Tax Avoidance

Policy description

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

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Analysis for Roberta Blackman-Woods

Roberta Blackman-Woods generally voted against (25% aligned) measures to reduce tax avoidance.

Comparable Labour MPs generally voted against (25% 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
March 2013 Budget 2013-03-25 no 100% agree not aligned
Finance Bill 2013 — Second Reading 2013-04-15 no 100% agree not aligned
Finance Bill — Third Reading 2013-07-02 no 100% agree not aligned
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 aye 100% agree aligned
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 no 100% agree not aligned
Finance Bill — Decline Second Reading 2018-11-12 aye 100% against not aligned
Finance Bill — Second Reading 2018-11-12 no 100% agree not 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
Finance Bill — New Clause 12 — International Tax Transparency for Multi-National Companies 2013-07-01 aye 100% agree aligned
Opposition Day — Reducing Tax Avoidance 2015-02-11 aye 100% agree aligned
Tax Avoidance and Evasion 2016-04-13 aye 100% agree aligned