Voting Record — David Gauke MP, South West Hertfordshire (11633)

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 still in office Con 5 votes out of 677, 0.7% 677 votes out of 782, 86.6% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Con 10 votes out of 924, 1.1% 924 votes out of 1288, 71.7% 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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HouseDateSubjectDavid GaukeCon VoteRôle
Commons21 May 2013Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas Majorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2013Work and Pensions — New Clause 8 — Domestic protection for persons Majorityaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2013Work and Pensions — New Clause 6 — Beliefs about marriage Majorityaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2013Work and Pensions — New Clause 3 — Conscientious objection: transitional arrangments Majorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Feb 2013Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill Majorityno Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being Shadow Minister, Treasury
HouseDateSubjectDavid GaukeCon VoteRôle
8 Dec 2009Stopped being a member of the Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
10 Nov 2009Became a member of the Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
20 Aug 2008Stopped being a member of the Procedure Committee
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses Majorityaye Rebel
Commons6 May 2008Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Blasphemy Majorityno Rebel
18 Jul 2007Stopped being a member of the Treasury Committee
27 Mar 2007Became Shadow Minister, Treasury
Commons14 Mar 2006Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails minorityaye Rebel
14 Feb 2006Became a member of the Treasury Committee
14 Jul 2005Became a member of the Procedure Committee
Commons13 Jul 2005Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees minorityaye Rebel
Commons13 Jul 2005Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees minorityaye 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
47% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
99% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50% Control Orders
92% Crossrail - In favour
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
17% European Union - For
50% Fully Elected House of Lords
100% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
53% Homosexuality - Equal rights
0% Identity cards - For introduction
94% Increase VAT
100% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
38% No detention without charge or trial
0% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50% Nuclear power - For
1% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
0% Post office - in favour of Government policy
100% Post office closures - against
83% Privatise Royal Mail
55% Promote Occupational Pensions
0% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
86% Schools - Greater Autonomy
21% Smoking ban - In favour
82% Stop climate change
50% Termination of pregnancy - against
34% Terrorism laws - For
100% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
54% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
100% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100% University Tuition Fees - For
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
100% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

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