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Voting Record — Mark Fisher MP, Stoke-on-Trent Central (10198)

Mark Fisher is currently

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 88 votes out of 880, 10.0% 880 votes out of 1288, 68.3% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 99 votes out of 902, 11.0% 902 votes out of 1246, 72.4% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 20 votes out of 844, 2.4% 844 votes out of 1273, 66.3% 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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Policy Comparisons

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