Baroness Morris of Yardley compared to 'Smoking ban

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voted strongly for the policy

by scoring 86.6% compared to the votes below

House	Date	Subject	Agreement with policy above
Commons	4 May 1999	Greater London Authority Bill — Enforcing no smoking signs in London taxis	disagrees with policy
House	Date	Subject	Agreement with policy above
Commons	29 Apr 2002	Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill — Second Reading	agrees with policy
Commons	14 Apr 2003	Smoking (Restaurants) Bill	agrees with policy
Commons	18 Mar 2005	Smoking in Public Places (Wales) Bill	absent
House	Date	Subject	Agreement with policy above
Lords	19 Jun 2006	Health Bill	agrees 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	1	50	50
MP voted against policy	0	0	0
MP absent	0	0	0
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	2	20	20
MP voted against policy	1	0	10
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	1	1	2
Total:		71	82
*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

= 86.6 %.