Income Tax Personal Allowance

Policy description

There have been votes in Parliament on the earnings threshold at which an individual starts to become subject to income tax.

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Analysis for Naseem Shah

Naseem Shah voted a mixture of for and against (44% aligned) raising the threshold at which people start to pay income tax.

Comparable Labour MPs generally voted against (39% 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
Summer Budget 2015 2015-07-14 no 100% agree not aligned
Finance Bill 2015-16 — Decline Second Reading 2015-07-21 absent na against na
Finance Bill 2015-16 — Second Reading 2015-07-21 absent na agree na
Finance Bill 2015-16 — Third Reading 2015-10-26 no 100% agree not aligned
March 2016 Budget 2016-03-22 absent na agree na
Finance Bill 2015-16 to 2016-17 — Second Reading 2016-04-11 no 100% agree not aligned
Finance Bill — Third Reading 2016-09-06 absent na agree na
Budget Resolution 5 — Basic Rate Limit and Personal Allowance for Tax Year 2019-20 2018-11-01 absent na agree na
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
Finance Bill — Clause 5 — Basic Rate Limit and Personal Allowance for 2019-20 and 2020-21 2018-11-19 absent na agree na
Income Tax Thresholds 2021-03-09 no 100% against aligned
Finance (No. 2) Bill — Second Reading 2021-04-13 no 100% against aligned
Finance (No. 2) Bill — Clause 5 — Basic Rate Limit and Personal Allowance for Future Tax Years 2021-04-19 no 100% against aligned
Finance Bill — Third Reading 2021-05-24 no 100% against 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
Working People’s Finances: Government Policy 2021-09-21 aye 100% agree aligned