Voting Record — John Robertson MP, Glasgow North West (10684)

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 still in office Lab 0 votes out of 485, 0.0% 485 votes out of 782, 62.0% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 8 votes out of 1033, 0.8% 1033 votes out of 1288, 80.2% 3 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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HouseDateSubjectJohn RobertsonLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Energy and Climate Change Committee
HouseDateSubjectJohn RobertsonLab VoteRôle
20 Jan 2009Became a member of the Energy and Climate Change Committee
16 Oct 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Dr Kim Howells, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2008Orders of the Day — Animals Act 1971 (Amendment) Bill tellnoaye Rebel Teller
Commons14 Mar 2008Prayers tellnono Teller
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament minorityaye Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2007Orders of the Day — Energy Saving (Daylight) Bill tellnono Teller
10 Nov 2005Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Dr Kim Howells, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
11 Apr 2005Stopped being a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being a member of the European Scrutiny Committee
28 May 2004Became a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
28 May 2004Became a member of the European Scrutiny Committee

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
9% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
87% Ban fox hunting
85% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100% Control Orders
100% Crossrail - In favour
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
14% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
89% European Union - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
87% Fox hunting - Ban
50% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
26% Fully Elected House of Lords
0% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
99% Homosexuality - Equal rights
96% Identity cards - For introduction
7% Increase VAT
54% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% 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
96% Post office - in favour of Government policy
4% Post office closures - against
16% Privatise Royal Mail
29% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
42% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
84% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
2% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
27% Schools - Greater Autonomy
86% Smoking ban - In favour
61% Stop climate change
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
98% Terrorism laws - For
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
18% Transparency of Parliament
83% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7% University education fees - Should be free
62% University Tuition Fees - For
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 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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