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Voting Record — Alistair Darling MP, Edinburgh South West (10153)

Alistair Darling is currently Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).
ConstituencyFromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
Edinburgh South West 5 May 2005 still in office Lab 4 votes out of 523, 0.8% 523 votes out of 1228, 42.6% 0 times
Edinburgh Central 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 2 votes out of 639, 0.3% 639 votes out of 1246, 51.3% 0 times
Edinburgh Central 1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 1 vote out of 734, 0.1% 734 votes out of 1273, 57.7% 0 times
Edinburgh Central 9 Apr 1992 8 Apr 1997 unknown votes out of votes out of times
Edinburgh Central 11 Jun 1987 16 Mar 1992 unknown votes out of votes out of 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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HouseDateSubjectAlistair DarlingLab VoteRôle
28 Jun 2007Became Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry
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
8 May 2006Stopped being Secretary of State, Scotland Office
8 May 2006Became Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry
8 May 2006Stopped being Secretary of State, Department for Transport
Commons14 Mar 2006Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs Majorityaye Rebel
17 Jun 2005Became Secretary of State, Scotland Office
HouseDateSubjectMr Alistair DarlingLab VoteRôle
Commons18 Nov 2004Hunting Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
29 May 2002Stopped being Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions
29 May 2002Became Secretary of State, Department for Transport
8 Jun 2001Stopped being Secretary of State, Department of Social Security
8 Jun 2001Became Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions
HouseDateSubjectMr Alistair DarlingLab VoteRôle
Commons7 Nov 2000Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions Majorityaye Rebel
27 Jul 1998Stopped being Chief Secretary, HM Treasury
27 Jul 1998Became Secretary of State, Department of Social Security
3 May 1997Became Chief Secretary, HM Treasury
HouseDateSubjectMr Alistair Darlingunknown VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
HouseDateSubjectMr Alistair Darlingunknown VoteRôle
no rebellions, never 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.

AgreementPolicy
7% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Ban fox hunting
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
95% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
50% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
17% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
91% Homosexuality - Equal rights
73% House of Lords Reform
96% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
5% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
99% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
3% No detention without charge or trial
50% Nuclear power - For
62% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
96% Post office - in favour of Government policy
4% Post office closures - against
21% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50% Schools - Greater Autonomy
72% Smoking ban - In favour
38% Stop climate change
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
95% Terrorism laws - For
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
92% University education fees - For top up fees
8% University education fees - Should be free
99% University tuition fees
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
42% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-present, 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
99.5% Gordon BrownKirkcaldy & CowdenbeathLab
95.6% Douglas AlexanderPaisley & Renfrewshire SouthLab
94.1% Ann McKechinGlasgow NorthLab
93.9% Robin CookLivingstonLab
93.5% David MarshallGlasgow EastLab