Voting Record — Jim Sheridan MP, Paisley and Renfrewshire North (11221)

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 6 votes out of 515, 1.2% 515 votes out of 799, 64.5% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 12 votes out of 1146, 1.0% 1146 votes out of 1288, 89.0% 6 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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HouseDateSubjectJim SheridanLab VoteRôle
Commons5 Feb 2013Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons28 Jan 2013Succession to the Crown Bill — New Clause 1 — Removal of disqualification arising from faith minorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm) minorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (No change) minorityno Rebel
Commons13 Oct 2011Use of hand-held electronic devices and social media in the chamber (Backbench Business) minorityno Rebel
Commons18 Oct 2010Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 2 — Entitlement to vote in the referendum Majorityaye Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Chairmen's Panel Committee
HouseDateSubjectJim SheridanLab VoteRôle
Commons16 Oct 2009Clause 4 — Commencement and retrospective effect tellayeaye Teller
Commons16 Oct 2009Clause 4 — Commencement and retrospective effect tellnono Teller
10 Mar 2009Stopped being a member of the International Development Committee
13 Jan 2009Became a member of the Chairmen's Panel Committee
27 Nov 2008Stopped being a member of the Armed Forces Bill Committee
Commons4 Nov 2008Orders of the Day — New Clause 2 — Employer's duties in relation to industrial action ballots minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons25 Apr 2008Prayers tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons9 Jan 2008Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Preventing prison officers from taking industrial action minorityaye Rebel
20 Nov 2007Became a member of the International Development Committee
Commons18 May 2007Motion to sit in private tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Nov 2006September Sittings minorityno Rebel
14 Aug 2006Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Team), Ministry of Defence
Commons12 May 2006[Sir Michael Lord in the Chair] tellayeno Rebel Teller
20 Dec 2005Became a member of the Armed Forces Bill Committee
Commons29 Nov 2005Representation of the People (Reduction of Voting Age) Majorityaye Rebel
10 Nov 2005Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Team), Ministry of Defence
11 Apr 2005Stopped being a member of the Public Accounts Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being a member of the Broadcasting Committee
14 Dec 2004Stopped being a member of the Information Committee
28 May 2004Became a member of the Public Accounts Committee
28 May 2004Became a member of the Information Committee
28 May 2004Became a member of the Broadcasting 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
0% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100% Ban fox hunting
81% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100% Control Orders
100% Crossrail - In favour
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
11% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
92% European Union - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
32% Fully Elected House of Lords
8% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
69% Homosexuality - Equal rights
100% Identity cards - For introduction
7% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
85% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
18% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100% Nuclear power - For
100% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
98% Post office - in favour of Government policy
2% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
2% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
85% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
14% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100% Right to strike
26% Schools - Greater Autonomy
99% Smoking ban - In favour
61% Stop climate change
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
100% Terrorism laws - For
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
32% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
23% Transparency of Parliament
83% 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
0% 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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