Voting Record — MPs for Billericay

John Baron

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...)
John Baron (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	10 votes out of 883, 1.1%	883 votes out of 1288, 68.6%
John Baron (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	8 votes out of 838, 1.0%	838 votes out of 1246, 67.3%
Mrs Teresa Gorman (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	5 votes out of 711, 0.7%	711 votes out of 1273, 55.9%

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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 John Baron MP
House	Date	Subject	John Baron	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	8 Mar 2010	Delegated Legislation — Pensions — Automatic Enrolment Regulations	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Mar 2010	Crime and Security Bill — New Clause 1 — Retention, destruction and use of fingerprints and samples	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Mar 2010	Opposition Day — Defence — Military Covenant — Military Funding	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Feb 2010	Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time) — Clause 1 — Temporary validity of certain Orders in Council	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2010	Financial Services Bill — New Clause 14 — Store cards and consumer credit agreements	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2010	Financial Services Bill — New Clause 14 — Store cards and consumer credit agreements	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Jan 2010	Bill Presented — Pedicabs Bill — Crime and Security Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jan 2010	Defence — Children, Schools and families bill (Programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jan 2010	Defence — Children, Schools and Families Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Dec 2009	Consolidated Fund Bill — Regional Select Committee (London)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Dec 2009	Consolidated Fund Bill — Regional Select Committee (London)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Dec 2009	Personal Care at Home Bill (Programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Nov 2009	Financial Services Bill — Financial Services Bill (Programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Nov 2009	Coroners and Justice Bill — Clause 61 — Freedom of Speech — Discussion and Criticism of Sexual Conduct and Orientation	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Nov 2009	Coroners and Justice Bill — Clause 45 — Sexual infidelity as a partial defence to a muder charge.	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Nov 2009	Coroners and Justice Bill — Enable Minister to Replace Inquest With Inquiry — Incercept Evidence in Inquests	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Oct 2009	Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day] — Economic Recovery and Welfare	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Oct 2009	Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day] — Economic Recovery and Welfare	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Oct 2009	New Member — New Clause 12 — De-authorisation of NHS foundation trusts	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Jul 2009	Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day] — Identity Cards	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Jul 2009	Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day] — Identity Cards	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	6 Jul 2009	Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day] — Young People in the Recession	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2009	Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day] — Business Rates	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2009	Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day] — Rural Communities (Recession)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Jun 2009	Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill — Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Jun 2009	Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [ Lords] (Programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Jun 2009	Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [ Lords]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 May 2009	Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day] — Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 May 2009	Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day] — Skills in the Recession	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 May 2009	Work and Pensions — Equality Bill (Programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 May 2009	Equality Bill — Decline Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Apr 2009	Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (May Day)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Mar 2009	Bill Presented — Clause 11 — Certified investigations: investigation by a judge, inquest without jury	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2009	Bill Presented — Coroners and Justice Bill (Programme) (No. 3)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Innocent mistakes allowed in a donor's declaration — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	26 Jan 2009	Delegated Legislation — Criminal Law	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Jan 2009	Deferred Divisions — Coroners and Justice Bill (Ways and Means)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Jan 2009	Deferred Divisions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Jan 2009	Business Rate Supplements Bill — business rate supplements bill (programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Jan 2009	Business Rate Supplements Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Dec 2008	Debate on the Address — Economy, Pensions and Welfare	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Dec 2008	Debate on the Address — Economy, Pensions and Welfare	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Dec 2008	Police raid of MP's office — New committee to adjourn immediately	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Nov 2008	Orders of the Day — Clause 207 — CIL regulations: general	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Nov 2008	Orders of the Day — Planning Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Nov 2008	Points of Order — PLANNING BILL (PROGRAMME) (No. 4)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Nov 2008	Orders of the Day — Clause 5 — Functions etc of a reclaim fund	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Oct 2008	Orders of the Day — Schedule 7 — Repeals	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Oct 2008	Orders of the Day — Clause 19 — Quality contracts schemes	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Oct 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 23 — Financial penalty deposits: powers of vehicle examiners in Scotland	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Oct 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 10 — Provision that may be made in an order under section 73	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Oct 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 9 — Power of authorities to provide services in exceptional circumstances	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Oct 2008	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Oct 2008	Political Parties and Elections Bill — to throw out — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	21 Jul 2008	Bill Presented — Housing and Regeneration Bill (programme) (no. 2)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Jul 2008	Biometric registration of immigrants — Regulations	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	30 Jun 2008	Food Security — Commends the Government's role	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	2 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Parliamentary vote on National policy statements — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	2 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Timetable for debate — Version 2	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Apr 2008	Income Tax — Abolition of starting and savings rates and creation of starting rate for savings	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 2008	Income Tax — Mitigation of abolition of 10% starting rate — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 2008	Finance Bill — Clause 21 — Amusement Machine licence duty	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 2008	Orders of the Day — Clause 6 — Rate etc	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Apr 2008	Orders of the Day — Finance Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2008	Prayers	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	3 Mar 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Increase of powers of European Parliament	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Mar 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Accept the changes of terminology in the Lisbon Treaty	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Mar 2008	Orders of the Day — Clause 3 — Changes of terminology	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Mar 2008	Orders of the Day — Clause 3 — Changes of terminology	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Mar 2008	Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 8)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Feb 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to international development	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Feb 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to international development — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Feb 2008	Orders of the Day — Clause 2 — The Commission's functions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Feb 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 15 — Code of practice relating to malnutrition	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Jan 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Commons timetable for debate	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Jan 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Amendment to proposed Commons timetable for debate — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	21 Jan 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Jan 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 1 — Commencement	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jan 2008	Communities and Local Government — Health and Social Care Bill [Ways and Means]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Dec 2007	Orders of the Day — National Insurance Contributions Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Dec 2007	European Community Documents — Funding of European political parties	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Dec 2007	Orders of the Day — Planning BILL (PROGRAMME)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Dec 2007	Orders of the Day — Planning Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Dec 2007	Orders of the Day — Planning Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Dec 2007	Orders of the Day — New Clause 5 — Responsibilities of non-resident parent	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Dec 2007	Orders of the Day — New Clause 3 — Objectives of the Commission	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Oct 2007	Orders of the Day — Children	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Oct 2007	Delegated Legislation — Transport	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Oct 2007	Orders of the Day — Schedule 1 — The Legal Services Board	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Oct 2007	Orders of the Day — Schedule 1 — The Legal Services Board	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Oct 2007	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (Carry-Over)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Oct 2007	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (Programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by John Baron MP
House	Date	Subject	John Baron	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organized Crime and Police Bill -- Demonstrating without authorisation in a designated area	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jun 2003	Fireworks Bill — Clause 1 — Introduction	Majority	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 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2002	Nuclear Power — Not competitive — rejected	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	23 Jan 2002	Identity Card	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Mrs Teresa Gorman MP
House	Date	Subject	Mrs Teresa Gorman	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Fisheries: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2001	both	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Nov 2000	Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2000	Stem Cell Research	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 May 2000	Northern Ireland (Flags)	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	21 Jul 1999	Delegated Legislation - Cinemas and Films	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Jul 1999	Delegated Legislation - Northern Ireland	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Mar 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading	tellno	no	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
26%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
94%	Academy Schools - for
13%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
78%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
17%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
64%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
69%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
82%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
69%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
50%	Ban fox hunting
12%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
73%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100%	Closed Material Proceedure
64%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
3%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
0%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
81%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
45%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
68%	Easier access to abortion
90%	Employee Shareholder Status
48%	Employment rights
85%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
32%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
20%	Environmental water quality
50%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
21%	European Union Integration - For
92%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
92%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
36%	Fire Safety
64%	Fixed Term Parliaments
12%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
50%	Fox hunting - Ban
72%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
7%	Fully Elected House of Lords
20%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
15%	Further devolution to Scotland
20%	Further devolution to Wales
51%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
81%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
14%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
79%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
36%	Higher taxes on banks
50%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
60%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
17%	HS2 - In Favour
17%	Human Rights and Equality
12%	Identity cards - For introduction
24%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
83%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
33%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
67%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
84%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
74%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
90%	Increase the state pension age
94%	Increase VAT
25%	Inheritance Tax
38%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
91%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
6%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
17%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
21%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
75%	Localise Council Tax Support
62%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
80%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
40%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
25%	Mansion Tax
58%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
52%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Member trustees on pension boards
100%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
0%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
15%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
25%	More funds for social care
35%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
35%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
29%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
17%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
70%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
84%	Police and Crime Commissioners
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
12%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
85%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
12%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
60%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
74%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
31%	Public Ownership of Railways
25%	Rail Fares - Lower
70%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
80%	Reduce capital gains tax
85%	Reduce central funding for local government
40%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
88%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
84%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
50%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
34%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
89%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
75%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
18%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
25%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
83%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
50%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
82%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
83%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
71%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
14%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
36%	Right to strike
18%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
92%	Same Sex Marriage - for
89%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
98%	Sell England's Public Forests
42%	Smoking ban - In favour
9%	State control of bus services
32%	Stop climate change
30%	Support current and former armed service members
45%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
39%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
87%	Tougher on illegal immigration
88%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54%	Transparency of Parliament
93%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93%	University education fees - Should be free
48%	University Tuition Fees - For
7%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
14%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
50%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
29%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
36%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, 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.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
98.9%	Francis Maude	Horsham	Con
98.7%	Michael Ancram	Devizes	Con
98.3%	James Clappison	Hertsmere	Con
98.1%	David Tredinnick	Bosworth	Con
98.1%	Jeremy Hunt	South West Surrey	Con

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