave Bill Committee
2 Nov 2022Became Member, Carer’s Leave Bill Committee
9 Feb 2022Stopped being Member, Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill Committee
2 Feb 2022Became Member, Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill Committee
19 Jan 2022Stopped being Member, Glue Traps (Offences) Bill Committee
12 Jan 2022Stopped being Member, Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee
12 Jan 2022Became Member, Glue Traps (Offences) Bill Committee
5 Jan 2022Became Member, Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee
8 Dec 2021Stopped being Member, Animal (Penalty Notices) Bill Committee
1 Dec 2021Became Member, Animal (Penalty Notices) Bill Committee
3 Nov 2021Stopped being Member, Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) Committee
27 Oct 2021Became Member, Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill (England and Wales) Committee
24 Jun 2021Stopped being Member, Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
12 May 2021Became Member, Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
5 Oct 2020Became Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls
20 May 2020Became Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
20 May 2020Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
11 May 2020Became Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
10 Mar 2020Became Member, International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact
29 Jan 2020Became Chair, International Development Committee
29 Jan 2020Became Chair, International Development Committee
Commons20 Dec 2019European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — Second Reading Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectSarah ChampionLab VoteRôle
6 Nov 2019Stopped being Member, Women and Equalities Committee
6 Nov 2019Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
Commons22 Oct 2019European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — Second Reading Majorityno Rebel
Commons4 Sep 2019European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — Clause 1 — Purpose of Delaying Withdrawal — Content of Bill to Implement Withdrawl Agreement minorityno Rebel
Commons1 Apr 2019EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship — Motion (G) Parliamentary Supremacy — MPs to Decide Between Remaining in the EU and Leaving Without a Withdrawal Agreement Majorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Apr 2019EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship — Motion (E) Confirmatory Public Vote on Withdrawal Agreement and Framework for Future Relationship Majorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Apr 2019EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship — Motion (D) Common Market 2.0 — Retain Relatively Free Movement of People and Goods via European Free Trade Association Membership — External Tarriff Alignment with the EU Majorityaye Rebel
Commons27 Mar 2019EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (M) — Public Vote on Withdrawal Agreement and Framework for Future Relationship with the EU Majorityaye Rebel
Commons27 Mar 2019EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (L) — Opportunity to Decide Between Remaining In the EU and Leaving Without a Withdrawal Agreement Majorityaye Rebel
Commons27 Mar 2019EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (D) — Retain Freedom of Movement of People and Goods via European Free Trade Association Membership Majorityaye Rebel
4 Jun 2018Became Member, Women and Equalities Committee
4 Jun 2018Stopped being Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
15 Jan 2018Became Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
30 Oct 2017Became Member, Administration Committee
16 Aug 2017Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities,
HouseDateSubjectSarah ChampionLab VoteRôle
6 Oct 2016Became Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities,
6 Oct 2016Stopped being Shadow Minister (Home Office),
25 Jul 2016Became Shadow Minister (Home Office),
Commons18 Jul 2016UK's Nuclear Deterrent — Replacement of Trident Nuclear Submarines — Maintenance of Continuous At Sea Deterrence minorityaye Rebel
28 Jun 2016Stopped being Shadow Minister (Home Office),
26 Oct 2015Stopped being Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
18 Sep 2015Became Shadow Minister (Home Office),
Commons11 Sep 2015Assisted Dying Bill — Second Reading minorityno Rebel
8 Jul 2015Became Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
HouseDateSubjectSarah ChampionLab VoteRôle
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Transport Committee
Commons27 Oct 2014Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP bothno Rebel
10 Dec 2012Became Member, Transport 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.

AgreementPolicy
7% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Academy Schools - for
87% Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
99% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
32% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
98% Apprenticeships
100% Assisted Dying
5% Asylum System - More strict
16% Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
100% Bankers' Bonus Tax
50% Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
0% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
16% Closed Material Proceedure
26% Coalition Programme for Government - For
0% Cull Badgers
100% Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
24% Delegate more powers to government ministers
77% Do more to help refugees inclding children
0% Employee Shareholder Status
59% Employment rights
15% Encourage and incentivise saving
78% Energy Prices - More Affordable
0% English Votes on English Laws etc.
17% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
75% European Union Integration - For
13% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
3% Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
63% Fixed Term Parliaments
64% For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
50% Fully Elected House of Lords
65% Further devolution to Northern Ireland
64% Further devolution to Scotland
67% Further devolution to Wales
100% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% GP Commissioning in the NHS
75% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100% Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
28% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
67% Higher taxes on banks
25% Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100% Homosexuality - Equal rights
78% HS2 - In Favour
100% Human Rights and Equality
67% In Favour of Mass Surveillance
63% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100% Incentivise membership of press regulator
28% Increase Air Passenger Duty
29% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
35% Increase VAT
67% Inheritance Tax
50% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
75% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
29% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
20% Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
52% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88% Mansion Tax
87% Mass Retention of Communications Data
44% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Member trustees on pension boards
0% Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
33% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
71% Minimum Wage
100% More Emergency Service Workers
100% More funds for social care
83% More powers for local councils
100% MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
50% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
75% Nuclear power - For
86% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
10% Phase out of Tenancies for Life
81% Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
8% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
84% Public Ownership of Railways
98% Rail Fares - Lower
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0% Reduce capital gains tax
6% Reduce central funding for local government
20% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
33% Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
25% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
25% Reducing the number of MPs - for
59% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
52% Register of Lobbyists
100% Regulate letting agent fees
38% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
50% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
33% 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
23% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
75% Retain funds from council house sales locally
25% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
66% Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
100% Right to strike
78% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100% Same Sex Marriage - for
0% Schools - Greater Autonomy
100% Smoking ban - In favour
75% State control of bus services
81% Stop climate change
76% Support current and former armed service members
0% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
7% Termination of pregnancy - against
13% Tougher on illegal immigration
8% Trade Unions - Restrict
40% Trident replacement - In favour
0% University Tuition Fees - For
34% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
92% Voting age - Reduce to 16
64% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
67% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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