Voting Record — Ivan Lewis MP, Bury South (10357)

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 still in office Lab 0 votes out of 487, 0.0% 487 votes out of 776, 62.8% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 4 votes out of 941, 0.4% 941 votes out of 1288, 73.1% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 3 votes out of 752, 0.4% 752 votes out of 1246, 60.4% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 1 vote out of 902, 0.1% 902 votes out of 1273, 70.9% 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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HouseDateSubjectIvan LewisLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
11 May 2010Stopped being Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs), Foreign and Commonwealth Office
HouseDateSubjectIvan LewisLab VoteRôle
13 Oct 2009Became Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs), Foreign and Commonwealth Office
13 Oct 2009Stopped being Minister of State ( Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
10 Jun 2009Became Minister of State ( Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
10 Jun 2009Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development
Commons10 Nov 2008Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day] — Post Office Card Account bothaye Rebel
6 Oct 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Care Services), Department of Health
6 Oct 2008Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected minorityno Rebel
13 Jul 2007Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Care Services), Department of Health
13 Jul 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
8 May 2006Stopped being Economic Secretary, HM Treasury
8 May 2006Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health
11 May 2005Became Economic Secretary, HM Treasury
11 May 2005Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Education and Skills
HouseDateSubjectMr Ivan LewisLab VoteRôle
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
4 Nov 2004Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Education and Skills
4 Nov 2004Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Skills and Vocational Education), Department for Education and Skills
Commons26 Oct 2004Removal of References to Strangers minorityaye Rebel
10 Sep 2004Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Skills and Vocational Education), Department for Education and Skills
10 Sep 2004Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Education and Skills
Commons5 Jul 2001Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution) minorityaye Rebel
11 Jun 2001Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Education and Skills
HouseDateSubjectMr Ivan LewisLab VoteRôle
Commons19 Dec 2000Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations minorityaye 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
37% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
87% Ban fox hunting
84% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
11% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
93% European Union - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
87% Fox hunting - Ban
2% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
80% Fully Elected House of Lords
24% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
92% Homosexuality - Equal rights
92% Identity cards - For introduction
27% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
99% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
20% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
72% Nuclear power - For
100% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
98% Post office - in favour of Government policy
2% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
3% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
75% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
24% Schools - Greater Autonomy
68% Smoking ban - In favour
53% Stop climate change
35% Termination of pregnancy - against
100% Terrorism laws - For
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
20% Transparency of Parliament
83% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7% University education fees - Should be free
63% University Tuition Fees - For
42% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

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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