Voting Record — MPs for Weston-Super-Mare

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...)
John Penrose (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	still in office	Con	2 votes out of 626, 0.3%	626 votes out of 776, 80.7%
John Penrose (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	27 votes out of 908, 3.0%	908 votes out of 1288, 70.5%
Mr Brian Cotter (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	LDem	16 votes out of 905, 1.8%	905 votes out of 1246, 72.6%
Mr Brian Cotter (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	LDem	9 votes out of 935, 1.0%	935 votes out of 1273, 73.4%

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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 John Penrose MP
House	Date	Subject	John Penrose	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2013	Bill Presented — Marriage (Same Sex Couples) — Backbench Business — Voting Age	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by John Penrose MP
House	Date	Subject	John Penrose	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	6 Jan 2010	Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) — Sittings of the House	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Apr 2009	Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (May Day)	Majority	no	Rebel
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 — 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	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — 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 — 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	6 May 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Blasphemy	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Remove Hereditary Places	Majority	no	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	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2006	Deferred Divisions — adjournment (summer)	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
Commons	28 Oct 2005	Motion to sit in private	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Jul 2005	Crossrail Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr Brian Cotter MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Brian Cotter	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Support For Members Who Have Chosen Not To Take Their Seats	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Schedule 3 — Property and affairs: supplementary provisions	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure) (No. 3)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 May 2004	Gender Recognition Bill [Lords] — Religion	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Apr 2004	Security Screen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Apr 2003	Smoking (Restaurants) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill (Programme)	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Programming	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Feb 2002	Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship (No. 2) — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Feb 2002	Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Dec 2001	Facilities of the House	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Nov 2001	Human Reproductive Cloning Bill[Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Business of the House	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr Brian Cotter MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Brian Cotter	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	27 Feb 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting With Dogs: Prohibition	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Nov 2000	Sittings in Westminster Hall	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2000	Insolvency Bill [Lords] - Section 309(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 to apply to nominees	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Apr 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — Power to confer additional exemptions by order	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Apr 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — Investigations and proceedings conducted by public authorities	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Nov 1999	Greater London Authority Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Mar 1999	Employment Relations Bill - Discrimination in the work-place on grounds of age	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Dec 1998	Modernisation of the House	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 1998	European Parliamentary Elections Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	minority	unknown	Unknown

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
13%	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
81%	Control Orders
0%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
17%	European Union - For
100%	Fully Elected House of Lords
100%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
83%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
94%	Increase VAT
100%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	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
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
77%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Right to strike
91%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
79%	Smoking ban - In favour
82%	Stop climate change
0%	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
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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