Voting Record — Douglas Carswell MP, Clacton (11621)

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Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
Clacton	6 May 2010	still in office	Con	37 votes out of 558, 6.6%	558 votes out of 782, 71.4%	2 times
Harwich	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	21 votes out of 820, 2.6%	820 votes out of 1288, 63.7%	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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House	Date	Subject	Douglas Carswell	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Programme)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Dec 2012	Charities Act 2011 (Amendment)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	6 Nov 2012	Free School Meals (Children Over the Age of 16) — Banking Union and Economic and Monetary Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2012	European Union Free Movement Directive 2004 (Disapplication) — Multiannual Financial Framework	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Oct 2012	Deferred Divisions — Sulphur contents for marine fuels	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (No change)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Apr 2012	Business of the House — Schedule 1 — High income child benefit charge	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Apr 2012	Diabetes Prevention (Soft Drinks) — New Clause 7 — VAT: Protected Buildings	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Apr 2012	Diabetes Prevention (Soft Drinks) — New Clause 6 — VAT on caravans	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Communities and Local Government — Backbench Business Committee	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Communities and Local Government — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Communities and Local Government — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Dec 2011	Backbench Business — Ministerial Statements	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2011	Backbench Business — [34th Allotted Day] — National Referendum on the European Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Oct 2011	Delegated Legislation — Financial Assistance to Ireland and Portugal	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2011	Business of the House (18 July) — International Monetary Fund	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2011	Bail (Amendment) — New Clause 5 — Transfer of personal allowances between spouses	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2011	Royal Assent — Eurozone Financial Assistance	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Apr 2011	Deferred Division — Short Selling and Certain Aspects of Credit Default Swaps	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Mar 2011	Deferred Division — Section 6 of the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Feb 2011	Deferred Divisions — Taxation of the financial sector	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Feb 2011	Deferred Divisions — Financial Stabilisation Mechanism	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Feb 2011	European Union Bill — New Clause 11 — Provision for further referendum	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2011	European Union Document — Clause 9 — Approval required in connection with Title V of Part 3 of TFEU	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 5 — Statement to be laid before Parliament	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Dec 2010	Deferred Division — Animals	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Dec 2010	Loans to Ireland Bill (Allocation of Time) — Clause 1 — United Kingdom loans to Ireland	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Dec 2010	Loans to Ireland Bill (Allocation of Time)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2010	European Union Economic Governance	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — New Clause 7 — Reduction of maximum number of Ministers —rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Draft EU Budget 2011	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Part 3 — Question for referendum on the system for electing MPs	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	13 Sep 2010	Fixed-term Parliaments Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Sep 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Programme motion	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 2010	European Union External Action Service	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Public Accounts Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Children, Schools and Families Committee
House	Date	Subject	Douglas Carswell	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
10 Feb 2009	Became a member of the Public Accounts Committee
Commons	29 Oct 2008	Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day — Second Part] — Manchester City Council Bill [ Lords] (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
14 Oct 2008	Stopped being a member of the Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 May 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Blasphemy	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Nov 2007	Orders of the Day — The Economy and Pensions	minority	no	Rebel
7 Nov 2007	Stopped being a member of the Education & Skills Committee
7 Nov 2007	Became a member of the Children, Schools and Families Committee
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Remove Hereditary Places	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — Schedule 8 — Minor and consequential amendments	minority	aye	Rebel
18 Jan 2006	Became a member of the Education & Skills Committee
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
46%	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
81%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
8%	European Union - For
86%	Fully Elected House of Lords
100%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
3%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
79%	Increase VAT
97%	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
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
55%	Promote Occupational Pensions
71%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
93%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Right to strike
72%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Smoking ban - In favour
58%	Stop climate change
94%	Termination of pregnancy - against
35%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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Voting Record — Douglas Carswell MP, Clacton (11621)

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