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Voting Record — Edward Balls MP, Normanton (11740)

Edward Balls is currently Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families

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 Lab 7 votes out of 1003, 0.7% 1003 votes out of 1228, 81.7% 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	Edward Balls	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being Economic Secretary, HM Treasury
28 Jun 2007	Became Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
8 May 2006	Became Economic Secretary, HM Treasury

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
6%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
95%	Control Orders
100%	Crossrail - In favour
23%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
67%	House of Lords Reform
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
8%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
85%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	No detention without charge or trial
100%	Nuclear power - For
100%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
100%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
0%	Post office closures - against
63%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Smoking ban - In favour
33%	Stop climate change
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
40%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	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% Tony Blair Sedgefield Lab

100.0% Gordon Brown Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Lab

99.5% Charles Clarke Norwich South Lab

99.3% Yvette Cooper Pontefract & Castleford Lab

99.3% David Lammy Tottenham Lab