Voting Record — John Reid MP, Hamilton North and Bellshill (10501)

John Reid

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 5 votes out of 583, 0.9% 583 votes out of 1246, 46.8% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 2 votes out of 711, 0.3% 711 votes out of 1273, 55.9% 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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HouseDateSubjectJohn ReidLab VoteRôle
31 Jan 2024Stopped being Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
28 Jan 2021Became Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
28 Jan 2021Stopped being Member, International Relations and Defence Committee
25 May 2016Became Member, International Relations and Defence Committee
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Secretary of State, Home Office
28 Jun 2007Stopped being The Secretary of State for the Home Department,
8 May 2006Stopped being Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
8 May 2006Became Secretary of State, Home Office
5 May 2006Became The Secretary of State for the Home Department,
5 May 2006Stopped being The Secretary of State for Defence,
11 May 2005Became Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
11 May 2005Stopped being Secretary of State, Department of Health
6 May 2005Became The Secretary of State for Defence,
6 May 2005Stopped being The Secretary of State for Health,
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
Commons16 Nov 2004Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs minorityno Rebel
1 Jul 2003Stopped being Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee,
12 Jun 2003Became Secretary of State, Department of Health
12 Jun 2003Became The Secretary of State for Health,
12 Jun 2003Stopped being Lord Privy Seal,
12 Jun 2003Stopped being Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Privy Council Office),
13 May 2003Stopped being Party Chair, Labour Party,
4 Apr 2003Became Lord Privy Seal,
4 Apr 2003Became Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Privy Council Office),
4 Apr 2003Stopped being Minister without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair,
4 Apr 2003Stopped being Minister without Portfolio,
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays minorityaye Rebel
24 Oct 2002Stopped being Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office
24 Oct 2002Became Party Chair, Labour Party,
24 Oct 2002Became Minister without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair,
24 Oct 2002Became Minister without Portfolio,
24 Oct 2002Stopped being The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
1 Jul 2002Became Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee,
HouseDateSubjectJohn ReidLab VoteRôle
25 Jan 2001Became The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
25 Jan 2001Stopped being The Secretary of State for Scotland,
24 Jan 2001Stopped being Secretary of State, Scottish Office
24 Jan 2001Became Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office
Commons17 Jan 2001Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation minorityno Rebel
Commons19 Dec 2000Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations minorityaye Rebel
17 May 1999Became Secretary of State, Scottish Office
17 May 1999Stopped being Minister of State (Transport), Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
17 May 1999Stopped being Minister of State, Department for Transport
17 May 1999Became The Secretary of State for Scotland,
17 May 1999Stopped being Minister of State (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions),
28 Jul 1998Stopped being Minister of State (the Armed Forces), Ministry of Defence
28 Jul 1998Became Minister of State (Transport), Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
27 Jul 1998Became Minister of State, Department for Transport
27 Jul 1998Became Minister of State (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions),
27 Jul 1998Stopped being The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence,
6 May 1997Became The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence,
5 May 1997Became Minister of State (the Armed Forces), Ministry of Defence
15 Dec 1989Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
13 Jan 1989Became Member, Public Accounts 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
78% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
79% Asylum System - More strict
50% Ban fox hunting
79% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
79% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
9% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
77% European Union Integration - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
50% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
14% Fully Elected House of Lords
17% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
76% Homosexuality - Equal rights
67% Human Rights and Equality
95% Identity cards - For introduction
0% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
17% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
96% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Mass Retention of Communications Data
100% Minimum Wage
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
7% No detention without charge or trial
50% Nuclear power - For
31% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100% Pension auto-enrolment - For
84% Post office - in favour of Government policy
16% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
98% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
98% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
4% Reducing the number of MPs - for
0% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
5% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
85% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
21% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
59% Schools - Greater Autonomy
22% Smoking ban - In favour
74% Stop climate change
0% Support current and former armed service members
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
95% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100% Trade Unions - Restrict
26% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Transparency of Parliament
100% 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
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
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
91.1% Jack StrawBlackburnLab
90.7% Robert JacksonWantagewhilst Lab
89.0%Mr Brian WilsonCunninghame NorthLab
86.9% Rosie WintertonDoncaster CentralLab
86.5% Michael WillsNorth SwindonLab

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