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Voting Record — MPs for Cardiff South & Penarth

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...)

Alun Michael (show only their votes) 5 May 2005 still in office Lab 6 votes out of 1042, 0.6% 1042 votes out of 1228, 84.9%

Mr Alun Michael (show only their votes) 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 8 votes out of 954, 0.8% 954 votes out of 1246, 76.6%

Mr Alun Michael (show only their votes) 1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 2 votes out of 741, 0.3% 741 votes out of 1273, 58.2%

Mr Alun Michael (show only their votes) 9 Apr 1992 8 Apr 1997 unknown votes out of votes out of

Mr Alun Michael (show only their votes) 11 Jun 1987 16 Mar 1992 unknown votes out of votes out of

Mr James Callaghan (show only their votes) 9 Jun 1983 18 May 1987 unknown votes out of votes out of

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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 Alun Michael MP
House	Date	Subject	Alun Michael	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Modernisation of the House of Commons (Standing Orders)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Mr Alun Michael MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Alun Michael	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2004	Removal of References to Strangers	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Parliamentary Questions	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Mr Alun Michael MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Alun Michael	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Nov 2000	Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 1998	Human Rights Bill [Lords] - The Convention and the First Protocol	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr Alun Michael MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Alun Michael	unknown Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
Votes by Mr Alun Michael MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Alun Michael	unknown Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
Votes by Mr James Callaghan MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr James Callaghan	unknown Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never 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
37%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
74%	Ban fox hunting
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
90%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
74%	Fox hunting - Ban
39%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
98%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
44%	House of Lords Reform
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
2%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	No detention without charge or trial
98%	Nuclear power - For
99%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
1%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
81%	Smoking ban - In favour
21%	Stop climate change
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
26%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
29%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
92%	University education fees - For top up fees
8%	University education fees - Should be free
99%	University tuition fees
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 2005-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.

Agreement Name Constituency Party
99.5% Gordon Brown Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Lab

99.2% Tony Blair Sedgefield Lab

98.8% Michael Wills North Swindon Lab

98.4% Shaun Woodward St Helens South Lab

98.3% Bill Rammell Harlow Lab