Voting Record — Mr Russell Brown MP, Dumfries (10070)

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 3 votes out of 801, 0.4% 801 votes out of 1246, 64.3% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 3 votes out of 843, 0.4% 843 votes out of 1273, 66.2% 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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HouseDateSubjectMr Russell BrownLab VoteRôle
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
16 Jan 2009Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Jim Murphy, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
30 Dec 2008Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Jim Murphy, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
16 Oct 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
29 Sep 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
4 Aug 2008Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
23 May 2008Stopped being a member of the Conventions (Joint Committee)
29 Jan 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Minister of State), Ministry of Defence
7 Nov 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Minister of State), Ministry of Defence
7 Nov 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Ministry of Defence
25 Oct 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
25 Oct 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
11 Oct 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
11 Oct 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
26 Jul 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
26 Jul 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
26 Jul 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
26 Jul 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
23 Jul 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
23 Jul 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
16 Jul 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
16 Jul 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
28 Jun 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
28 Jun 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Ministry of Defence
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State), Department for Transport
27 Jun 2006Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State), Department for Transport
13 Jun 2006Became a member of the Conventions (Joint Committee)
8 May 2006Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
8 May 2006Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Alistair Darling, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
8 May 2006Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Alistair Darling, Secretary of State), Department for Transport
15 Nov 2005Became a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
10 Nov 2005Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Alistair Darling, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
10 Nov 2005Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Alistair Darling, Secretary of State), Department for Transport
11 Apr 2005Stopped being a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004Became a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee
28 May 2004Became a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
Commons3 Mar 2004Protection of Vulnerable Children bothaye Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Tuesdays minorityaye Rebel
Commons28 Jan 2002City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Bodies minorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMr Russell BrownLab VoteRôle
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons10 Dec 1997Doctor Assisted Dying minorityno 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
5% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
70% Ban fox hunting
69% Business and community control of schools: For
33% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
93% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
93% European Union - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
70% Fox hunting - Ban
2% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
32% Fully Elected House of Lords
40% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
94% Homosexuality - Equal rights
79% Identity cards - For introduction
14% Increase VAT
80% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
2% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
85% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
20% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100% Nuclear power - For
99% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
98% Post office - in favour of Government policy
2% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
54% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
2% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
71% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
21% Schools - Greater Autonomy
86% Smoking ban - In favour
68% Stop climate change
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
97% Terrorism laws - For
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58% Transparency of Parliament
83% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
8% University education fees - Should be free
61% University Tuition Fees - For
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
42% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, 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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
95.3%Mr Raymond PowellOgmoreLab
94.6%Mr Adam IngramEast KilbrideLab
94.1%Mr Brian WilsonCunninghame NorthLab
94.0%Mr Ian McCartneyMakerfieldLab
94.0%Dr Jack CunninghamCopelandLab

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