Voting Record — Mr George Foulkes MP, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (10211)

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

ConstituencyFromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
House of Lords 28 Jun 2005 still in office Lab 2 votes out of 571, 0.4% 571 votes out of 877, 65.1% 1 time
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 7 votes out of 741, 0.9% 741 votes out of 1246, 59.5% 0 times
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 3 votes out of 647, 0.5% 647 votes out of 1273, 50.8% 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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HouseDateSubjectLord Foulkes of CumnockLab VoteRôle
Lords10 Jan 2013Administration and Works Committee — Motion to Agree minorityno Rebel
Lords26 Mar 2012Scotland Bill — Report (1st Day) tellayeaye Teller
Lords14 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Fully Elected — rejected minorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMr George FoulkesLab VoteRôle
21 Sep 2004Stopped being a member of the Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004Became a member of the Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Tuesdays minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityno Rebel
29 May 2002Stopped being Minister of State, Scottish Office
Commons14 May 2002Liaison Committee: Power to Take Evidence minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1) Majorityaye Rebel
11 Jun 2001Became Minister of State, Scottish Office
11 Jun 2001Stopped being Minister for Education and Industry, Scottish Office
HouseDateSubjectMr George FoulkesLab VoteRôle
26 Jan 2001Became Minister for Education and Industry, Scottish Office
26 Jan 2001Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development
Commons7 Nov 2000Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions Majorityaye Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons1 Nov 1999Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum — rejected minorityno Rebel
5 May 1997Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this person and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

AgreementPolicy
33% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
87% Ban fox hunting
64% Business and community control of schools: For
2% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
89% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
84% European Union - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
87% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
0% Fully Elected House of Lords
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
90% Homosexuality - Equal rights
62% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
50% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0% No detention without charge or trial
92% Nuclear power - For
92% Post office - in favour of Government policy
8% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
26% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
84% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Schools - Greater Autonomy
64% Smoking ban - In favour
3% Stop climate change
90% Terrorism laws - For
50% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
7% University education fees - Should be free
99% University Tuition Fees - For
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 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
92.1%Mr John PrescottKingston upon Hull EastLab
91.8%Mr Ian McCartneyMakerfieldLab
91.7%Mr Ian PearsonDudley SouthLab
91.6%Mr Adam IngramEast KilbrideLab
91.5%Mr Paul MurphyTorfaenLab

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