Barry Gardiner compared to 'Me'

voted ambiguously on the policy

by scoring 51.8% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Barry Gardiner	Policy vote
Commons	28 Nov 1997	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In	absent	minority (strong)
Commons	24 Mar 1998	School Standards and Framework Bill — Abolition of corporal punishment in schools	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill — Reduction of Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts to 16	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Nov 1999	Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum — rejected	Majority	minority
Commons	11 Apr 2000	Local Government Bill [Lords]	Majority	minority (strong)
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Hunting Bill	Majority	Majority (strong)
House	Date	Subject	Barry Gardiner	Policy vote
Commons	4 Nov 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	Majority	minority (strong)
Commons	4 Jun 2003	Iraq — Weapons of Mass Destruction Inquiry	Majority	minority (strong)
Commons	9 Mar 2004	Young People and Democracy	absent	minority (strong)
Commons	12 Oct 2004	Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]	absent	Majority (strong)
House	Date	Subject	Barry Gardiner	Policy vote
Commons	16 Jul 2007	Opposition Day — [17th allotted day] — Fair Taxation of the Wealthy	absent	minority
Commons	24 Jul 2007	Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day] — Penal System	Majority	minority
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Cannabis — reclassification from class C back to class B	Majority	minority
Commons	28 Jan 2009	Heathrow Third Runway — rethink the plans — rejected	Majority	minority (strong)
Commons	19 May 2009	Commission for the Compact — New Clause 25 — Paying for sexual services of a prostitute known to be trafficked or coerced: England and Wales	Majority	minority
Commons	2 Dec 2009	Equality Bill — New Clause 3 — Mandatory pay audits	Majority	minority
House	Date	Subject	Barry Gardiner	Policy vote
Commons	8 Jun 2010	Queen's Speech — Inclusion of Nuclear Deterrent in Strategic Defence Review	absent	minority (strong)
Commons	28 Jun 2010	Emergency Budget — Value Added Tax	minority	minority
Commons	6 Jul 2010	Finance Bill — Second Reading	minority	minority
Commons	7 Jul 2010	Opposition Day — Concern about Coalition's Emergency Budget	minority	minority (strong)
Commons	19 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Decline Second Reading	minority	minority
Commons	26 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Third Reading	minority	minority (strong)

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	5	250	250
MP voted against policy	4	0	200
MP absent	6	150	300
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	3	30	30
MP voted against policy	5	0	50
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	1	1	2
Total:		431	832
*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

431

832

= 51.8 %.

How the number is calculated

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