Voting Record — MPs for Ashton-under-Lyne

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

Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
David Heyes (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	still in office	Lab	4 votes out of 448, 0.9%	448 votes out of 800, 56.0%
David Heyes (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	14 votes out of 1049, 1.3%	1049 votes out of 1288, 81.4%
Mr David Heyes (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	12 votes out of 985, 1.2%	985 votes out of 1246, 79.1%
Mr Robert Sheldon (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	12 votes out of 805, 1.5%	805 votes out of 1273, 63.2%

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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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Votes by David Heyes MP
House	Date	Subject	David Heyes	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Deferred Divisions — Health and safety	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Deferred Divisions — Health and Safety	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2010	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by David Heyes MP
House	Date	Subject	David Heyes	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	30 Apr 2008	Energy Bill — Renewable energy feed-in tariff — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Mar 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Parliamentary control of decisions made at the European Union level — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jul 2007	Orders of the Day — After Clause 18	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jul 2007	Orders of the Day — Pensions Bill — After Clause 18	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain nuclear deterrent beyond existing system	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Case not yet proven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Communications Allowance — Welcoming the principle	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Regulate schools' admissions policies — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Requirements as to composition of governing bodies — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr David Heyes MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr David Heyes	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	28 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — Abolish the offense of Blasphemy — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Jul 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — NHS Foundation Trusts	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 May 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Declaration of War	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Mr Robert Sheldon MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Robert Sheldon	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Mar 2001	Election of a Speaker — Election of Speaker by secret ballot	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Nov 2000	Genetically Modified Food and Producer Liability (No. 2)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2000	Stem Cell Research	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 1998	Modernisation of the House	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Doctor Assisted Dying	minority	no	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.

Agreement	Policy
6%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Ban fox hunting
14%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
85%	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
30%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
53%	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
7%	Increase VAT
11%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
4%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
22%	No detention without charge or trial
92%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
99%	Nuclear power - For
100%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
29%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
1%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
15%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42%	Right to strike
16%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
72%	Smoking ban - In favour
67%	Stop climate change
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
91%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
17%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7%	University education fees - Should be free
62%	University Tuition Fees - For
42%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	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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