Letting Agent Fees

Policy description

There have been votes in Parliament on whether letting agent fees, charged to tenants, ought be more strongly regulated or even banned.

Roberta Blackman-Woods consistently voted for (100% aligned) restrictions on fees charged to tenants by letting agents.

Comparable Labour MPs consistently voted for (100% 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
Consumer Rights Bill — New Clause 22 — Ban on Letting Agents Charging Tenants Fees	2014-05-13	aye	100%	agree	aligned

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
Cost of Living	2013-05-14	aye	100%	agree	aligned
Consumer Rights Bill — New Clause 30 — Report on Detriment Caused by Letting Agent Fees and Plans to Prohibit Detrimental Fees	2014-06-16	aye	100%	agree	aligned
Opposition Day — Private Rented Sector — Ban on Letting Agent Fees — Default 3 Year Tenancies — Action on Excessive Rent Rises	2014-06-25	aye	100%	agree	aligned
Tenant Fees Bill — Clause 8 — Financial Penalties	2018-09-05	aye	100%	agree	aligned
Tenant Fees Bill — Schedule 1 -Permitted Payments	2018-09-05	aye	100%	agree	aligned