Voting Record — Gordon Banks MP, Ochil and South Perthshire (12005)

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 0 votes out of 546, 0.0% 546 votes out of 782, 69.8% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 5 votes out of 1025, 0.5% 1025 votes out of 1288, 79.6% 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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HouseDateSubjectGordon BanksLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee
HouseDateSubjectGordon BanksLab VoteRôle
Commons21 Oct 2009Equitable Life — Government should accept recommendations on compensation — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret minorityaye Rebel
16 Jan 2009Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon James Purnell, Secretary of State), Department for Work and Pensions
4 Aug 2008Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon James Purnell, Secretary of State), Department for Work and Pensions
4 Aug 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon James Purnell,  Secretary of State), Department for Work and Pensions
29 Jan 2008Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon James Purnell,  Secretary of State), Department for Work and Pensions
29 Jan 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon James Purnell, Secretary of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
16 Jul 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon James Purnell, Secretary of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
16 Jul 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (James Purnell, Secretary of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (James Purnell, Minister of State), Department for Work and Pensions
28 Jun 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (James Purnell, Secretary of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
17 Oct 2006Stopped being a member of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
18 Jul 2006Stopped being a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
8 May 2006Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (James Purnell, Minister of State), Department for Work and Pensions
1 Nov 2005Became a member of the Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee
14 Jul 2005Became a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
14 Jul 2005Became a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee
14 Jul 2005Became a member of the Northern Ireland Affairs 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
6% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
75% 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
0% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
93% European Union - For
92% Fully Elected House of Lords
0% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
83% Homosexuality - Equal rights
100% Identity cards - For introduction
14% Increase VAT
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
31% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100% Nuclear power - For
99% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
100% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
45% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
30% Schools - Greater Autonomy
81% Smoking ban - In favour
53% Stop climate change
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
98% Terrorism laws - For
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
54% Transparency of Parliament
50% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0% University Tuition Fees - For
50% 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 2005-2010, 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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
97.3% Jim DevineLivingstonLab
97.1% Anne McGuireStirlingLab
97.0% Jim SheridanPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthLab
96.8% Douglas AlexanderPaisley and Renfrewshire SouthLab
96.7% Jim MurphyEast RenfrewshireLab

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