Voting Record — Geoff Hoon MP, Ashfield (10286)

Geoff Hoon

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 4 votes out of 945, 0.4% 945 votes out of 1288, 73.4% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 1 vote out of 563, 0.2% 563 votes out of 1246, 45.2% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 0 votes out of 784, 0.0% 784 votes out of 1273, 61.6% 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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HouseDateSubjectGeoff HoonLab VoteRôle
10 Jun 2009Stopped being Secretary of State, Department for Transport
6 Oct 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, HM Treasury
6 Oct 2008Became Secretary of State, Department for Transport
28 Jun 2007Became Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, HM Treasury
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Minister of State (Europe), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
16 May 2006Stopped being Chairman, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee
8 May 2006Became Minister of State (Europe), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
8 May 2006Stopped being Lord Privy Seal,
1 Nov 2005Became Chairman, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee
1 Nov 2005Stopped being Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee
Commons21 Oct 2005Armed Forces (Parliamentary Approval for Participation in Armed Conflict) Bill minorityaye Rebel
14 Jul 2005Became Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee
11 May 2005Stopped being Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
11 May 2005Became Lord Privy Seal,
HouseDateSubjectGeoff HoonLab VoteRôle
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectGeoff HoonLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
11 Oct 1999Became Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
11 Oct 1999Stopped being Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
17 May 1999Stopped being Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department
17 May 1999Became Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
28 Jul 1998Became Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department
28 Jul 1998Stopped being Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department
5 May 1997Became Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department

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
31% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
82% Asylum System - More strict
70% Ban fox hunting
81% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
82% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
72% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
99% European Union Integration - For
70% Fox hunting - Ban
61% Fully Elected House of Lords
0% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
58% Homosexuality - Equal rights
67% Human Rights and Equality
96% Identity cards - For introduction
0% Increase VAT
97% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
18% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
82% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Mass Retention of Communications Data
100% Minimum Wage
85% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
7% No detention without charge or trial
100% Nuclear power - For
36% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50% Pension auto-enrolment - For
94% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Privatise Royal Mail
58% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
98% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
85% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
28% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
56% Schools - Greater Autonomy
75% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
0% Support current and former armed service members
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100% Trade Unions - Restrict
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
8% University education fees - Should be free
99% University Tuition Fees - For
90% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
42% 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
100.0% Tony BlairSedgefieldLab
100.0% David BlunkettSheffield, BrightsideLab
99.8% Terry RooneyBradford NorthLab
99.8% Angela SmithBasildonLab
99.8% Peter HainNeathLab

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