Voting Record — David Blunkett MP, Sheffield, Brightside (10050)

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
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	6 votes out of 682, 0.9%	682 votes out of 1288, 53.0%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	6 votes out of 336, 1.8%	336 votes out of 1246, 27.0%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	4 votes out of 472, 0.8%	472 votes out of 1273, 37.1%	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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House	Date	Subject	David Blunkett	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Election of Committee Chairs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Business of the House — Chair (Terminology)	minority	aye	Rebel
10 Aug 2009	Became a member of the Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
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	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
3 Nov 2005	Stopped being Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions
11 May 2005	Became Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions
House	Date	Subject	Mr David Blunkett	Lab Vote	Rôle
16 Dec 2004	Stopped being Secretary of State, Home Office
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 6 — Use of Dogs Below Ground (No. 2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Hunting Under Licence	minority	no	Rebel
8 Jun 2001	Became Secretary of State, Home Office
8 Jun 2001	Stopped being Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment
House	Date	Subject	Mr David Blunkett	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
2 May 1997	Became Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment

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
9%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
47%	Ban fox hunting
67%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
87%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
11%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
89%	European Union - For
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
47%	Fox hunting - Ban
17%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
1%	Fully Elected House of Lords
25%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
80%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
91%	Identity cards - For introduction
20%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
5%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
71%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	No detention without charge or trial
83%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
76%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
84%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
16%	Post office closures - against
31%	Privatise Royal Mail
23%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
46%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
5%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
83%	Right to strike
23%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
70%	Smoking ban - In favour
36%	Stop climate change
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
92%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54%	Transparency of Parliament
83%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
10%	University education fees - Should be free
61%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
42%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, 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
97.3%	Gordon Brown	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Lab
90.2%	Michael Wills	North Swindon	Lab
89.6%	Alistair Darling	Edinburgh South West	Lab
89.4%	Douglas Alexander	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Lab
88.7%	Stephen Byers	North Tyneside	Lab

Voting Record — David Blunkett MP, Sheffield, Brightside (10050)

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