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Voting Record — Richard Caborn MP, Sheffield Central (10085)

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

5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 1 vote out of 772, 0.1% 772 votes out of 1288, 59.9% 0 times

7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 2 votes out of 513, 0.4% 513 votes out of 1246, 41.2% 0 times

1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 0 votes out of 640, 0.0% 640 votes out of 1273, 50.3% 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	Richard Caborn	Lab Vote	Rôle
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
17 Jun 2005	Became Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
17 Jun 2005	Stopped being Minister of State (Sport and Tourism), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
House	Date	Subject	Mr Richard Caborn	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 May 2002	Special Educational Needs	minority	aye	Rebel
11 Jun 2001	Stopped being Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry
11 Jun 2001	Became Minister of State (Sport and Tourism), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
House	Date	Subject	Mr Richard Caborn	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
28 Jul 1999	Stopped being Minister of State (Regions, Regeneration and Planning), Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
28 Jul 1999	Became Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry
5 May 1997	Became Minister of State (Regions, Regeneration and Planning), Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

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
10%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Ban fox hunting
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
95%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
39%	Fully Elected House of Lords
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
84%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
88%	Identity cards - For introduction
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
2%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
1%	No detention without charge or trial
94%	Nuclear power - For
67%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
94%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
6%	Post office closures - against
26%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
87%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
81%	Smoking ban - In favour
13%	Stop climate change
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
94%	Terrorism laws - For
33%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
26%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
92%	University education fees - For top up fees
8%	University education fees - Should be free
99%	University tuition fees
42%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
42%	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
95.5% Gordon Brown Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Lab

93.1% Jim Devine Livingston Lab

92.5% Adam Ingram East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Lab

92.4% Michael Wills North Swindon Lab

92.3% Douglas Alexander Paisley and Renfrewshire South Lab