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Voting Record — Douglas Carswell MP, Harwich (11621)

Douglas Carswell is currently a member of the Public Accounts Committee and a member of the Children, Schools and Families Committee

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

From To Party Rebellions (explain...) Attendance (explain...) Teller

5 May 2005 still in office Con 20 votes out of 783, 2.6% 783 votes out of 1224, 64.0% 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
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
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
86%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
4%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
87%	House of Lords Reform
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
97%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	Nuclear power - For
1%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
100%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Smoking ban - In favour
79%	Stop climate change
94%	Termination of pregnancy - against
30%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-present, 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
100.0% John Howell Henley Con

98.8% Richard Spring West Suffolk Con

98.5% Francis Maude Horsham Con

98.2% Malcolm Rifkind Kensington & Chelsea Con

98.1% David Maclean Penrith & The Border Con