Tax Avoidance

Policy description

Parliament has voted on measures, including the introduction of a general anti-abuse rule, aimed at tackling abusive tax avoidance.

Andy Burnham voted a mixture of for and against (50% aligned) measures to reduce tax avoidance.

Comparable Labour MPs generally voted against (34% 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
March 2013 Budget	2013-03-25	no	100%	agree	not aligned
Finance Bill 2013 — Second Reading	2013-04-15	absent	na	agree	na
Finance Bill — Third Reading	2013-07-02	absent	na	agree	na
Bank of England and Financial Services Bill — Combating Abusive Tax Avoidance Arrangements	2016-04-19	aye	100%	agree	aligned
Finance Bill — Schedule 19 — Multinational Enterprises — Publication of Country by Country Tax Strategy	2016-06-28	absent	na	agree	na
Finance (No. 2) Bill 2017 — Decline Second Reading	2017-04-18	absent	na	against	na
Finance (No. 2) Bill 2017 — Second Reading	2017-04-18	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
Finance Bill — New Clause 12 — International Tax Transparency for Multi-National Companies	2013-07-01	absent	na	agree	na
Opposition Day — Reducing Tax Avoidance	2015-02-11	aye	100%	agree	aligned
Tax Avoidance and Evasion	2016-04-13	aye	100%	agree	aligned