Mark Pritchard generally voted for 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: Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Housing Benefit and Universal Credit — Regular Payments and Penalty for Excess Bedrooms Show vote
• On 24 Oct 2012: Mark Pritchard voted to introduce under-occupation criteria applying to housing benefit for working age claimants in the social rented sector and 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: Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs — Exemptions from Benefit Reductions Due to Excess Bedrooms Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 15 Jun 2011: Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Third 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
• On 9 Mar 2011: Mark Pritchard voted to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict 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: Mark Pritchard voted to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict 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

Minor votes

• On 8 May 2018: Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill — Clause 1 — Victims of Domestic Abuse — Benefit Reduction in Respect of Excess Bedrooms Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • more powers for local councils
• On 17 Dec 2014: Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit Penalties for Social Tenants Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms Show vote
• On 17 Dec 2014: Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit Penalties for Social Tenants Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms Show vote
• On 26 Nov 2014: Mark Pritchard voted to keep the penalty for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms; against freezing energy bills; and against measures to increase pay rates in Wales. Show vote
• On 14 Oct 2014: Mark Pritchard voted against an exception from the excess bedroom benefit penalty for people who require an extra bedroom due to their need for care. Show vote
• On 5 Sep 2014: Mark Pritchard voted against exemptions to the benefit penalty applied to social housing tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms and against requiring a report on affordable housing. Show vote
• On 26 Feb 2014: Mark Pritchard voted to remove 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: Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Food Banks — Economic Policies Show vote
• On 12 Nov 2013: Mark Pritchard voted in favour of reducing housing benefit 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: Mark Pritchard voted for a reduction in housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 27 Feb 2013: Mark Pritchard was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Benefit (Under-occupancy Penalty) Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
• On 1 Feb 2012: Mark Pritchard voted not to require the housing cost element of universal credit 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