Keith Vaz compared to 'Iraq Investigation

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voted strongly against the policy

by scoring 8.3% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Mr Keith Vaz	Policy vote
Commons	4 Jun 2003	Iraq — Weapons of Mass Destruction Inquiry	absent	minority
Commons	16 Jul 2003	Iraq — Foreign Affairs Committee Report	Majority	minority
Commons	10 Sep 2003	Iraq — Role of the United Nations	Majority	minority
Commons	22 Oct 2003	Iraq — Set up of judicial inquiry — rejected	absent	minority
Commons	22 Oct 2003	Iraq — Judicial Inquiry — Not necessary	absent	minority
Commons	13 Jan 2004	Iraq — National Audit Office Report on Operation Telic	Majority	minority
Commons	9 Mar 2004	Iraq — Attorney-General's Advice	absent	minority
Commons	17 May 2004	Iraq — Security Situation	Majority	minority
House	Date	Subject	Keith Vaz	Policy vote
Commons	31 Oct 2006	Iraq — Select committee inquiry — to be set up	Majority	minority
Commons	31 Oct 2006	Iraq — Select committee inquiry — rejected	Majority	minority
Commons	11 Jun 2007	Opposition Day — Iraq Inquiry	Majority	minority
Commons	11 Jun 2007	Opposition Day — Iraq Inquiry	Majority	minority
Commons	25 Mar 2008	Iraq Inquiry — Call rejected	absent	minority
Commons	25 Mar 2008	Iraq Inquiry — Not the right time	absent	minority
Commons	25 Mar 2009	Iraq War Inquiry — No reasonable impediment — rejected	absent	minority
Commons	25 Mar 2009	Iraq War Inquiry — Declines to make a proposal	absent	minority

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	0	0	0
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*	8	8	16
Total:		8	96
*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

= 8.3 %.