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Voting Record — Mr David Cairns MP, Greenock and Inverclyde (10775)

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

Inverclyde 6 May 2010 still in office Lab 0 votes out of 32, 0.0% 32 votes out of 56, 57.1% 0 times

Inverclyde 5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 6 votes out of 1026, 0.6% 1026 votes out of 1288, 79.7% 0 times

Greenock and Inverclyde 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 6 votes out of 1043, 0.6% 1043 votes out of 1246, 83.7% 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	David Cairns	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	David Cairns	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — outer-London MPs can no longer claim second home	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Modernisation of the House of Commons (Standing Orders)	Majority	no	Rebel
17 Sep 2008	Stopped being Minister of State, Scotland Office
28 Jun 2007	Became Minister of State, Scotland Office
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Scotland Office
9 May 2007	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Scotland Office
9 May 2007	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (also Scotland Office), Scotland Office
9 May 2007	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (also Scotland Office), Northern Ireland Office
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	minority	aye	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
10 May 2006	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (also Scotland Office), Scotland Office
10 May 2006	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Scotland Office
10 May 2006	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (also Scotland Office), Northern Ireland Office
17 May 2005	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Scotland Office
16 May 2005	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Scotland Office
13 May 2005	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Scotland Office
House	Date	Subject	Mr David Cairns	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State), Department for Work and Pensions
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
11 Jun 2004	Stopped being a member of the Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
13 May 2004	Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State), Department for Work and Pensions
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2002	Identity Card	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Pay (Expression of Opinion)	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
41%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
84%	Ban fox hunting
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100%	Control Orders
100%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
84%	Fox hunting - Ban
0%	Fully Elected House of Lords
8%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
89%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
97%	Identity cards - For introduction
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
85%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
27%	No detention without charge or trial
100%	Nuclear power - For
94%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
1%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
15%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
51%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
80%	Smoking ban - In favour
21%	Stop climate change
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
97%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
20%	Transparency of Parliament
83%	Trident replacement - In favour
92%	University education fees - For top up fees
8%	University education fees - Should be free
99%	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
99.2% Robert Jackson Wantage whilst Lab

97.8% Mr Geoff Hoon Ashfield Lab

97.7% Ms Siobhain McDonagh Mitcham and Morden Lab

97.7% Mrs Helen Liddell Airdrie and Shotts Lab

97.5% Mr Andrew Smith Oxford East Lab