Michael Ancram compared to 'Homosexuality

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voted strongly against the policy

by scoring 16.4% 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	disagrees with policy
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	disagrees with policy
Commons	1 Mar 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill - Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill	absent
Commons	10 Feb 2000	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill	disagrees with policy
Commons	5 Jul 2000	Local Government Bill [Lords] - Prohibition on promotion of homosexuality: bullying	disagrees with policy
House	Date	Subject	Agreement with policy above
Commons	24 Oct 2001	Relationships (Civil Registration)	absent
Commons	29 Oct 2001	Adoption and Children Bill (Programme) — Consideration and Third Reading	absent
Commons	16 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption	absent
Commons	20 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc.	disagrees with policy
Commons	4 Nov 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters	disagrees with policy
Commons	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 11 — Repeal of Section 2A of Local Government Act 1986	disagrees with policy
Commons	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — Repeal of prohibition on promotion of homosexuality (Section 28)	disagrees with policy
Commons	12 Oct 2004	Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]	absent
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Categories of civil partners other than same sex couples	absent
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords] — Schedule 28 — Consequential amendments: Scotland	absent
House	Date	Subject	Agreement with policy above
Commons	19 Mar 2007	Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations	absent
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	disagrees with policy
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	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	3	0	150
MP absent	2	50	100
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	8	0	80
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	6	6	12
Total:		56	342
*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

342

= 16.4 %.