Shabana Mahmood’s voting in Parliament

Shabana Mahmood is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Shabana Mahmood’s votes.

• Consistently voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 15 votes against, 2 absences, between 2011–2014
• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2010–2016
• Consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2016
• Consistently voted against encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2011
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2013
• Almost always voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 13 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2011–2016

We have lots more plain English analysis of Shabana Mahmood’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Shabana Mahmood’s full vote analysis page for more.

Shabana Mahmood

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for International Trade: Overseas Trade 25 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how the requirement for a cultural fit for prospective contractors will be linked to the subject matter of the contract.

• Written Answers — Department for International Trade: Overseas Trade 25 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on what basis the requirement for a cultural fit for prospective contractors will be judged.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Compulsorily Detained Mental Patients 19 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is any regional variation in the frequency of police cells being used as places of safety for people detained under section 135 of the Mental Health Act 1983.

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Profile

Labour MP for Birmingham, Ladywood

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @ShabanaMahmood

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Shabana Mahmood campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Home Department
• Treasury
• HM Treasury
• Home Office
• Higher Education
• Students: Loans
• Revenue and Customs
• Students: Finance
• Higher Education: Admissions

Other offices held in the past

• Member, International Trade Committee (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (Joint Committee) (26 Nov 2015 to 11 Feb 2016)
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (8 May 2015 to 14 Sep 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Treasury) (7 Oct 2013 to 8 May 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) (7 Oct 2011 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) (8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 2 Nov 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Clare Short
• John Sever
• Brian Walden
• Doris Fisher
• Wallace Lawler
• Victor Yates
• Geoffrey Lloyd
• Wilfrid Whiteley
• Neville Chamberlain

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• High-Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Riot Compensation Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
• High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
• Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (9 out of 10)

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• Has spoken in 10 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Shabana Mahmood’s speeches
• Has received answers to 44 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 101 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Shabana Mahmood’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 238 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)