Housing Benefit Reduction For Those Deemed to have Excess Bedrooms

Policy description

There have been votes in Parliament on the introduction, and operation of, a policy to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms. This policy has been called the "Bedroom Tax" by Labour and some commentators.

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Analysis for Stephen Hammond

Stephen Hammond consistently voted for (100% aligned) reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax").

Comparable Conservative MPs almost always voted for (94% 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
Welfare Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading 2011-03-09 no 100% against aligned
Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading 2011-03-09 aye 100% agree aligned
Welfare Reform Bill — Third Reading 2011-06-15 aye 100% agree aligned
Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs — Exemptions from Benefit Reductions Due to Excess Bedrooms 2012-02-21 aye 99% agree aligned
Draft Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012 — Under Occupation Critera — Local Housing Allowance Rates 2012-10-24 aye 100% agree aligned
Housing Benefit and Universal Credit — Regular Payments and Penalty for Excess Bedrooms 2014-02-12 absent na against na

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
Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs 2012-02-01 aye 99% agree aligned
Opposition Day — Housing Benefit (Under-occupancy Penalty) 2013-02-27 no 100% against aligned
Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for those deemed to have excess bedrooms 2013-11-12 no 100% against aligned
Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for Those Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms 2013-11-12 aye 100% agree aligned
Opposition Day — Food Banks — Economic Policies 2013-12-18 no 100% against aligned
Housing Benefit — Penalty for Excess Bedrooms — Removal of Unintended Exemption 2014-02-26 no 100% against aligned
Affordable Homes Bill — Second Reading — Housing Benefit Penalty for Those Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms — Exemptions 2014-09-05 no 100% against aligned
Carers Bedroom Entitlement (Social Housing Sector) Bill 2014-10-14 absent na against na
Opposition Day — Government Policies (Wales) 2014-11-26 no 100% against aligned
Opposition Day — Housing Benefit Penalties for Social Tenants Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms 2014-12-17 no 100% against aligned
Opposition Day — Housing Benefit Penalties for Social Tenants Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms 2014-12-17 aye 100% agree aligned
Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill — Clause 1 — Victims of Domestic Abuse — Benefit Reduction in Respect of Excess Bedrooms 2018-05-08 no 100% against aligned