Lucy Powell generally voted against measures to reduce tax avoidance

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Major votes

• On 12 Tach 2018: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against of proposed changes to the taxation system, including rises in the income thresholds for both starting to pay income tax, and for being charged income tax at the higher rate. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • raising the threshold at which people start to pay income tax
• On 12 Tach 2018: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against proposed changes to the taxation system, including rises in the income thresholds for both starting to pay income tax, and for being charged income tax at the higher rate. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • raising the threshold at which people start to pay income tax
• On 18 Ebr 2017: Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Finance (No. 2) Bill 2017 — Decline Second Reading Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
• On 18 Ebr 2017: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against raising the threshold for paying higher rate income tax, against introducing a Soft Drinks Industry Levy, against restricting the national insurance benefits of remuneration other than via salary and against other changes to the tax system. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
• On 28 Meh 2016: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio to require multinational enterprises to publish a country by country tax strategy including information on their attitude to tax planning. Show vote
• On 19 Ebr 2016: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio to give the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority duties to combat abusive tax avoidance arrangements, including by ascertaining and recording the beneficial ownership of trusts. Show vote
• On 2 Gor 2013: Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Finance Bill — Third Reading Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
  • reducing the rate of corporation tax
  • raising the threshold at which people start to pay income tax
  • stronger tax incentives for companies to invest in assets
  • higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
  • higher taxes on plane tickets
• On 15 Ebr 2013: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio against introducing a general anti-abuse rule to tackle abusive tax avoidance, to raise the basic income tax free allowance, and to support other tax changes proposed in the Finance Bill. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
  • reducing the rate of corporation tax
  • raising the threshold at which people start to pay income tax
  • stronger tax incentives for companies to invest in assets
  • higher taxes on plane tickets

  This policy conflicts with:

  • increasing the tax rate applied to income over £150,000
• On 25 Maw 2013: Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on March 2013 Budget Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • the policies included in the 2010 Conservative - Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement
  • reducing the rate of corporation tax
  • raising the threshold at which people start to pay income tax
  • stronger tax incentives for companies to invest in assets
  • lower taxes on fuel for motor vehicles

  This policy conflicts with:

  • increasing the tax rate applied to income over £150,000
  • higher taxes on alcoholic drinks

Minor votes

• On 1 Gor 2020: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio to delay shifting responsibility for determining if off-payroll working rules apply from an individual’s personal service company to their client (where the client isn't a small company). Show vote
• On 25 Chw 2020: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio to call for the proper funding of public services after a decade of austerity and for robust action to tackle tax avoidance and evasion. Show vote
• On 20 Ion 2020: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio to require a plan to reverse the impact of austerity, tackle the climate and environmental emergency, and reshape the economy to work for everyone by clamping down on tax avoidance, tackling insecurity in work by extending full employment rights to all workers, ending in-work poverty, and introducing a real living wage. Show vote
• On 13 Ebr 2016: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio for implementing a series of proposals intended to reduce tax avoidance and evasion. Show vote
• On 11 Chw 2015: Lucy Powell wedi pleidleisio in favour of introducing a penalty regime for the general anti-abuse rule and in favour of other measures intended to reduce tax avoidance. Show vote
• On 1 Gor 2013: Lucy Powell was absent for a vote on Finance Bill — New Clause 12 — International Tax Transparency for Multi-National Companies Show vote