Voting Record — MPs for Boston and Skegness

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...)
Mark Simmonds (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	still in office	Con	2 votes out of 541, 0.4%	541 votes out of 782, 69.2%
Mark Simmonds (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	16 votes out of 839, 1.9%	839 votes out of 1288, 65.1%
Mr Mark Simmonds (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	4 votes out of 820, 0.5%	820 votes out of 1246, 65.8%
Mr Richard Body (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	4 votes out of 546, 0.7%	546 votes out of 1273, 42.9%

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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 Mark Simmonds MP
House	Date	Subject	Mark Simmonds	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	21 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by Mark Simmonds MP
House	Date	Subject	Mark Simmonds	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — 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	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jun 2007	Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions)	Majority	aye	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	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Short Speeches	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Legislative Process (Notice for Amendments in Public Bill Committee)	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by Mr Mark Simmonds MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Mark Simmonds	Con Vote	Rôle
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	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr Richard Body MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Richard Body	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	13 Feb 2001	Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill - Prohibition or restriction of use of symbol, name or emblem	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 Jul 1999	Delegated Legislation - Cinemas and Films	both	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill — Reduce age of consent for homosexual acts to 16	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Dec 1997	Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]	minority	aye	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
27%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
13%	Ban fox hunting
76%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
1%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
18%	European Union - For
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
13%	Fox hunting - Ban
68%	Fully Elected House of Lords
75%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
46%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
11%	Identity cards - For introduction
87%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
88%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
35%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
3%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
71%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
54%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
25%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42%	Right to strike
96%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
16%	Smoking ban - In favour
82%	Stop climate change
20%	Termination of pregnancy - against
17%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	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
42%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	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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