Gordon Brown almost always voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability

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Major votes

• On 1 Feb 2012: Gordon Brown voted for those who have been ill or disabled since their youth to receive Employment and Support Allowance on the same basis as if they had made sufficient National Insurance contributions to qualify for a contribution based allowance. Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 1 Feb 2012: Gordon Brown voted to increase the time people can receive contribution based ESA from one year to at least 730 days. Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 1 Feb 2012: Gordon Brown voted to allow those with a cancer diagnosis or undergoing cancer treatment to continue to receive contribution based Employment and Support Allowance after the usual 365 day limit is reached. Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 1 Feb 2012: Gordon Brown voted to set the lower rate of the Universal Credit payment in relation to disabled children and young people at a minimum of two-thirds of the higher rate. Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 15 Jun 2011: Gordon Brown voted against introducing Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and against restricting housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms. Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
  • reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax")
• On 9 Mar 2011: Gordon Brown was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
  • reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax")
• On 9 Mar 2011: Gordon Brown was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
  • reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax")