Voting Record — MPs for Upper Bann

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

Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
David Simpson (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	still in office	DUP	0 votes out of 392, 0.0%	392 votes out of 776, 50.5%
David Simpson (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	DUP	1 vote out of 504, 0.2%	504 votes out of 1288, 39.1%
Mr David Trimble (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	UUP	2 votes out of 328, 0.6%	328 votes out of 1246, 26.3%
Mr David Trimble (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	UUP	2 votes out of 91, 2.2%	91 votes out of 1273, 7.1%

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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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Votes by David Simpson MP
House	Date	Subject	David Simpson	DUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	24 Oct 2012	Deferred Division — Public Bodies	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Oct 2012	Attorney-General — New Clause 14 — Civil liability for breach of health and safety duties	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	22 Nov 2011	Opposition Day — [12th Allotted Day – Second Part (Half Day)] — Pensioners and Winter Fuel Payments	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Oct 2010	London Local Authorities Bill — Second Reading	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Public Houses and Private Members' Clubs (Smoking) Bill	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Votes by David Simpson MP
House	Date	Subject	David Simpson	DUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	9 Jul 2008	Cost of Living — Supports the Government	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 May 2008	Deferred Divisions — The Local Authorities (Alcohol Disorder Zones) Regulations 2008	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Preventing prison officers from taking industrial action	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	25 Jul 2006	Orders of the Day — Clause 12 — Extension of categories of permissible donors	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Apr 2006	Northern Ireland Bill — Schedule 1 — The Assembly	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Apr 2006	Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill — New Clause 6 — Police Service Northern Ireland 50–50 recruitment policy	tellaye	aye	Teller
Votes by Mr David Trimble MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr David Trimble	UUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	25 Feb 2004	School Admissions (Prohibition of Religious Discrimination)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Jan 2004	Crown Employment (Nationality)	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	14 May 2003	Finance Bill — Clause 138 — Approved Share Plans and Schemes	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Nov 2001	Delegated Legislation — Health Professions	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	28 Nov 2001	Delegated Legislation — Nurses and Midwives	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	28 Nov 2001	Civil Defence (Grant) Bill	minority	unknown	Unknown
Votes by Mr David Trimble MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr David Trimble	UUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	30 Nov 1999	Northern Ireland	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Jul 1998	Northern Ireland Bill	Majority	no	Rebel

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
89%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
74%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
16%	European Union - For
50%	Fully Elected House of Lords
68%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
17%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
27%	Identity cards - For introduction
29%	Increase VAT
50%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
31%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
13%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
4%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
53%	Privatise Royal Mail
68%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42%	Right to strike
58%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Smoking ban - In favour
67%	Stop climate change
100%	Termination of pregnancy - against
37%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
54%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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