Iain Stewart compared to 'Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP'

voted strongly for the policy

Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP

by scoring 87.0% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Iain Stewart	Policy vote
Commons	4 Dec 2013	Recall of Elected Representatives — Power for Voters to Prompt New Election Before Term of Office Ends	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — New Clause 2 — Prompting New Election for an MP via a Petition of 500 or More Electors	minority	minority (strong)
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 1 — Length of Suspension from the House of Commons Which Would Trigger New Election for MP	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 1 — If Conviction of MP for Misconduct in Public Office Should Trigger New Election	minority	minority (strong)
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 1 — If Conviction of MP for Fiddling Allowances Should Trigger New Election	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 2 — New Election as A Result of Conviction of an MP for An Offence Committed Before Their Election or Before Recall Bill Coming Into Force	Majority	Majority
House	Date	Subject	Iain Stewart	Policy vote
Commons	19 Oct 2021	Independent Expert Panel Recommendations for Sanctions and the Recall of MPs Act 2015 — Retrospective Action	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	4	200	200
MP voted against policy	0	0	0
MP absent	1	25	50
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	1	10	10
MP voted against policy	1	0	10
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	0	0	0
Total:		235	270
*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

235

270

= 87.0 %.

How the number is calculated

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