Voting Record — Richard Shepherd MP, Aldridge-Brownhills (10537)

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

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
6 May 2010	still in office	Con	53 votes out of 428, 12.4%	428 votes out of 776, 55.2%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	30 votes out of 769, 3.9%	769 votes out of 1288, 59.7%	2 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	10 votes out of 715, 1.4%	715 votes out of 1246, 57.4%	4 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	4 votes out of 641, 0.6%	641 votes out of 1273, 50.4%	1 time

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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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House	Date	Subject	Richard Shepherd	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	18 Mar 2013	Communities and Local Government — Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme) ((No. 3)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Programme)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Jan 2013	Equality (Marriage) (Amendment) — Amendment of Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2013	Succession to the Crown Bill — New Clause 1 — Removal of disqualification arising from faith	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2012	European Union Free Movement Directive 2004 (Disapplication) — Multiannual Financial Framework	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — 2nd Reading vote	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Jun 2012	Deferred Divisions — European Semester in the uk	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Apr 2012	Bill Presented — Housing (Selective Licensing of Private Landlords in Exempted Areas) Bill — Food Labelling (Halal and Kosher Meat)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Apr 2012	Diabetes Prevention (Soft Drinks) — New Clause 7 — VAT: Protected Buildings	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Communities and Local Government — Backbench Business Committee	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Communities and Local Government — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Communities and Local Government — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Nov 2011	Deferred Division — Schengen Governance	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2011	Backbench Business — [34th Allotted Day] — National Referendum on the European Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Oct 2011	Deferred Division — Adjournment of the house (november 2011, christmas and february 2012)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Sep 2011	Prayers — Clause 1 — Duties of the Secretary of State	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Sep 2011	Business of the House — Fixed-term Parliaments Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill 2011 — Independent Abortion Advice	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2011	Fixed Term Parliament Bill- Consideration of Lords Amendments- Clause 1 — Polling days for parliamentary general elections	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2011	Business of the House (18 July) — International Monetary Fund	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 May 2011	Deferred Division — Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 — Financial and Economic Outlook	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Mar 2011	Deferred Division — Section 6 of the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Feb 2011	Deferred Divisons — Clause 1 — Referendum on the alternative vote system	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Referendum on the alternative vote system	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Feb 2011	Deferred Divisions — Taxation of the financial sector	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Feb 2011	Deferred Divisions — Financial Stabilisation Mechanism	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Feb 2011	European Union Bill — New Clause 11 — Provision for further referendum	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2011	European Union Document — Clause 9 — Approval required in connection with Title V of Part 3 of TFEU	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jan 2011	Firearms (Amendment) Bill — Clause 6 — Decisions requiring approval by Act and by referendum	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 5 — Statement to be laid before Parliament	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Jan 2011	Fixed Term Parlaiments Bill — New Clause 5 — Expiry and revival of section 2	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Dec 2010	Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 2 — Early parliamentary general elections	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Dec 2010	Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 2 — Early parliamentary general elections	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Dec 2010	Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 2 — Early parliamentary general elections	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 2 — Early parliamentary general elections	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 1 — Polling days for parliamentary general elections	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2010	Fixed-term Parliaments Bill — Clause 1 — 2014 General Election	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2010	European Union Economic Governance	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 8 — 40% Minimum Turnout for Automatic Action on AV Referendum Result	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Programme Motion No.4	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and constituencies Bill — Programme motion variation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Date of referendum on the alternative vote system	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Date of referendum on the alternative vote system	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Programme motion	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Sep 2010	Fixed-term Parliaments Bill — Programme Motion	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Sep 2010	Fixed-term Parliaments Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Sep 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Programme motion	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Sep 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 2010	Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House -- Programme motion	minority	aye	Rebel
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Human Rights (Joint Committee)
House	Date	Subject	Richard Shepherd	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	8 Jul 2009	Deferred Divisions — Justice and Security	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2009	Parliamentary Standards Bill — Clause 2 — MPs' salaries (In committee)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Jun 2009	Parliamentary Standards Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 May 2009	Commission for the Compact — New Clause 4 — Loitering: decriminalisation of under 18 year olds	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — outer-London MPs can no longer claim second home	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 1 — Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: "work for your benefit" schemes etc.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Mar 2009	Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (easter)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Feb 2009	Employment Opportunities — Banking Bill (Money)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	29 Oct 2008	Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day — Second Part] — Manchester City Council Bill [ Lords] (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Jun 2008	Counter Terrorism Bill — Lord Chief Justice to appoint "special coroners" — rejected	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Apr 2008	Heathrow — Condemnation of third runway — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Nov 2007	Orders of the Day — The Economy and Pensions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Jun 2007	Deferred Division — Road traffic	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading — Closure	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Exempt constituents' letters only — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Continue to disclose MPs' correspondence — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — That the Question now be proposed	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Apr 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Exempt only correspondence — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Apr 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Keep disclosure for MPs' expenses — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Remove Hereditary Places once Reform has taken place — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Short Speeches	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2006	Deferred Divisions — adjournment (summer)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 May 2006	Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill — New Clause "19" — Power to remove or reduce burdens	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Mar 2006	Identity Cards Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2005	Terrorism Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Richard Shepherd	Con Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organized Crime and Police Bill -- Demonstrating without authorisation in a designated area	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Dec 2004	Identity Cards Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Dec 2004	Queen's Speech — Prime Minister's Prorogative	minority	no	Rebel
11 Jun 2004	Stopped being a member of the Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Human Rights (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	24 May 2004	Civil Contingencies Bill — New Clause 3 — Emergency Powers Committee	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 May 2004	Deferred Division — Visitor Facilities	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to failed asylum seekers and their families — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees — PAY FOR CHAIRMEN OF SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 2)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Terrorist certification by Home Secretary	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Clause 1 — Forfeiture of Terrorist Cash	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Second Reading	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
House	Date	Subject	Mr Richard Shepherd	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	24 Jan 2001	Deferred Divisions - European Communities	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2001	Social Security Contributions (Share Options) Bill	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	13 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 1999	House of Lords Bill — Exceptions from the rule that hereditary peers should be abolished	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Sep 1998	Business of the House (Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill)	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
77%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
13%	Ban fox hunting
88%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
58%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
7%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
26%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
17%	European Union - For
20%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
13%	Fox hunting - Ban
98%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
84%	Fully Elected House of Lords
76%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
37%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
11%	Identity cards - For introduction
100%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
92%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
99%	No detention without charge or trial
67%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
1%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
71%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
98%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
93%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
15%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
39%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42%	Right to strike
92%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	Stop climate change
94%	Termination of pregnancy - against
6%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
54%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
98%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93%	University education fees - Should be free
39%	University Tuition Fees - For
2%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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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Voting Record — Richard Shepherd MP, Aldridge-Brownhills (10537)

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