Central Government Funding for Local Councils

Policy description

There have been votes in Parliament on the level of funding for local councils.

Andy Burnham generally voted against (16% aligned) reducing central government funding of local government.

Comparable Labour MPs almost always voted against (6% aligned).

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
Local Government Finance Settlement 2011-12 (England)	2011-02-09	no	100%	agree	not aligned
Local Government Finance Settlement 2013-14 (England)	2013-02-13	absent	na	agree	na
Local Government Finance Report 2015-16 — Level of Revenue Support Grant	2015-02-10	absent	na	agree	na
Local Government Finance (England)	2016-02-10	no	100%	agree	not aligned
Local Government Finance (England)	2017-02-22	absent	na	agree	na

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
Local Government Financing — regrets the cuts — rejected	2010-06-29	absent	na	against	na