Voting Record — Ben Wallace MSP, North East Scotland (11668)

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

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
Wyre and Preston North	6 May 2010	still in office	Con	3 votes out of 612, 0.5%	612 votes out of 782, 78.3%	0 times
Lancaster and Wyre	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	14 votes out of 815, 1.7%	815 votes out of 1288, 63.3%	0 times
North East Scotland	6 May 1999	31 Mar 2003	Con	16 votes out of 879, 1.8%	879 votes out of 1287, 68.3%	n/a

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Interesting Votes

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

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House	Date	Subject	Ben Wallace	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	20 May 2013	Work and Pensions — New Clause 10 — Part 1 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Work and Pensions — New Clause 16 — Review of civil partnership	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill 2011 — Independent Abortion Advice	minority	no	Rebel
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Scotland
House	Date	Subject	Ben Wallace	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	6 Jan 2010	Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) — Sittings of the House	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	Majority	aye	Rebel
6 Jul 2007	Became Shadow Minister, Scotland
Commons	5 Jun 2007	Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Short Speeches	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Legislative Process (Notice for Amendments in Public Bill Committee)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2006	Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs — Termination of Pregnancy	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Dec 2005	National Insurance Contributions Bill — Clause 1 — Earnings: Power to Make Provision in Consequence of Retrospective Tax Legislation: Great Britain	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Jul 2005	Crossrail Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Ben Wallace	Con Vote	Rôle
Scotland	26 Feb 2003	[S1M-3944.1 (Amendment)] Decision Time	Majority	no	Rebel
Scotland	6 Feb 2003	[S1M-3856] Decision Time	minority	abstention	Rebel
Scotland	23 Jan 2003	Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 — Section 71 — Criteria for consent by Ministers	Majority	aye	Rebel
Scotland	23 Jan 2003	Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 — Section 12 — Byelaws in relation to land over which access rights are exercisable	abstention	no	Rebel
Scotland	23 Jan 2003	Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 — Section 12 — Byelaws in relation to land over which access rights are exercisable	minority	no	Rebel
Scotland	28 Nov 2002	[S1M-3656] Junior Minister	minority	abstention	Rebel
Scotland	27 Nov 2002	[S1M-3643] Business Motion	minority	abstention	Rebel
Scotland	31 Oct 2002	[S1M-3511.2 (Amendment)] Decision Time	minority	aye	Rebel
Scotland	30 Jan 2002	[S1M-2353] Decision Time	minority	abstention	Rebel
Scotland	13 Sep 2001	[S1M-2202] Decision Time	Majority	no	Rebel
Scotland	30 May 2001	Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 — Section 12 — Remedial orders	minority	no	Rebel
Scotland	25 Oct 2000	[S1M-1271.2 (Amendment)] Decision Time	Majority	aye	Rebel
Scotland	12 Jan 2000	[S1M-406.1 (Amendment)] Decision Time	minority	no	Rebel
Scotland	30 Sep 1999	[S1M-172] Decision Time	minority	abstention	Rebel
Scotland	15 Sep 1999	[S1M-147.1 (Amendment)] Decision Time	minority	abstention	Rebel
Scotland	19 May 1999	[S1M-4.3 (Amendment)] Ministers	minority	abstention	Rebel

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
61%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
81%	Control Orders
0%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
17%	European Union - For
7%	Fully Elected House of Lords
77%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
19%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
5%	Identity cards - For introduction
100%	Increase VAT
100%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
38%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
2%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
6%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
94%	Post office closures - against
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
77%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42%	Right to strike
100%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Smoking ban - In favour
81%	Stop climate change
88%	Termination of pregnancy - against
25%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100%	University Tuition Fees - For
0%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MSPs voted most similarly to this one in the 1997-2001, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MSPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MSPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
100.0%	Sir David Steel	Lothians	None
90.9%	Rt Hon Lord James Douglas-Hamilton	Lothians	Con
85.4%	John Young	West of Scotland	Con
43.5%	Dorothy-Grace Elder	Glasgow	whilst Independent
42.2%	Dorothy-Grace Elder	Glasgow	whilst Independent

Voting Record — Ben Wallace MSP, North East Scotland (11668)

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