Voting Record — David Burrowes MP, Enfield, Southgate (11573)

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 Con 3 votes out of 616, 0.5% 616 votes out of 782, 78.8% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Con 7 votes out of 829, 0.8% 829 votes out of 1288, 64.4% 4 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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HouseDateSubjectDavid BurrowesCon VoteRôle
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm) Majorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (No change) Majorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Sep 2011Health and Social Care Bill 2011 — Independent Abortion Advice minorityno Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Public Administration Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being Shadow Minister, Justice
HouseDateSubjectDavid BurrowesCon VoteRôle
27 Nov 2008Stopped being a member of the Armed Forces Bill Committee
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] tellayeaye Teller
Commons17 Oct 2008Clause 1 — Energy policies tellnono Teller
3 Jun 2008Stopped being a member of the Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected tellayeaye Teller
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected tellayeaye Teller
Commons6 May 2008Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Blasphemy Majorityno Rebel
Commons25 Oct 2007Modernisation of the House of Commons — Handheld email devices Majorityaye Rebel
6 Jul 2007Became Shadow Minister, Justice
14 May 2007Became a member of the Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill (Joint Committee)
27 Apr 2007Stopped being a member of the Draft Legal ServicesBill (Joint Committee)
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons1 Nov 2006September Sittings minorityno Rebel
3 Aug 2006Became a member of the Draft Legal ServicesBill (Joint Committee)
20 Dec 2005Became a member of the Armed Forces Bill Committee
14 Jul 2005Became a member of the Public Administration 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
100% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
81% Control Orders
50% Crossrail - In favour
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
86% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
18% European Union - For
61% Fully Elected House of Lords
100% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
2% Homosexuality - Equal rights
0% Identity cards - For introduction
93% Increase VAT
100% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
16% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
38% No detention without charge or trial
0% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50% Nuclear power - For
2% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
6% Post office - in favour of Government policy
94% Post office closures - against
100% Privatise Royal Mail
77% Promote Occupational Pensions
0% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
95% Schools - Greater Autonomy
21% Smoking ban - In favour
79% Stop climate change
100% Termination of pregnancy - against
35% Terrorism laws - For
100% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
54% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
100% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100% University Tuition Fees - For
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
100% 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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