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Voting Record — Bernard Jenkin MP, North Essex (10312)

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

Harwich and North Essex 6 May 2010 still in office Con 1 vote out of 46, 2.2% 46 votes out of 49, 93.9% 0 times

North Essex 5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Con 22 votes out of 827, 2.7% 827 votes out of 1288, 64.2% 0 times

North Essex 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Con 1 vote out of 777, 0.1% 777 votes out of 1246, 62.4% 0 times

North Essex 1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Con 6 votes out of 786, 0.8% 786 votes out of 1273, 61.7% 1 time

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Interesting Votes

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

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House	Date	Subject	Bernard Jenkin	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Defence Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee)
House	Date	Subject	Bernard Jenkin	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Apr 2010	Business of the House	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
7 Oct 2009	Became a member of the Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee)
7 Oct 2009	Stopped being a member of the Committee on Arms Export Controls
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to continue to be employed by MPs — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — outer-London MPs can no longer claim second home	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Mar 2009	Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill — Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	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
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
18 Apr 2008	Became a member of the Committee on Arms Export Controls
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
29 Nov 2006	Became a member of the Defence Committee
8 Nov 2006	Stopped being Deputy Chairman (Candidates), Conservative Party
Commons	17 May 2006	Deferred Division — Conventions (Joint Committee)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration	Majority	no	Rebel
16 Dec 2005	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Trade & Industry
16 Dec 2005	Became Deputy Chairman (Candidates), Conservative Party
20 May 2005	Became Shadow Minister, Trade & Industry
20 May 2005	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for the Regions, Local and Devolved Government Affairs
House	Date	Subject	Hon. Bernard Jenkin	Con Vote	Rôle
10 May 2004	Became Shadow Secretary of State for the Regions, Local and Devolved Government Affairs
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Hon. Bernard Jenkin	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	1 Mar 2001	House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Bill - Removal of disqualification of clergy	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Fisheries: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2001	both	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2000	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Feb 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Reduction in age at which certain sexual acts are lawful	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill — Reduce age of consent for homosexual acts to 16	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Nov 1997	European Parliamentary Elections Bill	tellno	no	Teller

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
34%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
1%	Ban fox hunting
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
1%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
1%	Fox hunting - Ban
75%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
23%	Fully Elected House of Lords
75%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
50%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
12%	Identity cards - For introduction
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
93%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
86%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	Nuclear power - For
2%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
54%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
95%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
21%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
92%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
30%	Smoking ban - In favour
92%	Stop climate change
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
13%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
42%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
8%	University education fees - For top up fees
92%	University education fees - Should be free
1%	University tuition fees
0%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement Name Constituency Party
100.0% John Howell Henley Con

99.0% David Davis Haltemprice and Howden Con

98.6% David Cameron Witney Con

97.7% Francis Maude Horsham Con

97.5% David Willetts Havant Con