Voting Record — Siân James MP, Swansea East (11863)

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 still in office Lab 1 vote out of 375, 0.3% 375 votes out of 782, 48.0% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 10 votes out of 1046, 1.0% 1046 votes out of 1288, 81.2% 0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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HouseDateSubjectSiân JamesLab VoteRôle
Commons31 Oct 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Schedule 1 — Civil legal services Majorityaye Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Welsh Affairs Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Procedure Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Justice Committee
HouseDateSubjectSiân JamesLab VoteRôle
4 Mar 2009Became a member of the Welsh Affairs Committee
4 Mar 2009Stopped being a member of the Welsh Affairs Committee
4 Mar 2009Became a member of the Procedure Committee
4 Mar 2009Stopped being a member of the Procedure Committee
4 Mar 2009Became a member of the Justice Committee
4 Mar 2009Stopped being a member of the Justice Committee
16 Jan 2009Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Gareth Thomas, Minister of State), Department for International Development
16 Jan 2009Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Gareth Thomas, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
30 Dec 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Paul Murphy, Secretary of State), Wales Office
30 Dec 2008Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Gareth Thomas, Minister of State), Department for International Development
30 Dec 2008Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Gareth Thomas, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
10 Dec 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Mr Gareth Thomas), Department for International Development
27 Nov 2008Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Mr Gareth Thomas), Department for International Development
27 Nov 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Mr Gareth Thomas ), Department for International Development
13 Nov 2008Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Paul Murphy, Secretary of State), Wales Office
13 Nov 2008Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Mr Gareth Thomas ), Department for International Development
15 Nov 2007Stopped being a member of the Crossrail Bill Committee
7 Nov 2007Became a member of the Justice Committee
7 Nov 2007Stopped being a member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Maintain nuclear deterrent beyond existing system minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Case not yet proven — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament minorityaye Rebel
Commons6 Feb 2007Orders of the Day — Clause 7 — Limitation on challenge of issue of certificate bothno Rebel
Commons17 Oct 2006Points of Order — Gambling Act 2005 (Amendment) Majorityaye Rebel
18 Jul 2006Became a member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee
Commons14 Mar 2006Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs Majorityaye Rebel
6 Dec 2005Became a member of the Crossrail Bill Committee
Commons9 Nov 2005Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 28 Days — but not 60 Majorityno Rebel
Commons9 Nov 2005Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 90 Days Majorityaye Rebel
20 Jul 2005Became a member of the Welsh Affairs Committee
14 Jul 2005Became a member of the Procedure Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

AgreementPolicy
0% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
80% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100% Control Orders
100% Crossrail - In favour
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
22% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
88% European Union - For
7% Fully Elected House of Lords
23% Gambling - Against permissiveness
50% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
100% Homosexuality - Equal rights
100% Identity cards - For introduction
13% Increase VAT
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
44% No detention without charge or trial
58% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100% Nuclear power - For
100% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
100% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Post office closures - against
16% Privatise Royal Mail
68% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
14% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
29% Schools - Greater Autonomy
100% Smoking ban - In favour
65% Stop climate change
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
96% Terrorism laws - For
33% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50% Transparency of Parliament
0% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0% University Tuition Fees - For
100% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2010-present, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

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