Voting Record — MPs for Welwyn Hatfield

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...)
Grant Shapps (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	still in office	Con	5 votes out of 604, 0.8%	604 votes out of 799, 75.6%
Grant Shapps (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	17 votes out of 800, 2.1%	800 votes out of 1288, 62.1%
Miss Melanie Johnson (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	2 votes out of 639, 0.3%	639 votes out of 1246, 51.3%
Miss Melanie Johnson (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	3 votes out of 993, 0.3%	993 votes out of 1273, 78.0%

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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 Grant Shapps MP
House	Date	Subject	Grant Shapps	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	21 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Work and Pensions — New Clause 8 — Domestic protection for persons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Work and Pensions — New Clause 6 — Beliefs about marriage	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Work and Pensions — New Clause 3 — Conscientious objection: transitional arrangments	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by Grant Shapps MP
House	Date	Subject	Grant Shapps	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Mar 2006	Identity Cards Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — as amended	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by Miss Melanie Johnson MP
House	Date	Subject	Miss Melanie Johnson	Lab Vote	Rôle
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 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Miss Melanie Johnson MP
House	Date	Subject	Miss Melanie Johnson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 May 1999	Line of Route	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 1998	Modernisation of the House - MEETINGS OF STANDING COMMITTEES (No. 1)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Dec 1998	Modernisation of the House	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Dec 1998	Modernisation of the House	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Doctor Assisted Dying	minority	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
35%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
99%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
16%	European Union - For
86%	Fully Elected House of Lords
100%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
70%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
92%	Increase VAT
97%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
16%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
38%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
2%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
77%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42%	Right to strike
96%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
81%	Smoking ban - In favour
79%	Stop climate change
60%	Termination of pregnancy - against
34%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100%	University Tuition Fees - For
0%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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