Voting Record — Mr Calum MacDonald MP, Na h-Eileanan an Iar (10382)

Mr Calum MacDonald

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 12 votes out of 860, 1.4% 860 votes out of 1246, 69.0% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 2 votes out of 790, 0.3% 790 votes out of 1273, 62.1% 0 times

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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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HouseDateSubjectMr Calum MacDonaldLab VoteRôle
Commons7 Feb 2005Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — Abolish the offense of Blasphemy — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Feb 2005Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — New Clause 3 — Racial and religious hatred minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Clause 170 — Casino premises licence: overall limits minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 2 — Excluded decisions (No. 2) minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 1 — Excluded decisions minorityno Rebel
Commons18 Nov 2004Hunting Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons9 Nov 2004Categories of civil partners other than same sex couples minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Nov 2002Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 May 2002Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Oct 2001Relationships (Civil Registration) minorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMr Calum MacDonaldLab VoteRôle
Commons19 Dec 2000Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations minorityaye Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
28 Jul 1999Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Local Government and Transport), Scottish Office
11 Nov 1997Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Local Government and Transport), Scottish Office

Policy Comparisons

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

AgreementPolicy
74% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
92% Asylum System - More strict
84% Ban fox hunting
100% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
84% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
20% Fully Elected House of Lords
38% Gambling - Against permissiveness
30% Homosexuality - Equal rights
50% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
97% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
2% No detention without charge or trial
100% Nuclear power - For
23% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
99% Post office - in favour of Government policy
1% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
99% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
66% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
44% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
7% University education fees - Should be free
100% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, 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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
95.2%Mr Brian WilsonCunninghame NorthLab
94.2% Paul MurphyTorfaenLab
94.0% Alan MilburnDarlingtonLab
93.6%Mr Peter MandelsonHartlepoolLab
93.5% Christine RussellCity of ChesterLab

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