Voting Record — Hilary Benn MP, Leeds Central (10669)

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 632, 0.2% 632 votes out of 800, 79.0% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 3 votes out of 873, 0.3% 873 votes out of 1288, 67.8% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 5 votes out of 704, 0.7% 704 votes out of 1246, 56.5% 0 times
10 Jun 1999 14 May 2001 Lab 1 vote out of 588, 0.2% 588 votes out of 694, 84.7% 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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HouseDateSubjectHilary BennLab VoteRôle
Commons15 Jun 2010Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee minorityno Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
HouseDateSubjectHilary BennLab VoteRôle
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Secretary of State, Department for International Development
28 Jun 2007Became Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMr Hilary BennLab VoteRôle
Commons10 Nov 2003Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies minorityno Rebel
5 Oct 2003Became Secretary of State, Department for International Development
5 Oct 2003Stopped being Minister of State, Department for International Development
13 May 2003Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office
13 May 2003Became Minister of State, Department for International Development
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
29 May 2002Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office
29 May 2002Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityaye Rebel
11 Jun 2001Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development
HouseDateSubjectMr Hilary BennLab VoteRôle
Commons31 Oct 2000Stem Cell Research minorityno Rebel

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
12% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100% Ban fox hunting
81% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
2% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
88% Control Orders
100% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
87% European Union - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
14% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
95% Fully Elected House of Lords
17% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
92% Homosexuality - Equal rights
96% Identity cards - For introduction
7% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
2% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
20% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
72% Nuclear power - For
57% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
94% Post office - in favour of Government policy
6% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
42% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
68% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
22% Schools - Greater Autonomy
73% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
91% Terrorism laws - For
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
26% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Transparency of Parliament
83% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
8% University education fees - Should be free
56% University Tuition Fees - For
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
42% 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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