Voting Record — Mr Chris Smith MP, Islington South and Finsbury (10547)

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
House of Lords	18 Jul 2005	still in office	Lab	8 votes out of 316, 2.5%	316 votes out of 876, 36.1%	0 times
Islington South and Finsbury	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	11 votes out of 765, 1.4%	765 votes out of 1246, 61.4%	0 times
Islington South and Finsbury	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	2 votes out of 501, 0.4%	501 votes out of 1273, 39.4%	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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House	Date	Subject	Lord Smith of Finsbury	Lab Vote	Rôle
Lords	10 Jan 2013	Administration and Works Committee — Motion to Agree	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	15 Nov 2011	Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill — Report	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	15 Jun 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Report (1st Day) (Continued)	minority	aye	Rebel
Lords	13 Oct 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — No extension of period of detention beyond 28 days	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	14 Mar 2007	House of Lords: Reform (80pc elected, 20pc appointed)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	14 Mar 2007	House of Lords: Reform (60pc elected, 40pc appointed)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	25 Jan 2006	Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 60 Days	Majority	aye	Rebel
Lords	8 Nov 2005	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Chris Smith	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	28 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Declaration of War	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Feb 2002	Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship (No. 2) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Feb 2002	Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2002	Identity Card	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Parliamentary Pensions	Majority	no	Rebel
8 Jun 2001	Stopped being Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media & Sport
House	Date	Subject	Mr Chris Smith	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
3 May 1997	Became Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media & Sport

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
25%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Ban fox hunting
75%	Business and community control of schools: For
42%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
54%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
84%	European Union - For
70%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
14%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
98%	Fully Elected House of Lords
20%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
98%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
61%	Identity cards - For introduction
3%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
19%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
50%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
22%	No detention without charge or trial
100%	Nuclear power - For
92%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
8%	Post office closures - against
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
2%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
62%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
24%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
58%	Smoking ban - In favour
45%	Stop climate change
70%	Terrorism laws - For
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
7%	University education fees - Should be free
100%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
91.5%	Mr George Stevenson	Stoke-on-Trent South	Lab
91.0%	Mr Tony Worthington	Clydebank and Milngavie	Lab
90.7%	Mr Derek Wyatt	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Lab
90.6%	Mr Shaun Woodward	St Helens South	Lab
90.5%	Mr Paul Truswell	Pudsey	Lab

Voting Record — Mr Chris Smith MP, Islington South and Finsbury (10547)

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