Voting Record — Edward O'Hara MP, Knowsley South (10462)

Edward O'Hara

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 Lab 7 votes out of 790, 0.9% 790 votes out of 1288, 61.3% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 9 votes out of 718, 1.3% 718 votes out of 1246, 57.6% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 9 votes out of 773, 1.2% 773 votes out of 1273, 60.7% 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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HouseDateSubjectEdward O'HaraLab VoteRôle
11 May 2010Stopped being Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons8 Jan 2008Opposition Day — [5th allotted day] — Network Rail minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons17 Oct 2006Points of Order — Gambling Act 2005 (Amendment) Majorityaye Rebel
1 Nov 2005Became Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
HouseDateSubjectEdward O'HaraLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 2 — Excluded decisions (No. 2) minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 1 — Excluded decisions minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Nov 2004Members' Allowances Majorityno Rebel
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Oct 2004Removal of References to Strangers minorityaye Rebel
28 May 2004Became Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons15 Mar 2004Fire and Rescue Services Bill — New Clause 1 — Fire And Rescue National Framework — Scrutiny bothno Rebel
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions Majorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs Majorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectEdward O'HaraLab VoteRôle
Commons7 Nov 2000Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions Majorityaye Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons11 Apr 2000Organ Transplants (Presumed Consent) minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Dec 1998Modernisation of the House minorityno 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
16% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Assisted Dying
99% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
81% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
90% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
50% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
80% European Union Integration - For
70% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
50% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
47% Fully Elected House of Lords
16% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
72% Homosexuality - Equal rights
67% Human Rights and Equality
96% Identity cards - For introduction
0% Increase VAT
38% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
19% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
93% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Mass Retention of Communications Data
100% Minimum Wage
82% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
5% No detention without charge or trial
63% Nuclear power - For
50% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100% Pension auto-enrolment - For
99% Post office - in favour of Government policy
1% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
58% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
5% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
89% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50% Right to strike
50% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
42% Schools - Greater Autonomy
80% Smoking ban - In favour
74% Stop climate change
0% Support current and former armed service members
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50% Trade Unions - Restrict
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
46% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
27% University education fees - Should be free
84% University Tuition Fees - For
23% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
42% 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
95.5% Gordon BrownKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLab
95.2% Stephen ByersNorth TynesideLab
94.9% David MarshallGlasgow EastLab
94.6% David BlunkettSheffield, BrightsideLab
94.4% Tony BlairSedgefieldLab

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