Jacob Rees-Mogg

Conservative MP for North East Somerset

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Publicly Owned Railways

There have been votes in Parliament on the public ownership of the railways, including on keeping the rail infrastructure public, and permitting train operating companies to be publicly-owned.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg consistently voted against a publicly owned railway system

TheyWorkForYou has automatically calculated this MP’s stance based on all of their votes on the topic. You can browse the source data on PublicWhip.org.uk.

Key votes about a publicly owned railway system:

  • On 12 Sep 2016: Jacob Rees-Mogg voted against allowing public sector bodies to operate rail services in Wales. Show vote
  • On 23 Mar 2016: Jacob Rees-Mogg voted against a proposal to allow, but not require, High Speed 2 passenger services to be run by the public sector operators. Show vote
  • On 19 Jan 2016: Jacob Rees-Mogg voted against regulation of local bus networks and against public ownership of the railways. Show vote
  • On 29 Oct 2014: Jacob Rees-Mogg voted against permitting public sector railway operators. Show vote

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