Pat Doherty compared to 'Homosexuality

has never voted on the policy

by scoring 50.0% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Pat Doherty	Policy vote
Commons	24 Oct 2001	Relationships (Civil Registration)	absent	Majority
Commons	29 Oct 2001	Adoption and Children Bill (Programme) — Consideration and Third Reading	absent	Majority
Commons	16 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption	absent	Majority
Commons	20 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc.	absent	Majority
Commons	4 Nov 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — New Clause 11 — Repeal of Section 2A of Local Government Act 1986	absent	Majority
Commons	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — Maintain Prohibition on Promotion of Homosexuality (Section 28)	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	25 May 2004	Gender Recognition Bill — Allow Marriages to Remain Valid If They Become a Same Sex Marriage	absent	minority (strong)
Commons	12 Oct 2004	Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Categories of civil partners other than same sex couples	absent	Majority
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords] — Third Reading	absent	Majority
House	Date	Subject	Pat Doherty	Policy vote
Commons	19 Mar 2007	Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	absent	Majority
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	absent	Majority
House	Date	Subject	Pat Doherty	Policy vote
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Money)	absent	Majority
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — (Carry-over)	absent	Majority
Commons	21 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Third Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Same Sex Marriage — Enabling Courts to Deal with Divorce or Annulment Proceedings	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Amendments to Acts of Parliament in Light of the Introduction of Same Sex Marriage in Parts of the UK	absent	Majority
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Make Same Sex Marriage Available to Armed Forces Personnel Outside the United Kingdom	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	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*	12	12	24
Total:		237	474
*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

237

474

= 50.0 %.

How the number is calculated

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