Mrs Christine Russell compared to 'Fox hunting

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Mrs Christine Russell MP, Chester, City of

voted strongly for the policy

by scoring 83.1% compared to the votes below

House	Date	Subject	Agreement with policy above
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Self-Supervision Scheme	absent
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Hunting Under Licence	absent
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Ban	absent
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 6 — Use of Dogs Below Ground (No. 2)	agrees with policy
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes	agrees with policy
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 14 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Mink	absent
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting 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	2	100	100
MP voted against policy	0	0	0
MP absent	1	25	50
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	1	10	10
MP voted against policy	0	0	0
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	3	3	6
Total:		138	166
*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

138

166

= 83.1 %.