Voting Record — MPs for Wirral South

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...)
Alison McGovern (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	still in office	Lab	2 votes out of 486, 0.4%	486 votes out of 776, 62.6%
Ben Chapman (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	17 votes out of 971, 1.8%	971 votes out of 1288, 75.4%
Mr Ben Chapman (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	13 votes out of 917, 1.4%	917 votes out of 1246, 73.6%
Mr Ben Chapman (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	3 votes out of 1023, 0.3%	1023 votes out of 1273, 80.4%

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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 Alison McGovern MP
House	Date	Subject	Alison McGovern	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	25 Apr 2013	Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Railways	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Apr 2013	Public Service Pensions Bill — Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Apr 2013	[1st Allocated Day] — New Clause 5 — Mansion tax	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	26 Mar 2013	Business without Debate — Terms and Conditions of Employment	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2013	31. Employee Shareholder Shares	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2013	2. Income Tax (Charge)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2013	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the Law	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2013	Justice Committee Report: Youth Justice — Immigration Rules: Sponsors	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Ben Chapman MP
House	Date	Subject	Ben Chapman	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jun 2007	Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 Oct 2005	Armed Forces (Parliamentary Approval for Participation in Armed Conflict) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr Ben Chapman MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Ben Chapman	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Dec 2003	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Decline to give a Second Reading — rejected	both	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2003	Mersey Tunnels Bill — Schedule 1 — Amendment of the 1980 Act: Levying, Revision and Application of Tolls	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Jun 2003	Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) — Schedule 1 — Amendment of the 1980 Act: Levying, Revision and Application of Tolls	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Jun 2003	Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) — Schedule 1 — Amendment of the 1980 Act: Levying, Revision and Application of Tolls	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2002	Mersey Tunnels Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Jul 2002	Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr Ben Chapman MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Ben Chapman	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 May 1999	Line of Route	minority	aye	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.

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.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
No results found

Agreement	Policy
0%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
11%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
50%	European Union - For
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
8%	Increase VAT
50%	No detention without charge or trial
92%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
0%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100%	Right to strike
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	Terrorism laws - For
50%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For

Voting Record — MPs for Wirral South

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