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Voting Record — Mr Roy Beggs MP, East Antrim (10033)

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

7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 UUP 4 votes out of 686, 0.6% 686 votes out of 1246, 55.1% 3 times

1 May 1997 14 May 2001 UUP 1 vote out of 607, 0.2% 607 votes out of 1273, 47.7% 11 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	Mr Roy Beggs	UUP Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Commons	20 Jan 2004	Crown Employment (Nationality)	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	7 Jan 2004	Care Homes	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Dec 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — Clause 4 — Electoral Commission report	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Dec 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — New Clause 4 — Conduct of elections under a pilot order	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 42 — Applications by Prosecution for Certain Complex or Lengthy Trials to be Conducted without Jury	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be conducted without Jury	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	8 Jul 2003	House of Lords Reform — Exclusion of remaining Hereditary Peers	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	14 Apr 2003	Smoking (Restaurants) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2003	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — New Clause 4 — Appointment of Constables with Special Policing Skills	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	27 Mar 2003	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — Clause 12 — Investigations into Current Police Practices and Policies	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Feb 2003	Northern Ireland	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Nov 2002	Home Affairs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 May 2002	Ways and Means — National Insurance Contributions	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Apr 2002	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	9 Jan 2002	Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning (Amendment) Bill — New Clause 1 — Commencement	tellno	no	Teller
House	Date	Subject	Mr Roy Beggs	UUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	13 Dec 2000	The Economy	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	21 Nov 2000	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill - Discrimination in appointments	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2000	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2000	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill - District policing partnership sub-groups for Belfast	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Jun 2000	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2000	Disqualifications Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2000	Disqualifications Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Jun 1999	Planning and Transport Congestion	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	17 May 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	24 Feb 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order)	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	27 Oct 1998	Working Time	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	31 Jul 1998	Northern Ireland Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Jul 1998	Northern Ireland Bill - Transferred, excepted and reserved matters	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Jun 1998	Finance (No. 2) Bill - Repayment of dividend tax credit to non-taxpayers	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Apr 1998	Northern Ireland (Elections) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Apr 1998	Northern Ireland (Elections) Bill - The Assembly	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Dec 1997	Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]	tellno	no	Teller

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
58%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
16%	Ban fox hunting
25%	Control Orders
0%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
60%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
16%	Fox hunting - Ban
55%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
20%	Fully Elected House of Lords
50%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
29%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
27%	Identity cards - For introduction
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
29%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
27%	No detention without charge or trial
100%	Nuclear power - For
50%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
50%	Post office closures - against
58%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
84%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
16%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
46%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
5%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	Stop climate change
35%	Terrorism laws - For
68%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
8%	University education fees - For top up fees
92%	University education fees - Should be free
1%	University tuition fees
100%	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
100.0% Mr Howard Flight Arundel and South Downs whilst Ind

93.4% Mr David Trimble Upper Bann UUP

92.1% Reverend Martin Smyth Belfast South whilst UUP

91.1% Martin Smyth Belfast South whilst UUP

91.1% Mr Jeffrey M Donaldson Lagan Valley whilst UUP