Voting Record — MPs for Belfast North

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...)
Nigel Dodds (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	still in office	DUP	2 votes out of 443, 0.5%	443 votes out of 776, 57.1%
Nigel Dodds (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	DUP	5 votes out of 549, 0.9%	549 votes out of 1288, 42.6%
Mr Nigel Dodds (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	DUP	0 votes out of 578, 0.0%	578 votes out of 1246, 46.4%
Mr Cecil Walker (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	UUP	1 vote out of 24, 4.2%	24 votes out of 1273, 1.9%

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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 Nigel Dodds MP
House	Date	Subject	Nigel Dodds	DUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	30 Oct 2012	Delegated Legislation — Animals	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2012	Deferred Division — Public Bodies	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	5 Jul 2012	Business without Debate — Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill — Professional Standards in the Banking Industry (No. 2)	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	25 Jan 2012	Statements of Taxation — Clause 5 — Street litter control notices	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	2 Nov 2011	Devolved Administrations (Armed Forces Covenant Reports) — Clause 41 — Conditional fee agreements: success fees	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	30 Mar 2011	Alcohol Marketing — Clause 152 — Restriction on issue of arrest warrants in private prosecutions	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	30 Mar 2011	Alcohol Marketing — New Clause 5 — Memorandum of Understanding	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Public Houses and Private Members' Clubs (Smoking) Bill	minority	unknown	Unknown
Votes by Nigel Dodds MP
House	Date	Subject	Nigel Dodds	DUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	11 Mar 2009	Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (easter)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Mar 2009	Deferred Divisions — Representation of the people	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Nov 2008	Orders of the Day — Clause 154 — Rules	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Preventing prison officers from taking industrial action	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	21 Nov 2006	Orders of the Day — Clause 2 — Compliance or non-compliance with St Andrews Agreement timetable	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Jul 2006	Deferred Divisions — adjournment (summer)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jun 2006	Parliamentary and Local Elections (Choice of Electoral Systems)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Nov 2005	Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	29 Jun 2005	Climate Change (G8 Summit)	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Mr Nigel Dodds MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Nigel Dodds	DUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Apr 2004	Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — Clause 6 — Duty Of Director Of Public Prosecutions To Refer Certain Matters To Police Ombudsman	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	26 Apr 2004	Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — Clause 2 — Membership Of The Commission	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Feb 2004	Northern Ireland	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Sep 2003	Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission Etc.) Bill [Lords] [Ways and Means] — Clause 12 — Short Title, Commencement and Repeals	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Sep 2003	Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Bill (Allocation of Time)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 May 2003	Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections and Periods of Suspension) Bill — Clause 6 — Modification Of Enactments	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 May 2003	Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections and Periods of Suspension) Bill — [Sir Alan Haslehurst in the Chair] — Clause 1 — Election Of Next Assembly	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Mar 2003	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Independent Members: Declaration Against Terrorism	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Feb 2003	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Jan 2002	Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning (Amendment) Bill — New Clause 1 — Commencement	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Dec 2001	Facilities of the House	tellaye	aye	Teller
Votes by Mr Cecil Walker MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Cecil Walker	UUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	30 Nov 1999	Northern Ireland	Majority	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
100%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Ban fox hunting
81%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
48%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
18%	European Union - For
20%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
50%	Fox hunting - Ban
47%	Fully Elected House of Lords
65%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
16%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
24%	Identity cards - For introduction
1%	Increase VAT
98%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
60%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
50%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
16%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
94%	Nuclear power - For
4%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
6%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
94%	Post office closures - against
38%	Privatise Royal Mail
68%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
58%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42%	Right to strike
66%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
38%	Smoking ban - In favour
69%	Stop climate change
100%	Termination of pregnancy - against
46%	Terrorism laws - For
67%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
90%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
67%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
92%	University education fees - Should be free
1%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
42%	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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