Powers Of Local Councils
Details
Status: Active
Groups: Constitutional Reform
Description
There have been votes in Parliament on the extent of powers devolved to local government on a range of matters from planning to the regulation of street trading.
[Person name] voted for/against more powers for local councils
Decisions
Decisions may be read as agreeing with the policy, or being against the policy.
| month | decision | alignment | strength | decision type | uses powers | voting cluster | participant count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-07 | Academies Bill — Decline Second Reading | agree | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 566 |
| 2010-07 | Academies Bill — Second Reading | against | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 562 |
| 2010-07 | Academies Bill — Third Reading | against | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 542 |
| 2010-10 | London Local Authorities Bill — Second Reading | agree | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No | 308 |
| 2010-12 | Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Decline Second Reading | against | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 552 |
| 2010-12 | Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Money | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 529 |
| 2011-01 | Localism Bill — Declines Second Reading | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 561 |
| 2011-01 | Localism Bill (Money) | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 527 |
| 2011-02 | Education Bill (second reading) | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 565 |
| 2011-03 | Local Government Publicity | against | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 484 |
| 2011-03 | Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Clause 142 — Directions Releated to Prohibited Actvitity in Parliament Square | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 434 |
| 2011-03 | Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Third Reading | agree | weak | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 435 |
| 2011-05 | Localism Bill — Third Reading | agree | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 515 |
| 2011-05 | Localism Bill — Clause 168 — Designation of Mayoral Development Areas | agree | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 532 |
| 2011-05 | Localism Bill — New Clause 31 — Planning Permission for Betting Shops | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 527 |
| 2011-05 | Localism Bill — Clause 5 — Power for Secretary of State to Repeal Laws Conflicting with General Power of Competence for Local Government | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 528 |
| 2011-05 | Education Bill — Clause 34 — Role of Local Authority in Implementation of Decisions by School Admissions Adjudicator | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 516 |
| 2011-05 | Localism Bill — Schedule 2 — Power for Secretary of State to Impose Change to Mayor and Cabinet Executive | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 511 |
| 2011-12 | London Local Authorities Bill — Clause 4 — Power to Require Name and Address for Council Officers, PCSOs and Accredited Individuals When Issuing FPNs | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Low participation vote | 199 |
| 2012-01 | Local Government Finance Bill — Second reading | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 564 |
| 2012-01 | Local Government Finance Bill — Carry over to next Parliamentary session | agree | weak | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 536 |
| 2012-01 | Local Government Finance Bill — Clause 1 — Local Retention of Business Rates | against | weak | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 562 |
| 2012-01 | London Local Authorities Bill — Street Litter Control Notices — Application to All Non Domestic Premises | agree | weak | Division | insufficent_info | Low participation vote | 173 |
| 2012-01 | Local Government Finance Bill — Clause 8 — Spending on Council tax Reduction Schemes | against | weak | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 527 |
| 2012-02 | London Local Authorities Bill — Clause 9 — Street trading: vehicles and the internet | against | weak | Division | uses_powers | Low participation vote | 107 |
| 2012-05 | Local Government Finance Bill — Third Reading | agree | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 480 |
| 2012-12 | Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Clause 1 — Planning Applications Directly to Secretary of State | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 511 |
| 2013-01 | Opposition Day — Regulation of the Private Rented Sector | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 517 |
| 2013-04 | Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Development orders: development within the curtilage of a dwelling house | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 544 |
| 2013-10 | Opposition Day — Localism — Powers Relating to High Streets and Town and City Centres | agree | weak | Division | does_not_use_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 518 |
| 2013-12 | Local Audit and Accountability Bill — Clause 39 — Protocol for Issuing Direction Relating to Code of Practice on Local Authority Publicity | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 513 |
| 2014-01 | Opposition Day — Housing Supply — New Towns — Empowering Local Government | agree | weak | Division | does_not_use_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 536 |
| 2014-01 | Opposition Day — Fixed Odds Betting Terminals and Betting Shops | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 546 |
| 2014-01 | Opposition Day — Regulation of Gambling | against | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 536 |
| 2014-11 | Opposition Day — Local Bus Services | agree | weak | Division | does_not_use_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 486 |
| 2015-02 | Infrastructure Bill — Safeguards and Conditions for Hydraulic Fracturing Activities (Fracking) | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 460 |
| 2015-03 | Deregulation Bill — Short-term Use of London Accommodation: Relaxation of Restrictions | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 438 |
| 2015-10 | Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill — Decline Second Reading | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 536 |
| 2015-10 | Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill — Clause 3 — Make Creation of a Combined Authority Conditional on Having Elected Mayor | against | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 521 |
| 2015-11 | Trade Union Bill — Clause 9 — Consent of Devolved Administrations and Local Government | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 573 |
| 2016-03 | Enterprise Bill — Clause 33 — Powers for Local Government to Vary Sunday Opening Hours for Large Shops | against | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 603 |
| 2016-04 | Schools White Paper — Academies | against | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 506 |
| 2016-05 | Housing and Planning Bill — Clause 4 — Provision of Discounted Starter Homes | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 459 |
| 2016-05 | Housing and Planning Bill — Clause 72 — Vacant High Value Local Authority Housing — Local Retention of Funds for Social Housing | against | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 459 |
| 2016-05 | Housing and Planning Bill — Clause 78 — Mandatory Rent Level for High Income Local Authority Tenants | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 458 |
| 2016-05 | Housing and Planning Bill — Clause 4 — Provision of Discounted Starter Homes | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 494 |
| 2016-05 | Housing and Planning Bill — Clause 72 — Vacant High Value Local Authority Housing — Local Retention of Funds for Social Housing | against | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 494 |
| 2016-12 | Neighbourhood Planning Bill — New Clause 9 — Requirement for Planning Permission for the Demolition or Change of Use of Drinking Establishments | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 435 |
| 2016-12 | Neighbourhood Planning Bill — Clause 12 — Power for Secretary of State to Ban Certain Types of Planning Conditions in England | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 436 |
| 2018-05 | Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill — Clause 1 — Victims of Domestic Abuse — Benefit Reduction in Respect of Excess Bedrooms | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 548 |
| 2018-05 | Boundary Changes — West Somerset District Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council — Review by Local Government Boundary Commission | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No | 315 |
| 2018-05 | Proposal for Single Tier of Local Government in Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole — Invitation from the Secretary of State | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No | 313 |
| 2021-07 | Planning and Local Representation | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Low participation vote - Outlier | 219 |
| 2022-02 | Skills and Post-16 Education Bill — Clause 2 — Designation of Employer Representative Bodies | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 450 |
| 2022-02 | Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill — Clause 139 — Secure 16 to 19 Academies | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 504 |
| 2024-01 | Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill: Third Reading | against | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 516 |