Gerry Sutcliffe consistently voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax")

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Major votes

• On 12 Feb 2014: Gerry Sutcliffe voted against a financial penalty for those receiving housing related benefits on the basis of the number of bedrooms they have. Show vote
• On 24 Oct 2012: Gerry Sutcliffe voted against introducing under-occupation criteria applying to housing benefit for working age claimants in the social rented sector and not to set the rates of Local Housing Allowance which applies to private rented accommodation. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 21 Feb 2012: Gerry Sutcliffe voted to exclude people in specified circumstances from a reduction in housing benefits due to being deemed to have excess bedrooms. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 15 Jun 2011: Gerry Sutcliffe 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 vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits

  This policy conflicts with:

  • paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability
• On 9 Mar 2011: Gerry Sutcliffe 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 vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits

  This policy conflicts with:

  • paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability
• On 9 Mar 2011: Gerry Sutcliffe was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits

  This policy conflicts with:

  • paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability

Minor votes

• On 17 Dec 2014: Gerry Sutcliffe voted to abolish housing benefit penalties for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms. Show vote
• On 17 Dec 2014: Gerry Sutcliffe voted to abolish housing benefit penalties for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms. Show vote
• On 26 Nov 2014: Gerry Sutcliffe voted to scrap the penalty for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms; to freeze energy bills; and to increase pay rates in Wales. Show vote
• On 14 Oct 2014: Gerry Sutcliffe was absent for a vote on Carers Bedroom Entitlement (Social Housing Sector) Bill Show vote
• On 5 Sep 2014: Gerry Sutcliffe voted for exemptions to the benefit penalty applied to social housing tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms and to require a report on affordable housing. Show vote
• On 26 Feb 2014: Gerry Sutcliffe voted to retain an exemption from housing benefit penalties due to being deemed to have excess bedrooms which applied to those who've continuously received the benefit in the same property since before 1 January 1996. Show vote
• On 18 Dec 2013: Gerry Sutcliffe was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Food Banks — Economic Policies Show vote
• On 12 Nov 2013: Gerry Sutcliffe was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for those deemed to have excess bedrooms Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 12 Nov 2013: Gerry Sutcliffe was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for Those Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 27 Feb 2013: Gerry Sutcliffe voted against a housing benefit under-occupancy penalty. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 1 Feb 2012: Gerry Sutcliffe voted to require the housing cost element of universal credit to be sufficient to cover the actual cost of housing for social tenants in cases where no offer of alternative accommodation has been made and the household has no more than one spare bedroom. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits