Voting Record — Mr Chris Pond MP, Gravesham (10482)

Mr Chris Pond

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 4 votes out of 938, 0.4% 938 votes out of 1246, 75.3% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 2 votes out of 1010, 0.2% 1010 votes out of 1273, 79.3% 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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HouseDateSubjectMr Chris PondLab VoteRôle
11 May 2005Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions
8 Dec 2004Stopped being Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004Became Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
13 Jun 2003Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1) Majorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution) minorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMr Chris PondLab VoteRôle
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2000City 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
50% Assisted Dying
100% 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
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
12% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
0% Fully Elected House of Lords
25% Gambling - Against permissiveness
92% Homosexuality - Equal rights
83% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
0% No detention without charge or trial
100% Nuclear power - For
28% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
95% Post office - in favour of Government policy
5% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
80% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
35% Schools - Greater Autonomy
42% Smoking ban - In favour
86% Stop climate change
100% 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
97.6%Mr Brian WilsonCunninghame NorthLab
96.4% Bill RammellHarlowLab
95.6% Angela SmithBasildonLab
95.6% Rosie WintertonDoncaster CentralLab
95.5% Howard StoateDartfordLab

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