Voting Record — Liam Fox MP, North Somerset (10213)

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 Con 2 votes out of 466, 0.4% 466 votes out of 782, 59.6% 0 times

External Links

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).

See also all votes... attended | possible

HouseDateSubjectLiam FoxCon VoteRôle
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the house (Tuesdays) (7.00 pm to 10.00 pm) minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Sep 2011Health and Social Care Bill 2011 — Independent Abortion Advice minorityno Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Defence
16 Dec 2005Stopped being Shadow Foreign Secretary, Foreign Affairs
16 Dec 2005Became Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Defence
20 May 2005Became Shadow Foreign Secretary, Foreign Affairs
20 May 2005Stopped being Co-Chairman of the Party, Conservative Party
10 May 2004Became Co-Chairman of the Party, Conservative Party

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
99% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
13% Ban fox hunting
87% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
3% Control Orders
0% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Crossrail - In favour
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
26% European Union - For
10% Foundation hospitals - In favour
13% Fox hunting - Ban
79% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
89% Fully Elected House of Lords
83% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
32% Homosexuality - Equal rights
25% Identity cards - For introduction
74% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
92% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
39% No detention without charge or trial
33% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50% Nuclear power - For
6% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
4% Post office - in favour of Government policy
96% Post office closures - against
66% Privatise Royal Mail
54% Promote Occupational Pensions
0% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
84% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
99% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
33% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
84% Schools - Greater Autonomy
47% Smoking ban - In favour
53% Stop climate change
100% Termination of pregnancy - against
23% Terrorism laws - For
100% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54% Transparency of Parliament
83% Trident replacement - In favour
100% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
90% University education fees - Should be free
40% University Tuition Fees - For
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
17% 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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
No results found

About the Project

The Public Whip is a not-for-profit, open source website created in 2003 by Francis Irving and Julian Todd and now run by Bairwell Ltd.

There are lots of plans afoot, including extensive redevelopment of the site and plans for new functionality. To keep up with what's happening, please check out the blog. We're working on updating all the contact details throughout the site, but if you'd like to talk to us about the project, please email [email protected]

The Whip on the Web

Advertisement - Helping keeping PublicWhip alive