Voting Record — William McCrea MP, South Antrim (10679)

William McCrea

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
House of Lords	19 Jun 2018	still in office	DUP	5 votes out of 445, 1.1%	445 votes out of 842, 52.9%	3 times
South Antrim	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	DUP	1 vote out of 573, 0.2%	573 votes out of 1239, 46.2%	0 times
South Antrim	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	DUP	1 vote out of 612, 0.2%	612 votes out of 1288, 47.5%	1 time
South Antrim	21 Sep 2000	14 May 2001	DUP	0 votes out of 67, 0.0%	67 votes out of 276, 24.3%	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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House	Date	Subject	Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown	DUP Vote	Rôle
Lords	10 Dec 2024	Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 - Motion to Approve — Amendment to the Motion	tellaye	aye	Teller
Lords	27 Nov 2024	Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 - Motion to Approve — Amendment to the Motion	tellaye	aye	Teller
Lords	23 Oct 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Commons Amendments and Reasons — Motion L1 (as an amendment to Motion L)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Lords	18 Jul 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Report (3rd Day) — Amendment 67	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	28 Jun 2022	Pharmacy (Responsible Pharmacists, Superintendent Pharmacists etc.) Order 2022 - Motion to Approve — Amendment to the Motion	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	16 Mar 2022	Health and Care Bill - Report (4th Day) — Amendment 158	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	22 Feb 2022	Procedure and Privileges Committee - Motion to Agree — Amendment to the Motion	minority	aye	Rebel
Lords	10 Jun 2021	Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 - Motion to Regret	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	30 Nov 2020	High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 1	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	5 Oct 2020	Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill - Report (2nd Day)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	23 Jun 2020	Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill - Report (and remaining stages) — Amendment 14	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	17 Jul 2019	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill - Report — Amendment 12	tellno	no	Teller
House	Date	Subject	William McCrea	DUP Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Justice),
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Justice),
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Home Affairs),
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Home Affairs),
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow DUP Leader of the House of Commons,
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow DUP Leader of the House of Commons,
Commons	26 Feb 2013	Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill — New Clause 2 — Preculde Referals to Adjudicator Relating to Suppliers With a Billion Pound or Greater Turnover	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Oct 2012	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — New Clause 14 — Civil Claims In Health and Safety Cases Only On Basis of Negligence	Majority	unknown	Unknown
26 Mar 2012	Stopped being Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
26 Mar 2012	Stopped being Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	25 Jan 2012	London Local Authorities Bill — Closure of Debate on Street Litter Control Notices	minority	unknown	Unknown
23 Jun 2011	Became Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
23 Jun 2011	Became Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
26 Jan 2011	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Commission
26 Jan 2011	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Commission
Commons	13 Oct 2010	London Local Authorities Bill — Second Reading	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Public Houses and Private Members' Clubs (Smoking) Bill	Majority	unknown	Unknown
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Public Accounts Commission
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Public Accounts Commission
1 Jun 2010	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Justice),
1 Jun 2010	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Justice),
1 Jun 2010	Became Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Home Affairs),
1 Jun 2010	Became Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Home Affairs),
6 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
6 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
6 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government),
6 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government),
House	Date	Subject	William McCrea	DUP Vote	Rôle
1 Jun 2009	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government),
1 Jun 2009	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government),
1 Jun 2009	Became Shadow DUP Leader of the House of Commons,
1 Jun 2009	Became Shadow DUP Leader of the House of Commons,
Commons	25 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Third reading	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	25 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Mobile phone masts to require certificates — rejected	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	3 Jun 2008	Delegated Legislation — Northern Ireland	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Preventing prison officers from taking industrial action	minority	unknown	Unknown
16 Nov 2006	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
16 Nov 2006	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Jun 2005	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
1 Jun 2005	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
House	Date	Subject	William McCrea	DUP Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this person and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
95%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
42%	Academy Schools - for
80%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
0%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67%	Apprenticeships
87%	Asylum System - More strict
56%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
92%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
68%	Closed Material Proceedure
31%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
50%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
27%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
75%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
0%	Easier access to abortion
30%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Encourage and incentivise saving
50%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
63%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	Environmental water quality
18%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
29%	European Union Integration - For
36%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
87%	Fixed Term Parliaments
50%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
34%	Fully Elected House of Lords
41%	Further devolution to Scotland
55%	Further devolution to Wales
93%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
29%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
75%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
86%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
40%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
29%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
8%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
50%	HS2 - In Favour
49%	Human Rights and Equality
5%	Identity cards - For introduction
70%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
17%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
22%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
15%	Increase VAT
0%	Inheritance Tax
50%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
50%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
37%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
79%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
40%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
60%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
75%	Mansion Tax
89%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
22%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
61%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
65%	More powers for local councils
13%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
45%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
58%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
47%	Police and Crime Commissioners
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
75%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
50%	Privatise Royal Mail
47%	Promote Occupational Pensions
1%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Public Ownership of Railways
76%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
83%	Reduce capital gains tax
25%	Reduce central funding for local government
50%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
33%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
9%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
8%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
13%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
88%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
4%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
13%	Register of Lobbyists
50%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
25%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
9%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
39%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
83%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
58%	Right to strike
73%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0%	Same Sex Marriage - for
62%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Sell England's Public Forests
91%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	State control of bus services
51%	Stop climate change
66%	Support current and former armed service members
50%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8%	Trade Unions - Restrict
54%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
50%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
45%	University Tuition Fees - For
82%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — William McCrea MP, South Antrim (10679)

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