Voting Record — Mr Alistair Darling MP, Edinburgh Central (10153)

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
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	2 votes out of 639, 0.3%	639 votes out of 1246, 51.3%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	1 vote out of 734, 0.1%	734 votes out of 1273, 57.7%	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	Mr Alistair Darling	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 May 2010	Stopped being Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury
28 Jun 2007	Became Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry
8 May 2006	Stopped being Secretary of State, Scotland Office
8 May 2006	Became Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry
8 May 2006	Stopped being Secretary of State, Department for Transport
17 Jun 2005	Became Secretary of State, Scotland Office
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
29 May 2002	Stopped being Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions
29 May 2002	Became Secretary of State, Department for Transport
8 Jun 2001	Stopped being Secretary of State, Department of Social Security
8 Jun 2001	Became Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions
House	Date	Subject	Mr Alistair Darling	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Nov 2000	Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions	Majority	aye	Rebel
27 Jul 1998	Stopped being Chief Secretary, HM Treasury
27 Jul 1998	Became Secretary of State, Department of Social Security
3 May 1997	Became Chief Secretary, HM Treasury

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
11%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Ban fox hunting
76%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
94%	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
68%	European Union - For
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
50%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
79%	Fully Elected House of Lords
17%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
93%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
96%	Identity cards - For introduction
13%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
5%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
99%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
22%	No detention without charge or trial
58%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
62%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
96%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
4%	Post office closures - against
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
23%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
21%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
15%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
84%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Right to strike
34%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
66%	Smoking ban - In favour
47%	Stop climate change
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
94%	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

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.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
92.2%	Mr Brian Wilson	Cunninghame North	Lab
91.1%	Mr Jack Straw	Blackburn	Lab
90.6%	Ms Tessa Jowell	Dulwich and West Norwood	Lab
89.9%	Mr Geoff Hoon	Ashfield	Lab
89.8%	Ms Patricia Hewitt	Leicester West	Lab

Voting Record — Mr Alistair Darling MP, Edinburgh Central (10153)

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