Pat Doherty compared to 'Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction

has never voted on the policy

Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants

by scoring 50.0% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Pat Doherty	Policy vote
Commons	9 Mar 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	9 Mar 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	15 Jun 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Third Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs	absent	Majority
Commons	21 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs — Exemptions from Benefit Reductions Due to Excess Bedrooms	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	24 Oct 2012	Draft Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012 — Under Occupation Critera — Local Housing Allowance Rates	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	27 Feb 2013	Opposition Day — Housing Benefit (Under-occupancy Penalty)	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	12 Nov 2013	Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for those deemed to have excess bedrooms	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	12 Nov 2013	Opposition Day — Housing Benefit — Deductions for Those Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	18 Dec 2013	Opposition Day — Food Banks — Economic Policies	absent	Majority
Commons	12 Feb 2014	Housing Benefit and Universal Credit — Regular Payments and Penalty for Excess Bedrooms	absent	minority (strong)
Commons	26 Feb 2014	Housing Benefit — Penalty for Excess Bedrooms — Removal of Unintended Exemption	absent	Majority
Commons	5 Sep 2014	Affordable Homes Bill — Second Reading — Housing Benefit Penalty for Those Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms — Exemptions	absent	minority
Commons	14 Oct 2014	Carers Bedroom Entitlement (Social Housing Sector) Bill	absent	minority
Commons	26 Nov 2014	Opposition Day — Government Policies (Wales)	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	17 Dec 2014	Opposition Day — Housing Benefit Penalties for Social Tenants Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	17 Dec 2014	Opposition Day — Housing Benefit Penalties for Social Tenants Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms	absent	Majority (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	12	300	600
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*	5	5	10
Total:		305	610
*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

305

610

= 50.0 %.

How the number is calculated

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