Recent Votes
This page shows Joe Benton's most recent 20 votes.
For each vote you can see the vote in the context of the debate.
If they spoke in the same section as the vote, links to the speeches will be listed under the vote.
You can also see more analysis of individual votes through TheyWorkForYou Votes.
For a longer-term view of Joe Benton's voting across different policy areas,
see their voting summary.
26 Mar 2015
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On 26 Mar 2015:
Joe Benton voted no on Elections for Positions in the House
25 Mar 2015
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On 25 Mar 2015:
Joe Benton voted against a series of taxation related measures including increasing the personal income tax free allowance and increasing the threshold at which higher rate tax is charged.
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On 25 Mar 2015:
Joe Benton voted yes on Bill Presented — Clause 6 — Charge for financial year 2016
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On 25 Mar 2015:
Joe Benton voted to require a report on the effect of setting the additional rate of income tax at 50 per cent.
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On 25 Mar 2015:
Joe Benton voted to require a report on the impact of Value Added Tax (VAT).
24 Mar 2015
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On 24 Mar 2015:
Joe Benton voted no on Business of the House (24, 25 and 26 March) — Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993
23 Mar 2015
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On 23 Mar 2015:
Joe Benton voted no on Amendment of the Law — 5. Corporation tax (charge for financial year 2016)
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On 23 Mar 2015:
Joe Benton voted against charging income tax in the 2015-16 financial year and against setting the basic rate at 20%, the higher rate at 40% and the additional rate at 45%.
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On 23 Mar 2015:
Joe Benton voted against the the March 2015 budget which contained plans to spend £76bn more than was expected to be taken in and introduced a help to buy ISA, reduced corporation tax and increased spending on mental health by around £300m/year.
17 Mar 2015
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On 17 Mar 2015:
Joe Benton voted no on Justice — Protection from slavery for overseas domestic workers
10 Mar 2015
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On 10 Mar 2015:
Joe Benton voted to let planning authorities insist Londoners wishing to rent out their homes for short periods have specific planning permission to do so on the grounds the authority considers that it is merely "desirable", rather than "necessary" to "protect the amenity of the locality".
9 Mar 2015
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On 9 Mar 2015:
Joe Benton voted yes on Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill [Lords] — Secondary ticketing platforms
4 Mar 2015
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On 4 Mar 2015:
Joe Benton voted to increase the top rate of income tax.
25 Feb 2015
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On 25 Feb 2015:
Joe Benton voted yes on Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day] — Members’ Paid Directorships and Consultancies
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On 25 Feb 2015:
Joe Benton voted yes on Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day] — Bankers’ Bonuses and the Banking Industry
11 Feb 2015
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On 11 Feb 2015:
Joe Benton voted against requiring a more extensive set of conditions be met prior to consent for hydraulic fracturing being given.
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On 11 Feb 2015:
Joe Benton voted no on Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day] — Tax Avoidance
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On 11 Feb 2015:
Joe Benton voted in favour of introducing a penalty regime for the general anti-abuse rule and in favour of other measures intended to reduce tax avoidance.
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On 11 Feb 2015:
Joe Benton voted to provide those who've been on Jobseeker's Allowance for a period an offer of a paid job with training that they must take up or lose their benefits.
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On 11 Feb 2015:
Joe Benton voted to make it an offence to for someone in charge of an enclosed vehicle to fail to prevent smoking within it if someone under 18 is present.
As a result of COVID-19, some MPs were less able to vote in Parliament in certain periods, and this will be reflected by absences in their voting record.
- 11th May to 2nd June 2020
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All MPs could vote remotely through an online voting tool. Votes cast remotely are shown as normal on the TheyWorkForYou voting record.
- 2nd to 9th June 2020
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The option of online voting was removed, and a number of MPs may have been unable to vote because they were not physically able to attend.
- 10th June 2020 onwards
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The requirements on proxy voting were relaxed, allowing MPs to designate another MP to cast a vote on their behalf.
If an MP votes by proxy, it is effectively exactly the same as if they cast the vote in person and it shows up on their TheyWorkForYou voting record.
MPs are not required to designate a proxy, and may instead pair with an opposing MP to miss a vote. Parliament does not record when two MPs have come to a pairing arrangement, so on TheyWorkForYou, they will both appear to have been absent for the vote.
See more detail on votes during the COVID-19 period here.
