Voting Record — Mr Ernie Ross MP, Dundee West (10513)

Mr Ernie Ross

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 4 votes out of 972, 0.4% 972 votes out of 1246, 78.0% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 2 votes out of 993, 0.2% 993 votes out of 1273, 78.0% 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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HouseDateSubjectMr Ernie RossLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Standing Orders Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Court of Referees Committee
Commons26 Jan 2005Car Mileage Allowance minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Nov 2004Members' Allowances Majorityno Rebel
28 May 2004Became Member, Standing Orders Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Court of Referees Committee
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1) Majorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMr Ernie RossLab VoteRôle
Commons7 Nov 2000Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions Majorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Nov 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityaye 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
50% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Assisted Dying
92% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
100% Business and community control of schools: For
99% Control Orders
100% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
90% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
20% Fully Elected House of Lords
0% Gambling - Against permissiveness
86% Homosexuality - Equal rights
86% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
0% No detention without charge or trial
92% Nuclear power - For
23% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
99% Post office - in favour of Government policy
1% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
99% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
82% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
41% Schools - Greater Autonomy
42% Smoking ban - In favour
95% Stop climate change
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
8% University education fees - Should be free
99% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0% 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 2001-2005, 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
96.6% Shaun WoodwardSt Helens SouthLab
96.2% Rachel SquireDunfermline WestLab
96.1% Christine RussellCity of ChesterLab
96.0% Dari TaylorStockton SouthLab
96.0% Andrew SmithOxford EastLab

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