Voting Record — Andrew Robathan MP, South Leicestershire (10503)

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 1 vote out of 566, 0.2% 566 votes out of 776, 72.9% 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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HouseDateSubjectAndrew RobathanCon VoteRôle
Commons9 Sep 2011Prayers — Clause 1 — Duties of the Secretary of State Majorityaye Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being Deputy Chief Whip, Whips
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Selection Committee
13 Jul 2007Stopped being a member of the Administration Committee
3 Aug 2006Became a member of the Selection Committee
3 Aug 2006Became a member of the Administration Committee
16 Dec 2005Became Deputy Chief Whip, Whips
16 Dec 2005Stopped being Shadow Minister, Defence
20 May 2005Stopped being Shadow Minister, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
20 May 2005Became Shadow Minister, Defence
9 May 2005Became Shadow Minister, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
9 May 2005Stopped being Shadow Minister, Defence
17 Mar 2005Stopped being Shadow Minister (Defence), International Affairs
17 Mar 2005Became Shadow Minister, Defence
9 Nov 2004Stopped being a member of the International Development Committee
9 Sep 2004Stopped being Commons Liaison With the Lords, Parliament
9 Sep 2004Became Shadow Minister (Defence), International Affairs
28 May 2004Became a member of the International Development Committee
10 May 2004Became Commons Liaison With the Lords, Parliament

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
79% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Ban fox hunting
76% 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
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
18% European Union - For
20% Foundation hospitals - In favour
0% Fox hunting - Ban
92% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
28% Fully Elected House of Lords
92% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
3% Homosexuality - Equal rights
11% Identity cards - For introduction
100% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
93% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
39% No detention without charge or trial
0% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50% Nuclear power - For
30% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
1% Post office - in favour of Government policy
99% Post office closures - against
66% Privatise Royal Mail
54% Promote Occupational Pensions
0% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
58% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
84% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
100% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
16% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
90% Schools - Greater Autonomy
15% Smoking ban - In favour
92% Stop climate change
88% Termination of pregnancy - against
19% Terrorism laws - For
100% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
90% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
100% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93% University education fees - Should be free
38% University Tuition Fees - For
0% 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.

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