Thangam Debbonaire’s voting in Parliament

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

This is a random selection of Thangam Debbonaire’s votes.

• Has never voted on replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 4 absences, in 2016.
• Generally voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 11 absences, between 2016–2022.
• Generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 5 absences, between 2015–2022.
• Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2015–2020.
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 56 votes for, 5 votes against, 25 absences, between 2017–2022.
• Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 1 vote for, 3 votes against, between 2016–2020.

Last updated: 18 May 2022. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.

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Recent appearances

• Business of the House 24 Nov 2022

  Will the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?

• Business of the House 24 Nov 2022

  I thank the Leader of the House for the business and the recess dates. Tomorrow is the United Nations Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, which I have been involved with for decades, so it is desperately sad that we still have two women a week tragically murdered by partners or ex-partners, the same as in 1992. Laws have changed, but sadly too many attitudes have not....

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Afghanistan: Refugees 22 Nov 2022

  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many months are required to have passed without correspondence from the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme to an ARAP applicant for his Department to provide an update to (a) an Member and (b) an ARAP applicant on an individual case.

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Profile

Labour MP for Bristol West

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

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

Social Media

• @thangammp
• https://facebook.com/debbonaire

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Thangam Debbonaire campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Education
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Coronavirus: Vaccination
• Buildings: Insulation
• Asylum: Children
• Employment: Autism
• Housing: Construction

Currently held offices

• Member, Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee (since 17 Oct 2022)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (since 8 Jun 2021)
• Member, Members Estimate Committee (since 9 May 2021)
• Member, House of Commons Commission (since 9 May 2021)
• Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (since 9 May 2021)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Secretary of State for Housing (6 Apr 2020 to 9 May 2021)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (18 Oct 2016 to 6 Apr 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) (14 Jan 2016 to 18 Oct 2016)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Stephen Williams
• Valerie Davey
• William Waldegrave
• Robert Cooke
• Walter Monckton
• Oliver Stanley
• Cyril Culverwell
• George Gibbs
• Michael Hicks-Beach

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Agriculture Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Environment Bill Committee (1 out of 22)
• Nuclear Safeguards Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Smart Meters Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Ivory Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Wild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Agriculture Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Children and Social Work Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Digital Economy Bill Committee (9 out of 11)