Consistently voted for selling England’s state owned forests

Generally voted against financial incentives for low carbon emission electricity generation methods

Generally voted against greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas

On Education

Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year

Almost always voted for academy schools

Consistently voted for ending financial support for some 16-19 year olds in training and further education

Consistently voted for university tuition fees

Generally voted for reducing central government funding of local government

Economic Policies

Almost always voted for increasing the rate of VAT

Consistently voted against increasing the tax rate applied to income over £150,000

Generally voted against a banker’s bonus tax

Almost always voted against an annual tax on the value of expensive homes (popularly known as a mansion tax)

Almost always voted for reducing the rate of corporation tax

Almost always voted against restricting the provision of services to private patients by the NHS

On Austerity

Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the “bedroom tax”)

Consistently voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices

Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability

Consistently voted for making local councils responsible for helping those in financial need afford their council tax and reducing the amount spent on such support

Almost always voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits

Almost always voted against spending public money to create guaranteed jobs for young people who have spent a long time unemployed

Democratic Policies

Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs

Generally voted for fixed periods between parliamentary elections

Generally voted for requiring the mass retention of information about communications

Others

Consistently voted against slowing the rise in rail fares

Generally voted against greater regulation of gambling

Generally voted for the privatisation of Royal Mail

Generally voted for restricting the scope of legal aid