Voting Record — Edward Balls MP, Morley and Outwood (11740)

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 482, 0.0% 482 votes out of 776, 62.1% 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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HouseDateSubjectEdward BallsLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
11 May 2010Stopped being Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Economic Secretary, HM Treasury
28 Jun 2007Became Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families
8 May 2006Became Economic 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.

AgreementPolicy
6% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
80% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
97% Control Orders
100% Crossrail - In favour
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
92% European Union - For
64% Fully Elected House of Lords
23% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
100% Homosexuality - Equal rights
100% Identity cards - For introduction
8% Increase VAT
8% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
85% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
31% No detention without charge or trial
58% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100% Nuclear power - For
100% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
100% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
23% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
25% Schools - Greater Autonomy
81% Smoking ban - In favour
65% Stop climate change
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
99% Terrorism laws - For
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
40% Transparency of Parliament
83% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0% University Tuition Fees - For
50% 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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