Barry Gardiner compared to 'Recognise Couples in the Tax and Benefits System'

voted strongly against the policy

Recognise Couples in the Tax and Benefits System

by scoring 13.5% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Barry Gardiner	Policy vote
Commons	28 Jun 2011	Finance Bill — New Clause 5 — Transfer of personal allowances between spouses	Majority	minority (strong)
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Period of Entitlement to Contributory Employment and Support Allowance	minority	Majority
Commons	16 Apr 2012	Finance Bill — Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	16 Apr 2012	Finance Bill (carry over)	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	19 Apr 2012	Finance Bill 2012 — Schedule 1 — Income Threshold for Recovery of Child Benefit	minority	minority (strong)
Commons	2 Jul 2012	Finance Bill — Clause 8 — Recovery of Child Benefit from Those With Income Over Fifty Thousand Pounds Per Year	minority	Majority
Commons	3 Jul 2012	Finance Bill 2012 — Third Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Apr 2014	Finance Bill — Decline Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	9 Apr 2014	Finance Bill — Clause 11 — Transferable Tax Allowance for Married Couples and Civil Partners	minority	Majority (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	1	50	50
MP voted against policy	6	0	300
MP absent	0	0	0
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	2	0	20
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	0	0	0
Total:		50	370
*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

370

= 13.5 %.

How the number is calculated

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