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Voting Record — Mr Kevin Barron MP, Rother Valley (10027)

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 Lab 0 votes out of 48, 0.0% 48 votes out of 56, 85.7% 0 times

5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 13 votes out of 1052, 1.2% 1052 votes out of 1288, 81.7% 0 times

7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 11 votes out of 905, 1.2% 905 votes out of 1246, 72.6% 3 times

1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 4 votes out of 911, 0.4% 911 votes out of 1273, 71.6% 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	Kevin Barron	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	14 Jul 2010	Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010	Majority	unknown	Unknown
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Liaison Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being Chairman, Health Committee
House	Date	Subject	Kevin Barron	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Election of Committee Chairs	minority	aye	Rebel
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	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Communications Allowance — Welcoming the principle	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Nov 2005	Became a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee
1 Nov 2005	Stopped being a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee
1 Nov 2005	Became a member of the Liaison Committee
20 Jul 2005	Became Chairman, Health Committee
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Health Committee
House	Date	Subject	Mr Kevin Barron	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee
Commons	18 Mar 2005	[Sir Michael Lord in the Chair]	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
6 Jul 2004	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Public Services, Health & Education
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee
10 May 2004	Became Shadow Minister, Public Services, Health & Education
Commons	8 May 2003	Fire Services Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Apr 2003	Smoking (Restaurants) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Parliamentary Pensions	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution)	tellaye	aye	Teller
House	Date	Subject	Mr Kevin Barron	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	31 Oct 2000	Stem Cell Research	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Feb 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Doctor Assisted Dying	minority	no	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
13%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
84%	Ban fox hunting
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100%	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
37%	Fully Elected House of Lords
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
99%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
96%	Identity cards - For introduction
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
1%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
84%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
1%	No detention without charge or trial
98%	Nuclear power - For
100%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
1%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
96%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
22%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
94%	Smoking ban - In favour
18%	Stop climate change
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
97%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
46%	Transparency of Parliament
83%	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 2001-2005, 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
97.9% Mr Paul Daisley Brent East Lab

97.0% Robert Jackson Wantage whilst Lab

96.0% Mrs Ann Taylor Dewsbury Lab

95.9% Mr Liam Byrne Birmingham, Hodge Hill Lab

95.8% Mr Iain Wright Hartlepool Lab