Voting Record — Mr Andrew Bennett MP, Denton and Reddish (10038)

Mr Andrew Bennett

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 69 votes out of 821, 8.4% 821 votes out of 1246, 65.9% 2 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 20 votes out of 935, 2.1% 935 votes out of 1273, 73.4% 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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HouseDateSubjectMr Andrew BennettLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Chairman, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee
Commons10 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendment — Privy Council Review minorityaye Rebel
Commons10 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendments — Application to a Court minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Rejection of New Lords' Clause — Duration of Control Orders minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Rejection of Lords' Amendment to Clause 3 — Balance of Probability minorityaye Rebel
Commons28 Feb 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Clauses 1 to 13 minorityaye Rebel
Commons28 Feb 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders minorityno Rebel
Commons28 Feb 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Programme — Alteration minorityaye Rebel
Commons10 Feb 2005Identity Cards Bill — Clause 31 — Tampering with the Register etc. minorityaye Rebel
Commons10 Feb 2005Identity Cards Bill (Programme) (No. 2) minorityaye Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons20 Dec 2004Identity Cards Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons20 Dec 2004Identity Cards Bill — Second Reading tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons26 Oct 2004Programming of Bills minorityaye Rebel
Commons26 Oct 2004Programming of Bills minorityno Rebel
28 May 2004Became Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
28 May 2004Became Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004Became Chairman, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Liaison Committee
Commons1 Mar 2004Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Asylum appeals should be referred to a higher court — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons1 Mar 2004Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to failed asylum seekers and their families — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons27 Jan 2004Higher Education Bill — Second Reading — Increase in University Tuition Fees minorityaye Rebel
Commons17 Dec 2003Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Decline to give a Second Reading — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons19 Nov 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS Foundation Trusts minorityaye Rebel
Commons19 Nov 2003Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be Conducted without Jury minorityaye Rebel
Commons19 Nov 2003Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be Conducted without Jury minorityaye Rebel
Commons19 Nov 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS foundation trusts minorityaye Rebel
Commons18 Nov 2003Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 42 — Applications by Prosecution for Certain Complex or Lengthy Trials to be Conducted without Jury minorityaye Rebel
Commons18 Nov 2003Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be conducted without Jury minorityaye Rebel
Commons10 Nov 2003Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies minorityno Rebel
Commons10 Nov 2003Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies minorityno Rebel
Commons8 Jul 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — NHS Foundation Trusts minorityno Rebel
Commons10 Jun 2003Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) — Schedule 1 — Amendment of the 1980 Act: Levying, Revision and Application of Tolls minorityno Rebel
Commons7 May 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 May 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Declaration of War minorityaye Rebel
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Feb 2003Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons22 Jan 2003Defence in the World tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons5 Nov 2002Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Clause 82 — Appeal from within United Kingdom: Unfounded Human Rights or Asylum Claim minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Nov 2002Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers can be placed in accommodation centres even if there is no local school pace for dependent children minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Parliamentary Questions minorityno Rebel
Commons13 Jun 2002Enterprise Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — Clause 21 — Duty to make references in relation to completed mergers minorityno Rebel
Commons12 Jun 2002Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Liaison Committee: Power to Take Evidence minorityno Rebel
Commons6 Feb 2002Education Bill — Abolish selection by aptitude in state schools — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons6 Feb 2002Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship (No. 2) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons6 Feb 2002Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Jan 2002Identity Card Majorityaye Rebel
Commons12 Dec 2001Deferred Divisions — European Arrest Warrant and the Surrender Procedures Between Member States minorityaye Rebel
Commons12 Dec 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Government Amendments minorityaye Rebel
Commons12 Dec 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Lords' Amendment No. 6 minorityaye Rebel
Commons26 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons26 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Amendment to Clause 17 — Disclosure Powers minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Clauses 79 to 87 — Fissile Nuclear Material, Aviation Security minorityaye Rebel
Commons26 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Clause 38 — Religious Hatred minorityaye Rebel
Commons21 Nov 2001Public emergency threatening the life of the nation — approved minorityaye Rebel
Commons21 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Amendment to Clause 109 — Implementation of the third pillar minorityno Rebel
Commons21 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Special Immigration Appeals Commission minorityaye Rebel
Commons21 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Indefinite detention of suspected terrorists minorityaye Rebel
Commons21 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Terrorist certification by Home Secretary minorityaye Rebel
Commons21 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — New Clause 6 — Sunset Clause minorityno Rebel
Commons21 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Programme — Timetable of Debate minorityaye Rebel
Commons19 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Programme — Committee of the Whole House minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions Majorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs Majorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Business of the House minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMr Andrew BennettLab VoteRôle
Commons19 Dec 2000Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations minorityaye Rebel
Commons20 Nov 2000Sittings in Westminster Hall minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons25 Jul 2000Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 May 2000Transport Bill - Parliamentary approval of transfer scheme minorityno Rebel
Commons9 May 2000Transport Bill - Transfer to be to not for profit company minorityno Rebel
Commons9 May 2000Transport Bill - Transfer to be to company owned by Crown minorityno Rebel
Commons11 Apr 2000Organ Transplants (Presumed Consent) minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2000Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Nov 1999Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 May 1999Modernisation of the House of Commons minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 1999Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Feb 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order) minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Feb 1999House of Lords Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons8 Jul 1998Competition Bill [Lords] - Abuse of dominant position tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons17 Feb 1998Iraq minorityaye Rebel
Commons10 Dec 1997Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In minorityno 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.

AgreementPolicy
50% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100% Assisted Dying
50% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
100% Business and community control of schools: For
40% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
12% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
40% Fully Elected House of Lords
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
77% Homosexuality - Equal rights
21% Identity cards - For introduction
2% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
1% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
34% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
79% No detention without charge or trial
97% Nuclear power - For
28% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
97% Post office - in favour of Government policy
3% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
66% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
6% Schools - Greater Autonomy
42% Smoking ban - In favour
86% Stop climate change
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
29% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
65% University education fees - Should be free
56% University Tuition Fees - For
1% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0% 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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
91.8%Dr Jim MarshallLeicester SouthLab
90.9% Michael ClaphamBarnsley West and PenistoneLab
90.8% Gwyneth DunwoodyCrewe and NantwichLab
90.7%Mr Harold BestLeeds North WestLab
90.6%Mr Brian SedgemoreHackney South and ShoreditchLab

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