Voting Record — Bill Rammell MP, Harlow (10496)

Bill Rammell

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 4 votes out of 680, 0.6% 680 votes out of 1288, 52.8% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 2 votes out of 623, 0.3% 623 votes out of 1246, 50.0% 1 time
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 8 votes out of 807, 1.0% 807 votes out of 1273, 63.4% 3 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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HouseDateSubjectBill RammellLab VoteRôle
11 May 2010Stopped being Minister of State (Armed Forces), Ministry of Defence
10 Jun 2009Became Minister of State (Armed Forces), Ministry of Defence
10 Jun 2009Stopped being Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
6 Oct 2008Became Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
6 Oct 2008Stopped being Minister of State (Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
13 Jul 2007Became Minister of State (Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
13 Jul 2007Stopped being Minister of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
28 Jun 2007Became Minister of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Minister of State (Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education), Department for Education and Skills
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
17 Jun 2005Became Minister of State (Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education), Department for Education and Skills
17 Jun 2005Stopped being Minister of State (Universities), Department for Education and Skills
11 May 2005Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
11 May 2005Became Minister of State (Universities), Department for Education and Skills
HouseDateSubjectBill RammellLab VoteRôle
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
28 Oct 2002Stopped being Lords Commissioner, HM Treasury
28 Oct 2002Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Commons21 Oct 2002Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Commission of body to study the effects of Act tellnono Teller
14 Oct 2002Became Lords Commissioner, HM Treasury
Commons14 May 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1) Majorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectBill RammellLab VoteRôle
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker tellnono Teller
Commons2 Feb 2000House of Commons Commission tellnono Teller
Commons24 Jan 2000City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2000City of London (Ward Elections) Bill - Statement of compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights minorityaye Rebel
Commons21 Jul 1999Employment Relations Bill - New Clause tellnoaye Rebel Teller
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons10 Dec 1997Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In minorityno Rebel

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
5% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100% Assisted Dying
70% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
94% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
99% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Crossrail - In favour
99% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
92% Easier access to abortion
86% European Union Integration - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
63% Fully Elected House of Lords
16% Gambling - Against permissiveness
75% Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
50% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
87% Homosexuality - Equal rights
50% Human Rights and Equality
95% Identity cards - For introduction
0% Increase VAT
97% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
11% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
97% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Mass Retention of Communications Data
100% Minimum Wage
85% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
3% No detention without charge or trial
98% Nuclear power - For
41% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50% Pension auto-enrolment - For
94% Post office - in favour of Government policy
6% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
84% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
1% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
50% Schools - Greater Autonomy
80% Smoking ban - In favour
57% Stop climate change
0% Support current and former armed service members
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100% Trade Unions - Restrict
46% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
8% University education fees - Should be free
98% University Tuition Fees - For
90% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, 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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
97.3% Gordon BrownKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLab
95.5% Tony BlairSedgefieldLab
94.2% Charles ClarkeNorwich SouthLab
93.7% Ian McCartneyMakerfieldLab
93.6% David BlunkettSheffield, BrightsideLab

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