Ben Bradshaw, former MP, Exeter

How Ben Bradshaw voted on a publicly owned railway system.

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Publicly Owned Railways

There have been votes in Parliament on the public ownership of the railways, including on keeping the rail infrastructure public, and permitting train operating companies to be publicly-owned.

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Ben Bradshaw consistently voted for a publicly owned railway system

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Major votes

On 23 Mar 2016: Ben Bradshaw voted to allow, but not require, High Speed 2 passenger services to be run by the public sector operators. Show vote
On 29 Oct 2014: Ben Bradshaw voted to permit public sector railway operators. Show vote

Minor votes

On 12 Sep 2016: Ben Bradshaw voted to allow public sector bodies to operate rail services in Wales. Show vote
This vote is also related to:
- transferring more powers to the Senedd/Welsh Parliament
On 19 Jan 2016: Ben Bradshaw voted for regulation of local bus networks and for public ownership of the railways. Show vote
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