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.

However, Ian Mearns sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Ian Mearns generally voted for greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas; most current Labour MPs generally voted against. Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2015. Labour, 4 votes, in 2015

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.

Recent appearances

• Business of the House 15 Apr 2021

  I thank the Leader of the House for the business statement and for announcing the Backbench business for next Thursday, 22 April. I also associate myself with the comments about Dame Cheryl Gillan, who among many other things was a regular customer at the Backbench Business Committee and an excellent chair of the all-party parliamentary group on autism. Will the Leader of the House do...

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus: Care Homes 15 Apr 2021

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on care home visiting during the covid-19 outbreak of the restriction by some private sector care homes of visits to residents by friends and families despite guidance from his Department that visits are permitted; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that...

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus: Gyms 15 Apr 2021

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of gym and fitness facilities as a result of the covid-19 restrictions on (a) physical and (b) mental public health.

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Profile

Labour MP for Gateshead

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

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

Social Media

• @IanMearnsMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

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

• Department for Transport
• Education
• Department for Education
• Communities and Local Government
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Railways: Coronavirus
• Royal Fleet Auxiliary
• Departmental Public Expenditure
• Schools: Vocational Guidance
• Tonnage Tax

Currently held offices

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 20 May 2020)
• Member, Education Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (since 27 Jan 2020)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (since 27 Jan 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 12 May 2016)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 14 May 2014)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 25 Apr 2013)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 1 May 2012)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 12 May 2016)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Education Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (24 May 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• 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)
• Chair, Backbench Business Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 12 May 2016)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (30 Jun 2014 to 27 Jan 2020)
• 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 27 Jan 2020)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (12 Jun 2012 to 27 Jan 2020)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (8 Nov 2010 to 27 Jan 2020)
• 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 BILL Committee (16 out of 16)
• Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Antarctic Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• HGV Road User Levy Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
• Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
• FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
• 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)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)