Ian Mearns’s voting in Parliament

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

This is a selection of Ian Mearns’s votes.

• Almost always voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, 4 absences, between 2011–2016
• Consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2016
• Almost always 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, 16 votes against, 2 absences, between 2011–2018
• Almost always voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 3 votes for, 17 votes against, 5 absences, between 2010–2015
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, between 2010–2017
• Consistently voted against encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2011

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

Ian Mearns has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: Northern: Industrial Disputes 15 Nov 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2018 to Question 155260 on Northern: Industrial Disputes, what payments his Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make to Arriva Northern for revenues lost due to official industrial action.

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: South Western Railway: Industrial Disputes 15 Nov 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2018 to Question 166508 on South Western Railway: compensation, what payments (a) have been made and (b) are planned to be made to South Western Railway for revenues lost as a result of official industrial action.

• Business of the House 1 Nov 2018

  By the calculations of the officers of the Backbench Business Committee, we have had 24 Chamber days in the last 16 months, when the Standing Orders suggest that we would get 27 days in a normal 12-month sitting period. We are three short already, and we do not have any allocation of time in the week beginning 12 November. I want to express my disappointment to the Leader of the House, on...

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Profile

Labour MP for Gateshead

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @IanMearnsMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Ian Mearns campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Education
• Department for Transport
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Education
• Work and Pensions
• Departmental Public Expenditure
• Royal Fleet Auxiliary
• Ministerial Policy Advisers
• Tonnage Tax
• Schools: Vocational Guidance

Currently held offices

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 6 Nov 2017)
• Member, Education Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (since 12 Jul 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (24 May 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee (25 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Education Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 12 May 2016)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (30 Jun 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill (Commons) Committee (29 Apr 2014 to 7 Jul 2015)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (10 Jun 2013 to 14 May 2014)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (12 Jun 2012 to 25 Apr 2013)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (8 Nov 2010 to 1 May 2012)
• Member, Education Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Konni Zilliacus
• Thomas Magnay
• Herbert Evans
• James Melville
• John Beckett
• John Dickie
• John Brotherton
• Herbert Surtees
• Harold Elverston
• John Johnson
• William Allan
• Walter James
• William Hutt
• Cuthbert Rippon

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Trade Union Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• FINANCE BILL Committee (16 out of 16)
• Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
• FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
• Antarctic Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• HGV Road User Levy Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Terrorist Asset-Freezing Etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Localism Bill Committee (20 out of 24)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 54 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Ian Mearns’s speeches
• Has received answers to 45 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 82.10% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below 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.
• 97 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Ian Mearns’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 154 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)