Lord Maginnis of Drumglass compared to 'Homosexuality

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voted moderately against the policy

by scoring 25.0% compared to the votes below

House	Date	Subject	Agreement with policy above
Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill — Reduce age of consent for homosexual acts to 16	absent
Commons	25 Jan 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill	disagrees with policy
Commons	10 Feb 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Reduction in age at which certain sexual acts are lawful	absent
Commons	1 Mar 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill - Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill	absent
Commons	10 Feb 2000	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill	absent
Commons	5 Jul 2000	Local Government Bill [Lords] - Prohibition on promotion of homosexuality: bullying	absent
House	Date	Subject	Agreement with policy above
Lords	16 Oct 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — adoption only by married couples — accepted	disagrees with policy
Lords	5 Nov 2002	Lords Amendment	disagrees with policy
Lords	10 Jul 2003	Local Government Bill, timescale conditions on repeal of section 28	disagrees with policy
Lords	9 Jan 2007	Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006	absent
Lords	21 Mar 2007	Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007	disagrees with policy
Lords	21 Jan 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL] — need for a father	disagrees with policy

How the number is calculated

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

Questions about this formula can be discussed on the forum.

	No of votes	Points	Out of
Most important votes (50 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	0	0	0
MP absent	1	25	50
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	6	0	60
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	5	5	10
Total:		30	120
*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

agreement score =

MP's points

total points

120

= 25.0 %.