Voting Record — Roger Godsiff MP, Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath (10231)

Roger Godsiff

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 48 votes out of 721, 6.7% 721 votes out of 1288, 56.0% 1 time
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 15 votes out of 778, 1.9% 778 votes out of 1246, 62.4% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 2 votes out of 919, 0.2% 919 votes out of 1273, 72.2% 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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HouseDateSubjectRoger GodsiffLab VoteRôle
Commons16 Mar 2010Opposition Day — [6(th) Allotted Day] — Equitable Life minorityno Rebel
Commons1 Mar 2010Control Orders — Annual Renewal 2010 minorityaye Rebel
Commons13 Oct 2009Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill — Increase upper size of alternative arrangements Local Authorities — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons12 Oct 2009New Member — Clause 18 — Trust special administrators: consequential amendments minorityno Rebel
Commons12 Oct 2009Health Bill — New law against purchase of tobacco on behalf of children — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons8 Jul 2009Care Homes (Domestic Pets) — Clause 20 — Bingo duty minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Jul 2009Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry — New Clause 1 — Implementation of section 1 tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons6 Jul 2009Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day] — Identity Cards minorityaye Rebel
Commons6 Jul 2009Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day] — Identity Cards minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jun 2009Iraq Inquiry — Welcomes the inquiry minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Jun 2009Iraq Inquiry — Parliament to set the terms of reference — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons13 May 2009Bill Presented — Clause 20 — Bingo duty minorityno Rebel
Commons25 Mar 2009Iraq War Inquiry — Declines to make a proposal minorityaye Rebel
Commons25 Mar 2009Iraq War Inquiry — No reasonable impediment — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons17 Mar 2009Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — New Clause 1 — Jobseeker's allowance minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Nov 2008Orders of the Day — New Clause 2 — Employer's duties in relation to industrial action ballots minorityno Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin minorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jun 2008Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of period of detention to 42 days — Order minorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jun 2008Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of Maximim Period of Police Detention Without Charge in Terror Cases from 28 to 42 Days minorityaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons11 Mar 2008Lisbon Treaty — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Mar 2008Lisbon Treaty — Referendum (No. 2) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons5 Mar 2008Lisbon Treaty — Referendum — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons28 Jan 2008Lisbon Treaty — Amendment to proposed Commons timetable for debate — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons21 Jan 2008Lisbon Treaty — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons15 Jan 2008Orders of the Day — New Clause 1 — Commencement minorityaye Rebel
Commons15 Jan 2008Orders of the Day — New Clause 1 — Commencement minorityno Rebel
Commons9 Jan 2008Protection of freedom of expression (sexual orientation) minorityno Rebel
Commons19 Nov 2007European Communities (Finance) Bill — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament minorityaye Rebel
Commons6 Nov 2006Animal Welfare Bill (Programme) (No. 3) — Schedule 14 — Extradition minorityaye Rebel
Commons31 Oct 2006Iraq — Select committee inquiry — rejected minorityaye Rebel
Commons31 Oct 2006Iraq — Select committee inquiry — to be set up minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Oct 2006Police and Justice Bill — Repeals of amendments minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Oct 2006Police and Justice Bill — Extradition to the USA minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Regulate schools' admissions policies — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2006Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs Majorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — as amended minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Nov 2005Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 28 Days — but not 60 Majorityno Rebel
Commons9 Nov 2005Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 90 Days Majorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectRoger GodsiffLab VoteRôle
Commons10 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendments — Application to a Court minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Rejection of Lords' Amendment — Human Rights Obligations minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Rejection of Lords' Amendment to Clause 3 — Balance of Probability minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Derogating Control Orders minorityaye Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Car Mileage Allowance minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
Commons31 Mar 2004Higher Education Bill — New Clause 5 — Abolition of tuition fees chargeable to qualifying student minorityno Rebel
Commons27 Jan 2004Higher Education Bill — Second Reading — Increase in University Tuition Fees minorityaye Rebel
Commons19 Nov 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS Foundation Trusts minorityaye Rebel
Commons19 Nov 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS foundation trusts minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Jul 2003Convention on the Future of Europe minorityaye Rebel
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Feb 2003Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected minorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectRoger GodsiffLab VoteRôle
Commons19 Dec 2000Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations minorityaye Rebel
Commons10 Dec 1997Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In 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
14% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
7% Academy Schools - for
67% Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
83% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
36% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
53% Apprenticeships
100% Assisted Dying
83% Asylum System - More strict
1% Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
87% Ban fox hunting
84% Bankers' Bonus Tax
50% Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
32% Business and community control of schools: For
20% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
32% Closed Material Proceedure
25% Coalition Programme for Government - For
72% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Crossrail - In favour
0% Cull Badgers
50% Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
25% Delegate more powers to government ministers
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
77% Do more to help refugees inclding children
20% Employee Shareholder Status
0% Employment rights
16% Encourage and incentivise saving
0% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
77% Energy Prices - More Affordable
42% English Votes on English Laws etc.
28% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
62% European Union Integration - For
21% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
19% Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
52% Fixed Term Parliaments
68% For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
40% Foundation hospitals - In favour
87% Fox hunting - Ban
12% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
36% Fully Elected House of Lords
73% Further devolution to Northern Ireland
59% Further devolution to Scotland
65% Further devolution to Wales
41% Gambling - Against permissiveness
19% GP Commissioning in the NHS
77% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100% Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
13% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
54% Higher taxes on banks
0% Higher taxes on sugary drinks
92% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
73% Homosexuality - Equal rights
31% HS2 - In Favour
76% Human Rights and Equality
89% Identity cards - For introduction
50% In Favour of Mass Surveillance
67% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100% Incentivise membership of press regulator
21% Increase Air Passenger Duty
10% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
16% Increase VAT
67% Inheritance Tax
46% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
49% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
85% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
86% Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
25% Localise Council Tax Support
35% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
30% Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
60% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88% Mansion Tax
32% Mass Retention of Communications Data
27% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Member trustees on pension boards
0% Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
17% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
81% Minimum Wage
84% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100% More Emergency Service Workers
100% More funds for social care
67% More powers for local councils
75% MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
61% No detention without charge or trial
86% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
98% Nuclear power - For
57% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83% Pension auto-enrolment - For
40% Phase out of Tenancies for Life
8% Police and Crime Commissioners
94% Post office - in favour of Government policy
6% Post office closures - against
86% Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
16% Privatise Royal Mail
35% Promote Occupational Pensions
53% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
66% Public Ownership of Railways
100% Rail Fares - Lower
10% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
14% Reduce capital gains tax
33% Reduce central funding for local government
18% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
17% Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
13% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
23% Reducing the number of MPs - for
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
67% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
38% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
25% Register of Lobbyists
99% Regulate letting agent fees
63% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
75% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0% Require voters to show photo ID before voting
0% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
11% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
75% Retain funds from council house sales locally
19% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
66% Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
86% Right to strike
74% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
11% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Sell England's Public Forests
31% Smoking ban - In favour
75% State control of bus services
71% Stop climate change
63% Support current and former armed service members
48% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
75% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
83% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
18% Tougher on illegal immigration
31% Trade Unions - Restrict
26% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
21% Transparency of Parliament
14% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
78% University education fees - Should be free
31% University Tuition Fees - For
27% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
73% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
86% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

Possible Friends (more...)

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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
96.3% Denis MurphyWansbeckLab
95.3% Robin CookLivingstonLab
95.1% Emily ThornberryIslington South and FinsburyLab
94.7% John CummingsEasingtonLab
94.4% Christine RussellCity of ChesterLab

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