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voted strongly for the policy

by scoring 96.3% compared to the votes below

House	Date	Subject	Agreement with policy above
Commons	19 Mar 2007	Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations	agrees with policy
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	absent
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	absent

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.

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	No of votes	Points	Out of
Most important votes (50 points)
MP voted with policy	1	50	50
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	0	0	0
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	2	2	4
Total:		52	54
*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

= 96.3 %.