Voting Record — Mr Alan Hurst MP, Braintree (10302)

Mr Alan Hurst

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	31 votes out of 876, 3.5%	876 votes out of 1246, 70.3%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	14 votes out of 1007, 1.4%	1007 votes out of 1273, 79.1%	0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Mr Alan Hurst	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2004	Gambling Bill — 2nd reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2004	Removal of References to Strangers	minority	aye	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons	31 Mar 2004	Higher Education Bill — New Clause 5 — Abolition of tuition fees chargeable to qualifying student	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be Conducted without Jury	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be Conducted without Jury	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be Conducted without Jury	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — New Clause	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 43 — Application by Prosecution for Trial to be Conducted without Jury where Danger of Jury Tampering	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 42 — Applications by Prosecution for Certain Complex or Lengthy Trials to be Conducted without Jury	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be conducted without Jury	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2003	Cannabis — reclassification from class B to class C	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Jul 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 1 — Compensation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 29 — Rules of Court	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 29 — Rules of Court	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Apr 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 85 — Defendant's Bad Character	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Apr 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 85 — Defendant's Bad Character	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Nov 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Apr 2002	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Property	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Business of the House	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Alan Hurst	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	27 Feb 2001	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jul 2000	Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2000	Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Annual increase in basic retirement pension	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2000	Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2000	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2000	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill - Statement of compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill - Interpretation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1999	Access to Justice Bill [Lords] - Community Legal Service: excluded services.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Feb 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Feb 1999	House of Lords Bill	minority	no	Rebel

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
74%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Assisted Dying
80%	Asylum System - More strict
99%	Ban fox hunting
100%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Control Orders
100%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
99%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
0%	Fully Elected House of Lords
63%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
59%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
83%	Identity cards - For introduction
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
96%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Minimum Wage
5%	No detention without charge or trial
100%	Nuclear power - For
23%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
79%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
93%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
95%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0%	Same Sex Marriage - for
24%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Smoking ban - In favour
67%	Stop climate change
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
16%	University education fees - Should be free
94%	University Tuition Fees - For
92%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
97.8%	Mr Raymond Powell	Ogmore	Lab
93.9%	Mr Brian Wilson	Cunninghame North	Lab
92.5%	Paul Murphy	Torfaen	Lab
92.5%	Gerald Kaufman	Manchester, Gorton	Lab
92.3%	David Marshall	Glasgow Shettleston	Lab

Voting Record — Mr Alan Hurst MP, Braintree (10302)

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