Policy #1110: "Increase VAT"

This is the votes by vote definition of Public Whip policy #1110: "Increase VAT". You may want to read an introduction to policies, or read more about Public Whip.

Someone who believes that the VAT rate should be increased would have voted like this...

House	Date	Subject	Policy vote
Commons	17 Dec 2008	Reduction of VAT from 17.5% to 15%	minority (strong)
Commons	28 Jun 2010	Emergency Budget — Value Added Tax	Majority (strong)
Commons	6 Jul 2010	Finance Bill — Second Reading	Majority (strong)
Commons	13 Jul 2010	Finance Bill — Rate of Value Added Tax	Majority (strong)
Commons	13 Jul 2010	Finance Bill — No Increase in VAT Rate for Charities — rejected	Majority
Commons	13 Jul 2010	Finance Bill — Require Impact Assessments Before VAT Increase — rejected	Majority
Commons	13 Jul 2010	Finance Bill — Increase in Value Added Tax Assessment of Impact on Pensioners	abstain
Commons	13 Jul 2010	Finance Bill — Assessment of Impact of VAT Increase on Mountain Rescue Services	abstain
Commons	13 Jul 2010	Finance Bill — Increase in Rate of Value Added Tax	Majority (strong)
Commons	20 Jul 2010	Finance Bill — Third Reading	Majority (strong)
Commons	22 Jun 2011	Opposition Day — The Economy	Majority (strong)
Commons	22 Jun 2011	Opposition Day — The Economy	abstain
Commons	28 Jun 2011	Value Added Tax (Change of Rate) Order 2011	Majority (strong)
Commons	28 Jun 2011	Finance Bill — New Clause 10 — VAT	abstain
Commons	12 Oct 2011	Opposition Day — Jobs and Growth	Majority
Commons	9 Nov 2011	Opposition Day — Bankers Bonuses — Jobs Guarantee — Reducing VAT — Tax Incentive for Small Firms to Take on Extra Workers	Majority
Commons	23 Nov 2011	Opposition Day — Economic Growth and Employment	Majority
Commons	14 Dec 2011	Opposition Day — Bank Bonuses — Jobs Guarantee — New Homes — VAT — Tax Incentives for Small Companies Employing More Workers	Majority
Commons	11 Jan 2012	Opposition Day — Energy Prices	Majority
Commons	18 Apr 2012	Finance Bill — New Clause 5 — VAT on Hot Baked Goods — (Pasty Tax)	abstain
Commons	16 May 2012	Queens' Speech — Cost of Living — Public Transport Fares — VAT on Fuel	Majority
Commons	17 May 2012	Queens' Speech — Tax on Bank Bonuses — Jobs Guarantee — VAT Reduction — Make Investment Sooner	Majority
Commons	17 May 2012	Queens' Speech — Jobs — Banker's Bonus Tax — VAT Cut — Tax Incentive to Take on Workers — Sooner Infrastructure Investment	Majority
Commons	3 Jul 2012	Finance Bill — New Clause 12 — Rate of VAT	Majority (strong)
Commons	3 Jul 2012	Finance Bill — New Schedule 1 — Transitory Arrangements — VAT on Alterations To Certain Listed Buildings	abstain
Commons	5 Sep 2012	Opposition Day — Housing	Majority
Commons	5 Sep 2012	Opposition Day — House Building — Bankers' Bonus Tax — VAT on Work on Homes	minority
Commons	18 Apr 2013	Finance Bill — New Clause 2 — Rate of VAT	Majority (strong)
Commons	25 Mar 2015	Finance Bill — New Clause 1 — Report on Impact of Value Added Tax	abstain
Commons	14 Jul 2015	Summer Budget 2015	minority
Commons	21 Jul 2015	Finance Bill 2015-16 — Decline Second Reading	minority
Commons	21 Jul 2015	Finance Bill 2015-16 — Second Reading	minority
Commons	26 Oct 2015	Finance Bill 2015-16 — Third Reading	minority
Commons	25 Jun 2019	The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019	Majority
Commons	11 Jan 2022	Household Energy Bills: VAT	Majority
Commons	18 May 2022	Programme for Government — Amendment from the Leader of the Liberal Democrats	Majority (strong)

Policy #1110: "Increase VAT"

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