Voting Record — MPs for Bridgwater

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Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
Ian Liddell-Grainger (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	10 votes out of 850, 1.2%	850 votes out of 1288, 66.0%
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	10 votes out of 962, 1.0%	962 votes out of 1246, 77.2%
Mr Tom King (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	2 votes out of 646, 0.3%	646 votes out of 1273, 50.7%

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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 Ian Liddell-Grainger MP
House	Date	Subject	Ian Liddell-Grainger	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	14 Jan 2010	Business of the House — Nottingham City Council Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jan 2010	Business of the House — Canterbury City Council Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Apr 2009	Communities and Local Government — Canterbury City Council Bill, Leeds City Council Bill, Nottingham City Council Bill and Reading Borough Council Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
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 — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Jul 2007	Home Affairs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — Schedule 8 — Minor and consequential amendments	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Jul 2005	Crossrail Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organized Crime and Police Bill -- Demonstrating without authorisation in a designated area	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — Abolish the offense of Blasphemy — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords] — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings 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	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr Tom King MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Tom King	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	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	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
70%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Ban fox hunting
76%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
3%	Control Orders
0%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
17%	European Union - For
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
26%	Fully Elected House of Lords
92%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
31%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
11%	Identity cards - For introduction
93%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
90%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
16%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
39%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
43%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
92%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
85%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42%	Right to strike
100%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
1%	Smoking ban - In favour
61%	Stop climate change
35%	Termination of pregnancy - against
17%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
71%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54%	Transparency of Parliament
67%	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
2%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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
99.7%	Geoffrey Cox	Torridge and West Devon	Con
99.7%	Richard Bacon	South Norfolk	Con
99.6%	Francis Maude	Horsham	Con
99.6%	Richard Spring	West Suffolk	Con
99.5%	Malcolm Rifkind	Kensington and Chelsea	Con

Voting Record — MPs for Bridgwater

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