Voting Record — Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean (13206)

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

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this Lord's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this Lord was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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HouseDateSubjectBaroness Symons of Vernham DeanLab VoteRôle
Lords24 Apr 2013Procedure of the House — Motion to Resolve Majorityaye Rebel
Lords8 Nov 2011Procedure of the House (Proposal 9) — Motion to Resolve Majorityaye Rebel
Lords8 Nov 2011Procedure of the House (Proposal 1) — Motion to Resolve Majorityaye Rebel
Lords12 May 2006Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [HL] Majorityno Rebel
11 May 2005Stopped being Minister of State (Middle East), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Lords21 Dec 2004Administration and Works Committee minorityaye Rebel
13 Jun 2003Stopped being Minister of State (Trade), Department of Trade and Industry
11 Jun 2001Stopped being Minister of State (Defence Procurement), Ministry of Defence
11 Jun 2001Became Minister of State (Middle East), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
11 Jun 2001Became Minister of State (Trade), Department of Trade and Industry
28 Jul 1999Became Minister of State (Defence Procurement), Ministry of Defence
28 Jul 1999Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
5 May 1997Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Policy Comparisons

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

AgreementPolicy
48% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
53% Business and community control of schools: For
42% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
95% Control Orders
94% European Union - For
50% Fox hunting - Ban
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
97% Homosexuality - Equal rights
99% Identity cards - For introduction
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50% No detention without charge or trial
0% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
7% Schools - Greater Autonomy
100% Smoking ban - In favour
4% Stop climate change
100% Terrorism laws - For
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which Lords voted most similarly to this one in the Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both Lords attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between Lords that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

AgreementNameParty
100.0%Lord Bradley Lab
100.0%Baroness Campbell of LoughboroughCrossbench
100.0%Baroness Hale of RichmondJudge
100.0%Baroness Jones of WhitchurchLab
100.0%Lord Kerr of KinlochardCrossbench
(12 MPs voted exactly the same as this one)

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