Pat Doherty compared to 'Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency

has never voted on the policy

Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for

by scoring 50.0% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Pat Doherty	Policy vote
Commons	6 Sep 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Second Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	20 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 9 — Number and distribution of seats	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — number and distribution of seats	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — number and distribution of seats	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	2 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Third Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — permissible variation in population in a constituency	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — permissible variation in population in a constituency	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — Number and distribution of seats — Isle of Wight	absent	Majority
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — Special Case of the Isle of Wight	absent	Majority
Commons	29 Jan 2013	Electoral Registration and Administration Bill — New Clause on Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries	absent	minority (strong)
House	Date	Subject	Pat Doherty	Policy vote
Commons	18 Nov 2016	Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading	absent	minority (strong)

How the number is calculated

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

Questions about this formula can be discussed on the forum.

	No of votes	Points	Out of
Most important votes (50 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	0	0	0
MP absent	9	225	450
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	0	0	0
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	2	2	4
Total:		227	454
*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

agreement score =

MP's points

total points

227

454

= 50.0 %.

How the number is calculated

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