Craig Whittaker compared to 'Measures to reduce tax avoidance. '

voted ambiguously on the policy

by scoring 59.3% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Craig Whittaker	Policy vote
Commons	25 Mar 2013	March 2013 Budget	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	15 Apr 2013	Finance Bill 2013 — Second Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Jul 2013	Finance Bill — New Clause 12 — International Tax Transparency for Multi-National Companies	Majority	minority
Commons	2 Jul 2013	Finance Bill — Third Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	11 Feb 2015	Opposition Day — Reducing Tax Avoidance	Majority	minority
House	Date	Subject	Craig Whittaker	Policy vote
Commons	13 Apr 2016	Tax Avoidance and Evasion	Majority	minority (strong)
Commons	19 Apr 2016	Bank of England and Financial Services Bill — Combating Abusive Tax Avoidance Arrangements	Majority	minority (strong)
Commons	28 Jun 2016	Finance Bill — Schedule 19 — Multinational Enterprises — Publication of Country by Country Tax Strategy	Majority	minority (strong)
Commons	18 Apr 2017	Finance (No. 2) Bill 2017 — Decline Second Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	18 Apr 2017	Finance (No. 2) Bill 2017 — Second Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
House	Date	Subject	Craig Whittaker	Policy vote
Commons	12 Nov 2018	Finance Bill — Decline Second Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	12 Nov 2018	Finance Bill — Second Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
House	Date	Subject	Craig Whittaker	Policy vote
Commons	20 Jan 2020	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — Economy and Jobs	Majority	minority
Commons	25 Feb 2020	Proper Funding of Public Services — Tax Avoidance and Evasion	Majority	minority (strong)
Commons	1 Jul 2020	Finance Bill — Schedule 1 — Workers’ Services Provided Through Intermediaries — Responsibility for Determining if Off-Payroll Working Rules Apply	Majority	minority

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	7	350	350
MP voted against policy	4	0	200
MP absent	0	0	0
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	4	0	40
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	0	0	0
Total:		350	590
*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

350

590

= 59.3 %.

How the number is calculated

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