Jim Dobbin almost always voted for

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Major votes

• On 12 Meh 2014: Jim Dobbin wedi pleidleisio for a range of economic policies including raising the minimum wage, reintroducing a 10% starting rate of income tax and boosting the supply of housing. Show vote
• On 27 Tach 2013: Jim Dobbin wedi pleidleisio for an energy price freeze; for long term reforms to the energy market; for more free childcare for working parents of three and four year olds; for action to boost the housing supply and for a compulsory jobs guarantee for young people and the long term unemployed. Show vote
• On 4 Med 2013: Jim Dobbin wedi pleidleisio to call on the government to get more people into work, bring forward capital investment, introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, reintroduce a 10% rate of income tax paid for by a mansion tax, act on "rip off" rail fares and soaring energy costs, stand up for families in the private rented sector, reform pensions, curb payday lenders, and reform banking, planning and the skills system. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • an annual tax on the value of expensive homes (popularly known as a mansion tax)
• On 15 Mai 2013: Jim Dobbin was absent for a vote on Queens' Speech — Economic Growth Show vote
• On 17 Mai 2012: Jim Dobbin wedi pleidleisio for measures to stimulate economic growth and job creation; for a tax on bank bonuses to fund guaranteed jobs for young people out of work for over a year; to reduce VAT; for a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers and to make infrastructure investment sooner. Show vote

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  • increasing the rate of VAT
• On 17 Mai 2012: Jim Dobbin wedi pleidleisio to create jobs; to tax bank bonuses to fund guaranteed jobs for young people out of work for a year; to cut VAT; to give a tax break to small firms taking on more workers and to make infrastructure investment sooner. Show vote

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  • increasing the rate of VAT
• On 14 Rha 2011: Jim Dobbin wedi pleidleisio to create 100,000 jobs and build 25,000 homes using funds raised via a bank bonus tax, to reduce VAT on home improvements and for tax breaks for small firms taking on new workers. Show vote

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  • increasing the rate of VAT
• On 9 Tach 2011: Jim Dobbin was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Bankers Bonuses — Jobs Guarantee — Reducing VAT — Tax Incentive for Small Firms to Take on Extra Workers Show vote

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  • increasing the rate of VAT
• On 12 Hyd 2011: Jim Dobbin wedi pleidleisio to create more jobs for young people, funded by bank bonuses, to make planned investment sooner, to reduce VAT and for a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers. Show vote

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  • increasing the rate of VAT