Liz Kendall

Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Labour MP for Leicester West

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Trade Union Regulation

There have been votes in Parliament on the way trade unions are regulated, including on the law related to industrial action and strike ballots.

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Liz Kendall consistently voted against more restrictive regulation of trade union activity

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Major votes

  • On 29 Nov 2023: Liz Kendall voted no on Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023 Show vote
  • On 28 Nov 2023: Liz Kendall voted no on Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023 Show vote
  • On 28 Nov 2023: Liz Kendall voted no on Draft Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023 Show vote
  • On 28 Nov 2023: Liz Kendall voted no on Draft Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels) Show vote
  • On 30 Jan 2023: Liz Kendall voted no on Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill Committee: Third Reading Show vote
  • On 11 Jul 2022: Liz Kendall voted no on draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022 Show vote
  • On 26 Jan 2022: Liz Kendall voted not to implement a tax on trade unions and employers' associations to fund their regulator, the Certification Officer. Show vote
  • On 26 Jan 2022: Liz Kendall voted not to empower the regulator of trade unions and employers’ associations, the Certification Officer, to impose financial penalties on the bodies it regulates for breaches of the law. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Liz Kendall voted against requiring the support of 40% of those entitled to vote in a ballot for industrial action by state school teachers to be required for such action to be lawful. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Liz Kendall voted not to require the support of 40% of those eligible to vote in ballots for strike action by key transport workers, including staff working on railways, airport security, air traffic control and London buses, for such action to be lawful. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Liz Kendall voted against requiring the support of 40% of those entitled to vote in a ballot for industrial action by border security workers to be required for such action to be lawful. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Liz Kendall voted against requiring the support of 40% of those entitled to vote in a ballot for industrial action by border security workers to be required for such action to be lawful. Show vote
  • On 8 Feb 2017: Liz Kendall voted against requiring the support of 40% of those entitled to vote in a ballot for industrial action by key fire service workers to be required for such action to be lawful. Show vote
  • On 24 Jan 2017: Liz Kendall was absent for a vote on Industrial Action (Protection of Critical National Services) Bill Show vote
  • On 10 Nov 2015: Liz Kendall voted yes on Trade Union Bill — New Clause 2 — Workplace Ballots and Ballots by Electronic Means Show vote
  • On 10 Nov 2015: Liz Kendall voted against requiring the appointment of a picket supervisor and against requiring them to be identified to, and contactable by, the police. Show vote
  • On 10 Nov 2015: Liz Kendall voted against requiring a 50% turnout in order to make a strike ballot valid and against other aspects of increased regulation of trade union activity. Show vote
  • On 14 Sep 2015: Liz Kendall voted against requiring a 50% turnout in order to make a strike ballot valid and against other aspects of increased regulation of trade union activity. Show vote

Minor votes

  • On 22 Oct 2010: Liz Kendall was absent for a vote on Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Bill — Second Reading Show vote

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