Voting Record — Simon Burns MP, Chelmsford (10079)

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

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
6 May 2010	still in office	Con	4 votes out of 647, 0.6%	647 votes out of 776, 83.4%	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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House	Date	Subject	Simon Burns	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Thursdays) (9.30 am to 5.00 pm)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (No change)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Sep 2011	Prayers — Clause 1 — Duties of the Secretary of State	Majority	aye	Rebel
11 May 2010	Stopped being Whip, Whips
31 Mar 2009	Stopped being a member of the Administration Committee
27 Nov 2008	Stopped being a member of the Armed Forces Bill Committee
16 Nov 2006	Became a member of the Administration Committee
20 Dec 2005	Became a member of the Armed Forces Bill Committee
16 Dec 2005	Became Whip, Whips
16 Dec 2005	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Health
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Health Committee
6 Jul 2004	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Public Services, Health & Education
6 Jul 2004	Became Shadow Minister, Health
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Health Committee
10 May 2004	Became Shadow Minister, Public Services, Health & Education

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
86%	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
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
1%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
21%	European Union - For
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
68%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
11%	Fully Elected House of Lords
92%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
32%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
19%	Identity cards - For introduction
100%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
89%	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
1%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
1%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
99%	Post office closures - against
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
54%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
84%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
2%	Right to strike
92%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
28%	Smoking ban - In favour
93%	Stop climate change
94%	Termination of pregnancy - against
19%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
54%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
24%	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
38%	University Tuition Fees - For
42%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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Voting Record — Simon Burns MP, Chelmsford (10079)

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