Marsha Singh compared to 'Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits'

voted ambiguously on the policy

by scoring 46.2% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Marsha Singh	Policy vote
Commons	9 Nov 2010	Housing Benefit	absent	Majority
Commons	19 Jan 2011	Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	19 Jan 2011	Opposition Day — Education Maintenance Allowance	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	9 Mar 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	9 Mar 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Second Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	13 Jun 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — New Clause 2 — Childcare Element in Universal Credit	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	13 Jun 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 5 — Exclusion of Up to Fifty Thousand Pounds in an ISA from Capital Used to Determine Universal Credit Eligibility	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	15 Jun 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Third Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	31 Jan 2012	Local Government Finance Bill — Clause 8 — Move from Council Tax Benefit to Council Tax Reduction Schemes	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Employment and Support Allowance for Those Ill or Disabled Since Their Youth	absent	Majority
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Period of Entitlement to Contributory Employment and Support Allowance	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Employment and Support Allowance for Those With Cancer	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 93 — Exclusion of Child Benefit from Benefit Cap	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 10 — Universal Credit Payments In Relation to Disabled Children and Young People	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs	absent	Majority
Commons	21 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs — Exemptions from Benefit Reductions Due to Excess Bedrooms	absent	Majority (strong)

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	1	0	50
MP absent	12	300	600
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*	3	3	6
Total:		303	656
*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

303

656

= 46.2 %.

How the number is calculated

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