Ann Widdecombe compared to 'Vote 'aye' on every division in October 2007'

Ann Widdecombe MP, Maidstone and The Weald

voted ambiguously on the policy

Vote 'aye' on every division in October 2007

by scoring 46.4% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Ann Widdecombe	Policy vote
Commons	8 Oct 2007	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (Programme)	minority	Majority
Commons	8 Oct 2007	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (Carry-Over)	minority	Majority
Commons	10 Oct 2007	Opposition Day — [19th Allotted day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families	minority	minority
Commons	10 Oct 2007	Opposition Day — [19th Allotted day] — Home Information Packs and Stamp Duty	minority	minority
Commons	10 Oct 2007	Opposition Day — [19th Allotted day] — Home Information Packs and Stamp Duty	minority	Majority
Commons	15 Oct 2007	Orders of the Day — Schedule 1 — The Legal Services Board	minority	minority
Commons	15 Oct 2007	Orders of the Day — Schedule 1 — The Legal Services Board	minority	Majority
Commons	17 Oct 2007	Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day — First Part] — Foot and Mouth/Bluetongue	minority	minority
Commons	19 Oct 2007	Prayers	absent	minority
Commons	22 Oct 2007	Orders of the Day — New Clause 1 — Compliance with orders: authorised monitors	minority	Majority
Commons	22 Oct 2007	Orders of the Day — New Clause 5 — Sharing of communications data	absent	minority
Commons	22 Oct 2007	Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — Serious crime prevention orders	absent	minority
Commons	24 Oct 2007	Legal Services Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 3) — Clause 15 — Carrying on of a reserved legal activity: employers and employees etc	minority	Majority
Commons	24 Oct 2007	Legal Services Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 3) — Clause 49 — The Board's policy statements	absent	Majority
Commons	24 Oct 2007	Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill (Programme) (No. 3) — Clause 60 — Election dates	minority	minority
Commons	24 Oct 2007	Delegated Legislation — Transport	minority	Majority
Commons	25 Oct 2007	Modernisation of the House of Commons — Handheld email devices	tellaye	minority
Commons	29 Oct 2007	Orders of the Day — Children	absent	minority

How the number is calculated

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

Questions about this formula can be discussed on the forum.

	No of votes	Points	Out of
Most important votes (50 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	0	0	0
MP absent	0	0	0
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	6	60	60
MP voted against policy	7	0	70
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	5	5	10
Total:		65	140
*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

agreement score =

MP's points

total points

140

= 46.4 %.

How the number is calculated

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