Voting Record — Alan Milburn MP, Darlington (10434)

Alan Milburn

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 3 votes out of 678, 0.4% 678 votes out of 1288, 52.6% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 1 vote out of 598, 0.2% 598 votes out of 1246, 48.0% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 0 votes out of 794, 0.0% 794 votes out of 1273, 62.4% 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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HouseDateSubjectAlan MilburnLab VoteRôle
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
11 May 2005Stopped being Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Cabinet Office
HouseDateSubjectAlan MilburnLab VoteRôle
21 Sep 2004Stopped being Chairman, Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee)
9 Sep 2004Became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Cabinet Office
28 May 2004Became Chairman, Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee)
12 Jun 2003Stopped being Secretary of State, Department of Health
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectAlan MilburnLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
11 Oct 1999Stopped being Chief Secretary, HM Treasury
11 Oct 1999Became Secretary of State, Department of Health
24 Dec 1998Became Chief Secretary, HM Treasury
23 Dec 1998Stopped being Minister of State, Department of Health
5 May 1997Became Minister of State, Department of Health

Policy Comparisons

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

AgreementPolicy
5% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
100% Asylum System - More strict
84% Ban fox hunting
81% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
93% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Crossrail - In favour
99% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
91% European Union Integration - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
84% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
79% Fully Elected House of Lords
23% Gambling - Against permissiveness
50% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
87% Homosexuality - Equal rights
50% Human Rights and Equality
84% Identity cards - For introduction
50% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
90% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Mass Retention of Communications Data
100% Minimum Wage
71% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
10% No detention without charge or trial
98% Nuclear power - For
36% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100% Pension auto-enrolment - For
97% Post office - in favour of Government policy
3% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
7% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
83% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
1% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
51% Schools - Greater Autonomy
75% Smoking ban - In favour
56% Stop climate change
50% Support current and former armed service members
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100% Trade Unions - Restrict
46% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
10% University education fees - Should be free
98% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% 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 2005-2010, 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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
98.4% Gordon BrownKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLab
94.8% Margaret BeckettDerby SouthLab
94.4% Tony BlairSedgefieldLab
93.8% Bill RammellHarlowLab
93.6% Shaun WoodwardSt Helens SouthLab

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