Voting Record — Michael Meacher MP, Oldham West and Royton (10427)

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

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
6 May 2010	still in office	Lab	5 votes out of 498, 1.0%	498 votes out of 799, 62.3%	2 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	33 votes out of 743, 4.4%	743 votes out of 1288, 57.7%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	9 votes out of 619, 1.5%	619 votes out of 1246, 49.7%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	0 votes out of 722, 0.0%	722 votes out of 1273, 56.7%	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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House	Date	Subject	Michael Meacher	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	3 Jun 2013	Communities and Local Government — Clause 11 — Payments to electricity suppliers	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Communities and Local Government — Backbench Business Committee	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Nov 2010	Backbench Business — [11th allotted day] — Banking Reform	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House -- Programme motion	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Michael Meacher	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 2 — Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Mar 2009	Control Orders — Annual renewal 2009	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2009	Heathrow Third Runway — rethink the plans — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Nov 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 2 — Employer's duties in relation to industrial action ballots	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Right of oral representations — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Secretary of State to have final say — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of period of detention to 42 days — Process	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Consideration of climate change — 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	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2008	Energy Bill — Renewable energy feed-in tariff — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Apr 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 16 — Earnings link	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2008	Housing and Regeneration Bill — Subsidy arrangements: formula and exclusions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2008	Housing and Regeneration Bill — Code of practice for consultations — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Jul 2007	Orders of the Day — Clause 12 — Power to repeal section 4	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jul 2007	Orders of the Day — After Clause 18	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jul 2007	Orders of the Day — Pensions Bill — After Clause 18	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Apr 2007	Pensions Bill — Pensions Protection Lifeboat Fund	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain nuclear deterrent beyond existing system	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Case not yet proven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — New Clause 11 — Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3(2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Dec 2006	Orders of the Day — Offender Management Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Dec 2006	Orders of the Day — Clause 2 — Meaning of "relevant duty of care"	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2005	Deferred Division — Marketing of Foods Derived from Genetically Modified Maize	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 28 Days — but not 60	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 90 Days	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Clause 1 — Encouragement of Terrorism — "intends"	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Michael Meacher	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendment — Courts and Conrol Orders	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendment — Human Rights Obligations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendments — Application to a Court	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Jan 2004	Higher Education Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
13 Jun 2003	Stopped being Minister of State (the Environment), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution)	minority	aye	Rebel
11 Jun 2001	Stopped being Minister of State (the Environment), Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
11 Jun 2001	Became Minister of State (the Environment), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
House	Date	Subject	Mr Michael Meacher	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
3 May 1997	Became Minister of State (the Environment), Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
18%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
84%	Ban fox hunting
25%	Business and community control of schools: For
50%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
42%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
36%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
26%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
88%	European Union - For
70%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
84%	Fox hunting - Ban
12%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
87%	Fully Elected House of Lords
32%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
85%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
78%	Identity cards - For introduction
13%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
15%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
71%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
41%	No detention without charge or trial
58%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
72%	Nuclear power - For
57%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
94%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
6%	Post office closures - against
17%	Privatise Royal Mail
29%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
24%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
16%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
84%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
83%	Right to strike
8%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
70%	Smoking ban - In favour
77%	Stop climate change
20%	Termination of pregnancy - against
57%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
17%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
65%	University education fees - Should be free
35%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
50%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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Voting Record — Michael Meacher MP, Oldham West and Royton (10427)

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