How Sarah Champion voted on Social Issues #

• Consistently voted for equal gay rights Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2013–2014
• Consistently voted for smoking bans Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2014–2015
• Consistently voted for allowing marriage between two people of same sex Show votes 6 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2014
• Consistently voted for laws to promote equality and human rights Show votes 9 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2014–2018
• Voted for allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2015

How Sarah Champion voted on Foreign Policy and Defence #

• Generally voted against use of UK military forces in combat operations overseas Show votes 1 vote for, 2 votes against, 2 absences, between 2013–2015
• Has never voted on investigations into the Iraq war
• Voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 4 absences, in 2016
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 40 votes for, 9 votes against, 19 absences, between 2013–2018
• Voted a mixture of for and against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, 5 absences, between 2013–2016
• Generally voted for a right to remain for EU nationals already in living in the UK Show votes 7 votes for, 4 votes against, 5 absences, between 2016–2017
• Voted a mixture of for and against UK membership of the EU Show votes 7 votes for, 5 votes against, 5 absences, between 2017–2018
• Generally voted against military action against ISIL (Daesh) Show votes 1 vote for, 2 votes against, between 2014–2015

How Sarah Champion voted on Welfare and Benefits #

• 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, 9 votes against, 3 absences, between 2013–2018
• Generally voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, in 2013
• Generally voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2015–2016
• Generally voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 2 votes for, 24 votes against, 10 absences, between 2014–2016
• Generally voted for spending public money to create guaranteed jobs for young people who have spent a long time unemployed Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2013–2014

How Sarah Champion voted on Taxation and Employment #

• Almost always voted against raising the threshold at which people start to pay income tax Show votes 0 votes for, 16 votes against, 5 absences, between 2013–2018
• Generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 2013–2015
• Generally voted against higher taxes on alcoholic drinks Show votes 3 votes for, 4 votes against, 2 absences, between 2013–2017
• Generally voted against higher taxes on plane tickets Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, 3 absences, between 2013–2017
• Generally voted against lower taxes on fuel for motor vehicles Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, in 2013
• Consistently voted for increasing the tax rate applied to income over £150,000 Show votes 8 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2014–2015
• Consistently voted for a banker’s bonus tax Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2013–2015
• Voted a mixture of for and against higher taxes on banks Show votes 4 votes for, 2 votes against, 6 absences, between 2013–2018
• Almost always voted for an annual tax on the value of expensive homes (popularly known as a mansion tax) Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2013
• Consistently voted against allowing employees to exchange some employment rights for shares in the company they work for Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, between 2012–2013
• Consistently voted against more restrictive regulation of trade union activity Show votes 0 votes for, 10 votes against, between 2015–2017
• Consistently voted against reducing capital gains tax Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, 1 absence, between 2013–2016

How Sarah Champion voted on Business and the Economy #

• Generally voted against reducing the rate of corporation tax Show votes 1 vote for, 12 votes against, 3 absences, between 2013–2016
• Generally voted against measures to reduce tax avoidance Show votes 4 votes for, 6 votes against, 2 absences, between 2013–2018
• Consistently voted against stronger tax incentives for companies to invest in assets Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, between 2013–2014
• Almost always voted for new high speed rail infrastructure Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2013–2018

How Sarah Champion voted on Health #

• Consistently voted for smoking bans Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2014–2015
• Voted for allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2015

How Sarah Champion voted on Education #

• Consistently voted against greater autonomy for schools Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, between 2013–2014
• Consistently voted against academy schools Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2016
• We don’t have enough information to calculate Sarah Champion’s position on university tuition fees. Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, between 2016–2017

How Sarah Champion voted on Constitutional Reform #

• Almost always voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, 1 absence, between 2013–2018
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, between 2013–2016
• Generally voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, between 2013–2016
• Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs
• Has never voted on a wholly elected House of Lords
• Has never voted on local councils keeping money raised from taxes on business premises in their areas
• Almost always voted against greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 0 votes for, 10 votes against, 2 absences, between 2013–2016
• Has never voted on fixed periods between parliamentary elections
• Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords
• Generally voted for transferring more powers to the Welsh Assembly Show votes 7 votes for, 1 vote against, 21 absences, between 2017–2018
• Generally voted for transferring more powers to the Scottish Parliament Show votes 11 votes for, 4 votes against, 18 absences, between 2017–2018
• Generally voted for more powers for local councils Show votes 16 votes for, 1 vote against, 9 absences, between 2013–2018
• Consistently voted against a veto for MPs from England, Wales and Northern Ireland over laws specifically impacting their part of the UK Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2015
• Almost always voted for a lower voting age Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2015–2016

How Sarah Champion voted on Home Affairs #

• Generally voted against a stricter asylum system Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, 1 absence, between 2015–2016
• Almost always voted for requiring the mass retention of information about communications Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2014–2016
• Almost always voted against stronger enforcement of immigration rules Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, 2 absences, between 2015–2016
• Voted for mass surveillance of people’s communications and activities Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2016
• Consistently voted against merging police and fire services under Police and Crime Commissioners Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2016

How Sarah Champion voted on Environmental Issues #

• Generally voted for measures to prevent climate change Show votes 9 votes for, 1 vote against, 5 absences, between 2013–2016
• Generally voted against lower taxes on fuel for motor vehicles Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, in 2013
• Generally voted against higher taxes on plane tickets Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, 3 absences, between 2013–2017
• Generally voted for financial incentives for low carbon emission electricity generation methods Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2012–2018
• Consistently voted against culling badgers to tackle bovine tuberculosis Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, between 2013–2014
• Voted against greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 3 absences, in 2015
• Almost always voted for new high speed rail infrastructure Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2013–2018

How Sarah Champion voted on Transport #

• Voted for greater public control of bus services Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2014–2016
• Voted for slowing the rise in rail fares Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2013
• Generally voted against lower taxes on fuel for motor vehicles Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, in 2013
• Generally voted against higher taxes on plane tickets Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, 3 absences, between 2013–2017
• Generally voted for a publicly owned railway system Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2016

How Sarah Champion voted on Housing #

• Almost always voted against phasing out secure tenancies for life Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, 1 absence, between 2015–2016
• Generally voted against charging a market rent to high earners renting a council home Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, 2 absences, between 2015–2016

How Sarah Champion voted on Miscellaneous Topics #

• Consistently voted for greater regulation of gambling Show votes 6 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2013–2014
• Almost always voted for requiring pub companies to offer pub landlords rent-only leases Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2013–2016
• Voted a mixture of for and against restricting the scope of legal aid Show votes 1 vote for, 3 votes against, between 2012–2014
• Generally voted against allowing national security sensitive evidence to be put before courts in secret sessions Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, 2 absences, in 2013
• Voted a mixture of for and against a statutory register of lobbyists Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, in 2013
• Voted against limits on success fees paid to lawyers in no-win no fee cases Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2013
• Consistently voted for restrictions on fees charged to tenants by letting agents Show votes 6 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2014–2018
• Generally voted against the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement Show votes 4 votes for, 18 votes against, 7 absences, between 2013–2015

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