Voting Record — MPs for Leeds West

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

Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
Rachel Reeves (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	still in office	Lab	0 votes out of 493, 0.0%	493 votes out of 782, 63.0%
John Battle (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	15 votes out of 979, 1.5%	979 votes out of 1288, 76.0%
Mr John Battle (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	13 votes out of 828, 1.6%	828 votes out of 1246, 66.5%
Mr John Battle (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	0 votes out of 653, 0.0%	653 votes out of 1273, 51.3%

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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 Rachel Reeves MP
House	Date	Subject	Rachel Reeves	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
Votes by John Battle MP
House	Date	Subject	John Battle	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	2 Dec 2009	Equality Bill — Schedule 9 — Work: exceptions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jan 2008	Orders of the Day — Planning and Energy Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Mr John Battle MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr John Battle	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Schedule 3 — Property and affairs: supplementary provisions	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 31 — Requirements for approval	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 24 — Advance decisions to refuse treatment: general	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 4 — Best interests	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 2 — Excluded decisions (No. 2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 1 — Excluded decisions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Declaration of War	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr John Battle MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr John Battle	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

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.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
No results found

Agreement	Policy
0%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
50%	European Union - For
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
8%	Increase VAT
50%	No detention without charge or trial
92%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
0%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50%	Right to strike
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	Terrorism laws - For
50%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For

Voting Record — MPs for Leeds West

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