Voting Record — MPs for Eddisbury

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

NameFromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)
Stephen O'Brien (show only their votes) 6 May 2010 still in office Con 1 vote out of 439, 0.2% 439 votes out of 776, 56.6%
Stephen O'Brien (show only their votes) 5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Con 3 votes out of 832, 0.4% 832 votes out of 1288, 64.6%
Mr Stephen O'Brien (show only their votes) 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Con 1 vote out of 883, 0.1% 883 votes out of 1246, 70.9%
Mr Stephen O'Brien (show only their votes) 22 Jul 1999 14 May 2001 Con 1 vote out of 412, 0.2% 412 votes out of 626, 65.8%
Mr Alastair Goodlad (show only their votes) 1 May 1997 28 Jun 1999 Con 2 votes out of 208, 1.0% 208 votes out of 597, 34.8%

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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 Stephen O'Brien MP
HouseDateSubjectStephen O'BrienCon VoteRôle
Commons9 Sep 2011Prayers — Clause 1 — Duties of the Secretary of State Majorityaye Rebel
Votes by Stephen O'Brien MP
HouseDateSubjectStephen O'BrienCon VoteRôle
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration Majorityno Rebel
Votes by Mr Stephen O'Brien MP
HouseDateSubjectMr Stephen O'BrienCon VoteRôle
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons18 Jul 2002Proceeds of Crime Bill — Clause 251 — Proceedings for recovery orders in England and Wales or Northern Ireland tellnono Teller
Commons18 Jul 2002Proceeds of Crime Bill — Clause 251 — Proceedings for recovery orders in England and Wales or Northern Ireland tellnono Teller
Commons18 Jul 2002Proceeds of Crime Bill — New Clause tellnono Teller
Commons18 Jul 2002Proceeds of Crime Bill — Clause 6 — Making of order tellnono Teller
Commons4 Jul 2002Finance Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Schedule 37 — Aggregates levy amendments tellnono Teller
Commons16 May 2002Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Disclosing protected information about adults tellayeaye Teller
Commons16 May 2002Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 1 — Considerations applying to the exercise of powers tellayeaye Teller
Commons13 May 2002National Insurance Contributions Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons9 May 2002Finance Bill — Schedule 38 — Recovery of taxes etc due in other member States tellayeaye Teller
Commons9 May 2002Finance Bill — Clause 90 — Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades tellnono Teller
Commons9 May 2002Finance Bill — Clause 90 — Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades tellayeaye Teller
Commons7 Feb 2002Tax Credits Bill — New Clause 6 — Aggravated tax credit fraud tellayeaye Teller
Commons13 Dec 2001Animal Health Bill — New Clause 11 — National Contingency Plan tellnono Teller
Commons13 Dec 2001Animal Health Bill — New Clause 11 — National Contingency Plan tellayeaye Teller
Commons5 Dec 2001Business of the House tellnono Teller
Votes by Mr Stephen O'Brien MP
HouseDateSubjectMr Stephen O'BrienCon VoteRôle
Commons22 Mar 2001Election of a Speaker — Election of Speaker by secret ballot minorityno Rebel
Commons13 Dec 2000Deferred Divisions - Fisheries: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2001 bothno Rebel
Commons29 Nov 2000Rewarding Democracy Commission tellnono Teller
Votes by Mr Alastair Goodlad MP
HouseDateSubjectMr Alastair GoodladCon VoteRôle
Commons22 Jun 1998Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords] Majorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Jun 1998Crime and Disorder Bill — Reduce age of consent for homosexual acts to 16 Majorityno 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
82% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Ban fox hunting
73% Business and community control of schools: For
67% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
1% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Crossrail - In favour
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
19% European Union - For
10% Foundation hospitals - In favour
0% Fox hunting - Ban
79% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
11% Fully Elected House of Lords
84% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
23% Homosexuality - Equal rights
16% Identity cards - For introduction
94% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
90% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
31% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
60% No detention without charge or trial
0% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50% Nuclear power - For
1% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
0% Post office - in favour of Government policy
100% Post office closures - against
66% 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
42% Right to strike
80% Schools - Greater Autonomy
34% Smoking ban - In favour
73% Stop climate change
65% Termination of pregnancy - against
20% Terrorism laws - For
100% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
26% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% 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
42% University Tuition Fees - For
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
17% 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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