Voting Record — Alasdair McDonnell MP, Belfast South (11402)

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 still in office SDLP 3 votes out of 220, 1.4% 220 votes out of 782, 28.1% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 SDLP 0 votes out of 269, 0.0% 269 votes out of 1288, 20.9% 1 time

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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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HouseDateSubjectAlasdair McDonnellSDLP VoteRôle
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm) minorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (No change) minorityno Rebel
Commons19 Oct 2011Deferred Division — Adjournment of the house (november 2011, christmas and february 2012) Majorityunknown Unknown
Commons13 Jul 2011Fixed Term Parliament Bill- Consideration of Lords Amendments- Clause 1 — Polling days for parliamentary general elections minorityaye Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
HouseDateSubjectAlasdair McDonnellSDLP VoteRôle
Commons14 Jul 2009Bill Presented — New Clause 3 — Amendment of the immigration rules relating to Gurkhas minorityunknown Unknown
Commons22 Oct 2008Political Parties and Elections Bill — To carry-over to next session Majorityunknown Unknown
Commons27 Apr 2006Northern Ireland Bill — Schedule 1 — The Assembly tellayeaye Teller
1 Nov 2005Became a member of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

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
97% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
89% Business and community control of schools: For
33% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50% Control Orders
50% Crossrail - In favour
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
22% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
61% European Union - For
50% Fully Elected House of Lords
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
50% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
42% Homosexuality - Equal rights
32% Identity cards - For introduction
43% Increase VAT
81% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
31% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
69% No detention without charge or trial
67% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50% Nuclear power - For
50% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
50% Post office - in favour of Government policy
50% Post office closures - against
50% Privatise Royal Mail
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
96% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
58% Right to strike
55% Schools - Greater Autonomy
81% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
100% Termination of pregnancy - against
34% Terrorism laws - For
50% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50% Transparency of Parliament
33% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0% University Tuition Fees - For
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
50% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

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