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Voting Record — Paul Beresford MP, Mole Valley (10041)

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

From To Party Rebellions (explain...) Attendance (explain...) Teller

6 May 2010 still in office Con 0 votes out of 47, 0.0% 47 votes out of 56, 83.9% 0 times

5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Con 19 votes out of 750, 2.5% 750 votes out of 1288, 58.2% 0 times

7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Con 7 votes out of 790, 0.9% 790 votes out of 1246, 63.4% 0 times

1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Con 3 votes out of 738, 0.4% 738 votes out of 1273, 58.0% 0 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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House	Date	Subject	Paul Beresford	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Communities and Local Government Committee
House	Date	Subject	Paul Beresford	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
28 Jun 2006	Stopped being a member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
28 Jun 2006	Became a member of the Communities and Local Government Committee
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — as amended	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration	Majority	no	Rebel
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
House	Date	Subject	Sir Paul Beresford	Con Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Urban Affairs Sub-committee Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organized Crime and Police Bill -- Demonstrating without authorisation in a designated area	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2004	Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]	minority	aye	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Urban Affairs Sub-committee Committee
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
Commons	23 Feb 2004	Gender Recognition Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Sir Paul Beresford	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Fisheries: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2001	both	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2000	Stem Cell Research	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	Majority	aye	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.

Agreement	Policy
16%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Ban fox hunting
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
3%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
79%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
21%	Fully Elected House of Lords
83%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
9%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
13%	Identity cards - For introduction
97%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
98%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
16%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
39%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	Nuclear power - For
2%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
4%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
96%	Post office closures - against
98%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
84%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
10%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
88%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
77%	Smoking ban - In favour
96%	Stop climate change
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
13%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
74%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
67%	Trident replacement - In favour
7%	University education fees - For top up fees
93%	University education fees - Should be free
0%	University tuition fees
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
2%	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.

Agreement Name Constituency Party
100.0% John Howell Henley Con

98.0% David Cameron Witney Con

96.9% George Osborne Tatton Con

96.9% David Curry Skipton and Ripon Con

96.9% David Mundell Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Con