Voting Record — Ben Wallace MP, Wyre and Preston North (11668)

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 606, 0.2% 606 votes out of 776, 78.1% 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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HouseDateSubjectBen WallaceCon VoteRôle
Commons7 Sep 2011Health and Social Care Bill 2011 — Independent Abortion Advice minorityno Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being Shadow Minister, Scotland
6 Jul 2007Became Shadow Minister, Scotland
14 Jul 2005Became a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee

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
61% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100% 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
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
17% European Union - For
7% Fully Elected House of Lords
77% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
19% Homosexuality - Equal rights
5% Identity cards - For introduction
100% 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
6% Post office - in favour of Government policy
94% 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
50% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
100% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Smoking ban - In favour
81% Stop climate change
88% Termination of pregnancy - against
25% 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

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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