Voting Record — Stephen Twigg MP, Liverpool, West Derby (10611)

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

ConstituencyFromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
Liverpool, West Derby 6 May 2010 still in office Lab 2 votes out of 511, 0.4% 511 votes out of 776, 65.9% 0 times
Enfield, Southgate 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 6 votes out of 843, 0.7% 843 votes out of 1247, 67.6% 1 time
Enfield, Southgate 1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 4 votes out of 856, 0.5% 856 votes out of 1273, 67.2% 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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HouseDateSubjectStephen TwiggLab VoteRôle
Commons12 Mar 2012Communities and Local Government — Backbench Business Committee minorityaye Rebel
Commons15 Jun 2010Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee minorityno Rebel
11 May 2005Stopped being Minister of State (School Standards), Department for Education and Skills
HouseDateSubjectMr Stephen TwiggLab VoteRôle
17 Dec 2004Became Minister of State (School Standards), Department for Education and Skills
17 Dec 2004Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Schools), Department for Education and Skills
Commons14 Sep 2004Higher Education tellnono Teller
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
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
29 May 2002Stopped being Parliamentary Secretary, Privy Council Office
29 May 2002Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Schools), Department for Education and Skills
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution) minorityaye Rebel
11 Jun 2001Became Parliamentary Secretary, Privy Council Office
HouseDateSubjectMr Stephen TwiggLab VoteRôle
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker 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
26% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100% Ban fox hunting
63% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
11% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
50% European Union - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
100% Fully Elected House of Lords
0% Gambling - Against permissiveness
93% Homosexuality - Equal rights
85% Identity cards - For introduction
8% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
25% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
92% Nuclear power - For
92% Post office - in favour of Government policy
8% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
14% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
2% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
82% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100% Right to strike
12% Schools - Greater Autonomy
68% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
100% Terrorism laws - For
50% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7% University education fees - Should be free
64% University Tuition Fees - For
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
50% 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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