Voting Record — Ms Candy Atherton MP, Falmouth and Camborne (10017)

Ms Candy Atherton

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 6 votes out of 830, 0.7% 830 votes out of 1246, 66.6% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 1 vote out of 742, 0.1% 742 votes out of 1273, 58.3% 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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HouseDateSubjectMs Candy AthertonLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Commons26 Jan 2005Car Mileage Allowance minorityno Rebel
28 May 2004Became Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMs Candy AthertonLab VoteRôle
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityno Rebel

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
50% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Assisted Dying
80% Asylum System - More strict
100% 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
90% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
80% Fully Elected House of Lords
25% Gambling - Against permissiveness
66% Homosexuality - Equal rights
50% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
1% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% 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
100% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
54% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
79% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
24% Schools - Greater Autonomy
42% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
46% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
8% University education fees - Should be free
98% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% 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
97.9%Mr Paul DaisleyBrent EastLab
94.9% Gordon BrownDunfermline EastLab
94.9% Tony BlairSedgefieldLab
94.3% Hilary BennLeeds CentralLab
94.2% Charles ClarkeNorwich SouthLab

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