Voting record - Gill Furniss MP, Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough

Social Issues
Foreign Policy and Defence
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Taxation and Employment
Business and the Economy
Health
Education
Constitutional Reform
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Environmental Issues
Transport
Miscellaneous Topics

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11th May to 2nd June 2020

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2nd to 9th June 2020

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10th June 2020 onwards

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Consistently voted for equal gay rights Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2019
Voted for allowing marriage between two people of same sex Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2019
Consistently voted for laws to promote equality and human rights Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, between 2016–2019

Last updated: 18 July 2019. Please share these votes responsibly.

How Gill Furniss voted on Foreign Policy and Defence #

Voted against investigations into the Iraq war Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2016
Voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2016
Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 49 votes for, 11 votes against, 18 absences, between 2017–2020
Generally voted for a right to remain for EU nationals already in living in the UK Show votes 13 votes for, 5 votes against, 4 absences, between 2016–2020
Generally voted for UK membership of the EU Show votes 14 votes for, 5 votes against, 5 absences, between 2017–2019

Last updated: 15 July 2020. Please share these votes responsibly.

How Gill Furniss voted on Welfare and Benefits #

We don’t have enough information to calculate Gill Furniss’s position on reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax"). Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2018
Consistently voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2016
Consistently voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, in 2016

Last updated: 8 May 2018. Please share these votes responsibly.

How Gill Furniss voted on Taxation and Employment #

Generally voted against raising the threshold at which people start to pay income tax Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, 2 absences, between 2016–2018
We don’t have enough information to calculate Gill Furniss’s position on increasing the rate of VAT. Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2019
Generally voted against higher taxes on alcoholic drinks Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, in 2017
We don’t have enough information to calculate Gill Furniss’s position on higher taxes on plane tickets. Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2017
Almost always voted for higher taxes on banks Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2017–2018
Consistently voted against more restrictive regulation of trade union activity Show votes 0 votes for, 6 votes against, in 2017
Generally voted against reducing capital gains tax Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, in 2016

Last updated: 25 June 2019. Please share these votes responsibly.

How Gill Furniss voted on Business and the Economy #

Generally voted against reducing the rate of corporation tax Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, in 2016
Generally voted against measures to reduce tax avoidance Show votes 2 votes for, 3 votes against, 3 absences, between 2017–2020
Has never voted on new high speed rail infrastructure

Last updated: 1 July 2020. Please share these votes responsibly.

How Gill Furniss voted on Health #

Voted against reforming the NHS so GPs buy services on behalf of their patients Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2019

Last updated: 23 October 2019. Please share these votes responsibly.

How Gill Furniss voted on Education #

We don’t have enough information to calculate Gill Furniss’s position on academy schools. Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2016
We don’t have enough information to calculate Gill Furniss’s position on university tuition fees. Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, between 2016–2017

Last updated: 29 June 2017. Please share these votes responsibly.

How Gill Furniss voted on Constitutional Reform #

Generally voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, between 2017–2019
Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, between 2016–2020
Generally voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 2 votes against, between 2016–2020
Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs
Voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016
Voted against local councils keeping money raised from taxes on business premises in their areas Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2019
Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016
Generally voted for transferring more powers to the Welsh Assembly Show votes 12 votes for, 1 vote against, 8 absences, between 2017–2020
Generally voted for transferring more powers to the Scottish Parliament Show votes 8 votes for, 1 vote against, 6 absences, between 2017–2020
Consistently voted for more powers for local councils Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2016–2018
Has never voted on a lower voting age

Last updated: 20 July 2020. Please share these votes responsibly.

How Gill Furniss voted on Home Affairs #

Consistently voted against a stricter asylum system Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2020
Voted for requiring the mass retention of information about communications Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2016
Has never voted on stronger enforcement of immigration rules
Voted for mass surveillance of people’s communications and activities Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2016

Last updated: 30 June 2020. Please share these votes responsibly.

How Gill Furniss voted on Environmental Issues #

Generally voted for measures to prevent climate change Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2016–2020
We don’t have enough information to calculate Gill Furniss’s position on higher taxes on plane tickets. Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2017
Voted for financial incentives for low carbon emission electricity generation methods Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2018
Has never voted on new high speed rail infrastructure

Last updated: 5 February 2020. Please share these votes responsibly.

How Gill Furniss voted on Transport #

Has never voted on greater public control of bus services
We don’t have enough information to calculate Gill Furniss’s position on higher taxes on plane tickets. Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2017
We don’t have enough information to calculate Gill Furniss’s position on a publicly owned railway system. Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2016

Last updated: 31 October 2017. Please share these votes responsibly.

How Gill Furniss voted on Miscellaneous Topics #

We don’t have enough information to calculate Gill Furniss’s position on restrictions on fees charged to tenants by letting agents. Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2018

Last updated: 5 September 2018. Please share these votes responsibly.

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