Increase the State Pension Age for Women More Slowly

Policy description

There have been votes in Parliament on the speed of the increase in the state pension age for women. The increase was in pursuit of a policy of moving to the same state pension age for men and women.

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Analysis for Graham Stringer

Graham Stringer consistently voted for (100% aligned) increasing the state pension age for women more slowly.

Comparable Labour MPs consistently voted for (100% aligned).

Scoring Divisions

Scoring divisions are used to calculate the headline alignment between a person and a policy.

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Guide to columns

  • person vote: the vote cast by the person

  • party alignment: how aligned this vote was with other members of the person’s party. Higher numbers indicate less difference from the average vote of the party.

  • policy direction: if an aye vote is aligned or against the overall policy.

  • policy alignment: if this MP’s vote was aligned with the policy.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Pensions Bill 2010/11 — Second Reading 2011-06-20 no 100% against aligned
Pensions Bill — Clause 1 — Accelerate Transition to Equal Pensionable Age for Men and Women 2011-10-18 aye 100% agree aligned
Pensions Bill — Third Reading 2011-10-18 no 100% against aligned

Informative Divisions

Informative votes are thematically related to a policy, but do not count towards the overall score.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day — First Part] — Women (Government Policies) 2011-06-08 aye 100% agree aligned
State Pension Age (Women) 2016-01-07 absent na agree na
Opposition Motion: Effect of the increase in the state pension age on women born in the 1950s 2016-11-30 aye 100% agree aligned
Opposition Motion: Women affected by state pension age increases 2017-11-29 aye 100% agree aligned