Gill Furniss generally voted for more powers for local councils

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Major votes

• On 28 Feb 2022: Gill Furniss voted to to allow local councils to run secure schools, youth custody establishments, for 16 to 19 year olds. Show vote
• On 14 Jul 2021: Gill Furniss acted as teller for a vote on Planning and Local Representation Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • more proscriptive planning laws
• On 13 Dec 2016: Gill Furniss voted to make the demolition or change of use of pubs or other drinking establishments subject to planning permission. Show vote
• On 9 May 2016: Gill Furniss voted to exempt local councils from having to require discounted starter homes on certain new developments if they provide affordable home ownership via other routes. Show vote

Minor votes

• On 10 Jan 2024: Gill Furniss voted no on Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill: Third Reading Show vote
• On 21 Feb 2022: Gill Furniss voted to require the consent of the relevant local authority, Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and, where relevant, Mayoral Combined Authority before a body is designated the employer representative body for an area and given a role in developing the local skills improvement plan which public post-16 technical education or training providers would be required to have regard to. Show vote
• On 23 May 2018: Gill Furniss was absent for a vote on Boundary Changes — West Somerset District Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council — Review by Local Government Boundary Commission Show vote
• On 23 May 2018: Gill Furniss was absent for a vote on Proposal for Single Tier of Local Government in Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole — Invitation from the Secretary of State Show vote
• On 8 May 2018: Gill Furniss voted to give local councils the freedom to decide if benefits to cover housing costs should be reduced in respect of excess bedrooms in cases of new local council secure tenancies offered to victims of domestic abuse. Show vote

  This policy conflicts with:

  • reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax")
• On 13 Dec 2016: Gill Furniss voted against giving a Secretary of State the power to ban certain types of planning condition in England. Show vote
• On 9 May 2016: Gill Furniss voted to give local councils a right to retain payments in respect of vacant high value council houses to provide new social homes where they can demonstrate a need for them. Show vote