Voting Record — Eddie McGrady MP, South Down (10385)

Eddie McGrady

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 SDLP 1 vote out of 236, 0.4% 236 votes out of 1288, 18.3% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 SDLP 0 votes out of 61, 0.0% 61 votes out of 1246, 4.9% 1 time
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 SDLP 0 votes out of 74, 0.0% 74 votes out of 1273, 5.8% 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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HouseDateSubjectEddie McGradySDLP VoteRôle
Commons16 Mar 2010Opposition Day — [6(th) Allotted Day] — Higher Education minorityunknown Unknown
Commons14 Jul 2009Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill — New Clause 3 — Right of Gurkhas to Live in the UK Majorityunknown Unknown
Commons22 Oct 2008Political Parties and Elections Bill — To carry-over to next session minorityunknown Unknown
Commons15 May 2007Armed Conflict — Parliamentary Approval minorityunknown Unknown
Commons1 Nov 2006Deferred Divisions — voluntary reduction ("modulation") of direct farm support payments Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectEddie McGradySDLP VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Commons4 Mar 2002Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill — Schedule 2 — Judicial Appointments Commission tellayeaye Teller
HouseDateSubjectEddie McGradySDLP VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller

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
86% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
50% Asylum System - More strict
50% Ban fox hunting
50% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
49% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Crossrail - In favour
50% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
66% European Union Integration - For
50% Foundation hospitals - In favour
50% Fox hunting - Ban
50% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
50% Fully Elected House of Lords
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
50% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
50% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
47% Homosexuality - Equal rights
50% Human Rights and Equality
48% Identity cards - For introduction
50% Increase VAT
2% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
61% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
51% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Mass Retention of Communications Data
50% Minimum Wage
31% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
70% No detention without charge or trial
50% Nuclear power - For
50% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50% Pension auto-enrolment - For
50% Post office - in favour of Government policy
50% Post office closures - against
50% Privatise Royal Mail
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
93% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
50% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50% Right to strike
50% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
50% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
50% Support current and former armed service members
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
100% Termination of pregnancy - against
50% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50% Trade Unions - Restrict
50% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Transparency of Parliament
0% Trident replacement - In favour
97% University education fees - Should be free
6% University Tuition Fees - For
1% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
58% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, 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
76.2% Mark DurkanFoyleSDLP
65.4% Paul KeetchHerefordLDem
64.9% Francis MaudeHorshamCon
62.6% David WilshireSpelthorneCon
62.0% Nick CleggSheffield, HallamLDem

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