Voting Record — Valerie Vaz MP, Walsall South (24852)

Valerie Vaz

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

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
Walsall and Bloxwich	5 Jul 2024	still in office	Lab	1 vote out of 71, 1.4%	71 votes out of 86, 82.6%	0 times
Walsall South	13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Lab	0 votes out of 831, 0.0%	831 votes out of 1069, 77.7%	0 times
Walsall South	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	1 vote out of 387, 0.3%	387 votes out of 463, 83.6%	0 times
Walsall South	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	1 vote out of 349, 0.3%	349 votes out of 467, 74.7%	0 times
Walsall South	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	1 vote out of 944, 0.1%	944 votes out of 1239, 76.2%	6 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	Valerie Vaz	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	29 Nov 2024	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Valerie Vaz	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
21 Nov 2023	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
18 May 2023	Stopped being Member, Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
10 May 2023	Became Member, Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
15 Mar 2023	Stopped being Member, Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill Committee
8 Mar 2023	Became Member, Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill Committee
22 Feb 2023	Stopped being Member, Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill Committee
8 Feb 2023	Became Member, Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill Committee
22 Nov 2022	Stopped being Member, UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] Committee
16 Nov 2022	Became Member, UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] Committee
16 Nov 2022	Stopped being Member, Shark Fins Bill Committee
9 Nov 2022	Became Member, Shark Fins Bill Committee
17 May 2022	Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
10 Feb 2022	Stopped being Member, Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] Committee
9 Feb 2022	Became Member, Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] Committee
5 Jan 2022	Became Member, Environmental Audit Committee
14 Dec 2021	Stopped being Member, Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee
1 Dec 2021	Became Member, Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee
8 Jun 2021	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
9 May 2021	Stopped being Member, Members Estimate Committee
9 May 2021	Stopped being Member, House of Commons Commission
9 May 2021	Stopped being Shadow Leader of the House of Commons,
16 Jan 2020	Became Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
House	Date	Subject	Valerie Vaz	Lab Vote	Rôle
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Commons	25 Jun 2018	National Policy Statement: Airports — Heathrow Northwest Runway	minority	aye	Rebel
31 Oct 2017	Became Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
House	Date	Subject	Valerie Vaz	Lab Vote	Rôle
21 Nov 2016	Became Member, Members Estimate Committee
21 Nov 2016	Became Member, House of Commons Commission
31 Oct 2016	Stopped being Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
11 Oct 2016	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
7 Oct 2016	Became Shadow Leader of the House of Commons,
18 Jul 2016	Stopped being Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Commons	20 Apr 2016	Printing Acts of Parliament on Vellum	Majority	no	Rebel
7 Mar 2016	Became Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
26 Nov 2015	Stopped being Member, Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (Joint Committee)
5 Nov 2015	Became Member, Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (Joint Committee)
26 Oct 2015	Became Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
25 Jun 2015	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
House	Date	Subject	Valerie Vaz	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Health and Social Care Committee
17 Dec 2014	Stopped being Member, House of Commons Governance Committee
16 Oct 2014	Became Member, House of Commons Governance Committee
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Thursdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2012	Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill — Third Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Apr 2012	Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill — Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Apr 2012	Labelling of Halal and Kosher Meat	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jan 2012	Trade Unions — Refund of Pay to Employers for Hours Worked by Trade Union Officials on Union Business	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Jul 2011	Youth Employment Bill — Youth Training and Employment — Bank Bonus Budget Tax	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Oct 2010	Backbench Business — Contaminated Blood and Blood Products	tellaye	aye	Teller
26 Jul 2010	Became Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Health and Social Care 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
0%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Academy Schools - for
87%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
76%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
28%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
69%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
5%	Asylum System - More strict
21%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
16%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
81%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
0%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
17%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
0%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
19%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
7%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
100%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
59%	Employment rights
16%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
87%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
7%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
73%	European Union Integration - For
8%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
100%	Fire Safety
38%	Fixed Term Parliaments
65%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
25%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
75%	Fully Elected House of Lords
78%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
64%	Further devolution to Scotland
74%	Further devolution to Wales
100%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
0%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
88%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
15%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
62%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
67%	HS2 - In Favour
87%	Human Rights and Equality
76%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
83%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
21%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
22%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
17%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
50%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
83%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
50%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
93%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
13%	Localise Council Tax Support
36%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
77%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
45%	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
80%	Minimum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
73%	More powers for local councils
100%	More restrictive planning laws
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
50%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
77%	Nuclear power - For
82%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
0%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
0%	Police and Crime Commissioners
75%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
0%	Promote Occupational Pensions
52%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
8%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
21%	Reduce capital gains tax
0%	Reduce central funding for local government
80%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
12%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
16%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
29%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
0%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
76%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
50%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
8%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
75%	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
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
9%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
10%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
69%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
58%	Right to strike
81%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
100%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	State control of bus services
83%	Stop climate change
80%	Support current and former armed service members
38%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
9%	Tougher on illegal immigration
0%	Trade Unions - Restrict
60%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
92%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
86%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
93%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Valerie Vaz MP, Walsall South (24852)

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