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Voting Record — Mr Des Browne MP, Kilmarnock and Loudoun (10071)

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

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

House of Lords 27 Jul 2010 still in office Lab 0 votes out of 1, 0.0% 1 vote out of 1, 100.0% 0 times

Kilmarnock and Loudoun 5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 18 votes out of 928, 1.9% 928 votes out of 1288, 72.0% 0 times

Kilmarnock and Loudoun 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 0 votes out of 741, 0.0% 741 votes out of 1246, 59.5% 0 times

Kilmarnock and Loudoun 1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 1 vote out of 972, 0.1% 972 votes out of 1273, 76.4% 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	Lord Browne of Ladyton	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
House	Date	Subject	Des Browne	Lab Vote	Rôle
2 Feb 2010	Became a member of the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
19 Jan 2010	Stopped being a member of the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
14 Jan 2010	Became a member of the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
6 Oct 2008	Stopped being Secretary of State, Scotland Office
6 Oct 2008	Stopped being Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	minority	no	Rebel
28 Jun 2007	Became Secretary of State, Scotland Office
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	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
8 May 2006	Became Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
8 May 2006	Stopped being Chief Secretary, HM Treasury
16 May 2005	Became Chief Secretary, HM Treasury
16 May 2005	Stopped being Chief Secretary, HM Treasury
11 May 2005	Stopped being Minister of State (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism), Home Office
11 May 2005	Became Chief Secretary, HM Treasury
House	Date	Subject	Mr Des Browne	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
1 Apr 2004	Became Minister of State (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism), Home Office
1 Apr 2004	Stopped being Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
13 Jun 2003	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland Office
13 Jun 2003	Became Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
11 Jun 2001	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland Office
House	Date	Subject	Mr Des Browne	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this person and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
62%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
84%	Ban fox hunting
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
99%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
84%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
80%	Fully Elected House of Lords
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
84%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
4%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
85%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	No detention without charge or trial
98%	Nuclear power - For
67%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
2%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
7%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
83%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
43%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
79%	Smoking ban - In favour
13%	Stop climate change
98%	Termination of pregnancy - against
99%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
61%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
93%	University education fees - For top up fees
7%	University education fees - Should be free
100%	University tuition fees
42%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 1997-2001, 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
99.3% Mr Gordon McMaster Paisley South Lab

98.2% Mr Tommy Graham West Renfrewshire whilst Lab

97.9% Mr Eric Joyce Falkirk West Lab

97.7% Mrs Fiona Jones Newark Lab

97.2% Mr Donald Dewar Glasgow Anniesland Lab