Voting Record — Tom Harris MP, Glasgow South (10941)

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 2 votes out of 499, 0.4% 499 votes out of 800, 62.4% 1 time
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 12 votes out of 979, 1.2% 979 votes out of 1288, 76.0% 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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HouseDateSubjectTom HarrisLab VoteRôle
Commons30 Apr 2012Sittings of the House (1 May) — Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [Lords] (Allocation of Time) tellnono Teller
Commons13 Oct 2010Public Houses and Private Members' Clubs (Smoking) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons15 Jun 2010Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee minorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectTom HarrisLab VoteRôle
Commons12 Oct 2009New Member — Clause 18 — Trust special administrators: consequential amendments minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Mar 2009Pension Credit and Personal Expense Allowance (Duty of Consultation and Review) — New Clause 11 — Guidance on offences that involve hatred on grounds of sexual orientation minorityno Rebel
6 Oct 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected minorityno Rebel
22 Nov 2007Stopped being a member of the Crossrail Bill Committee
15 Nov 2007Became a member of the Crossrail Bill Committee
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
7 Sep 2006Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport
6 Sep 2006Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State), Department of Health
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — as amended minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Nov 2005Representation of the People (Reduction of Voting Age) Majorityaye Rebel
10 Nov 2005Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State), Department of Health
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon John Spellar, Minister of State), Northern Ireland Office
13 May 2004Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon John Spellar, Minister of State), Northern Ireland Office

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
43% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100% Ban fox hunting
81% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100% Control Orders
100% Crossrail - In favour
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
11% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
89% European Union - For
80% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
5% Fully Elected House of Lords
8% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
93% Homosexuality - Equal rights
100% Identity cards - For introduction
29% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
1% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
71% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
18% No detention without charge or trial
83% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100% Nuclear power - For
99% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
100% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
32% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
1% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
5% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
14% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
75% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
22% Schools - Greater Autonomy
37% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
50% Termination of pregnancy - against
97% Terrorism laws - For
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
20% 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
60% University Tuition Fees - For
0% 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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