Voting Record — Gordon Banks MP, Ochil and South Perthshire (12005)

Gordon Banks

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 30 Mar 2015 Lab 2 votes out of 797, 0.3% 797 votes out of 1239, 64.3% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 5 votes out of 1025, 0.5% 1025 votes out of 1288, 79.6% 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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HouseDateSubjectGordon BanksLab VoteRôle
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Shadow Minister (Scotland),
Commons3 Feb 2015Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 minorityaye Rebel
Commons27 Oct 2014Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP minorityno Rebel
18 Mar 2013Became Shadow Minister (Scotland),
23 May 2011Stopped being Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
8 Oct 2010Became Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
6 May 2010Stopped being Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
HouseDateSubjectGordon BanksLab VoteRôle
Commons21 Oct 2009Equitable Life — Government Should Accept Recommendations on Compensation — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret minorityaye Rebel
16 Jan 2009Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon James Purnell, Secretary of State), Department for Work and Pensions
29 Jan 2008Became PPS (Rt Hon James Purnell, Secretary of State), Department for Work and Pensions
29 Jan 2008Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon James Purnell, Secretary of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
16 Jul 2007Became PPS (Rt Hon James Purnell, Secretary of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
16 Jul 2007Stopped being PPS (James Purnell, Secretary of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
28 Jun 2007Stopped being PPS (James Purnell, Minister of State), Department for Work and Pensions
28 Jun 2007Became PPS (James Purnell, Secretary of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
16 Oct 2006Stopped being Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
17 Jul 2006Stopped being Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
8 May 2006Became PPS (James Purnell, Minister of State), Department for Work and Pensions
12 Jul 2005Became Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
12 Jul 2005Became Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
12 Jul 2005Became Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

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
6% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
16% Academy Schools - for
92% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67% Apprenticeships
100% Asylum System - More strict
81% Bankers' Bonus Tax
75% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16% Closed Material Proceedure
20% Coalition Programme for Government - For
100% Control Orders
100% Crossrail - In favour
38% Cull Badgers
77% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0% Employee Shareholder Status
0% Encourage and incentivise saving
0% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
94% Energy Prices - More Affordable
0% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
78% European Union Integration - For
8% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
29% Fixed Term Parliaments
93% Fully Elected House of Lords
54% Further devolution to Scotland
50% Further devolution to Wales
59% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% GP Commissioning in the NHS
93% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
35% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
21% Higher taxes on banks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
92% Homosexuality - Equal rights
70% HS2 - In Favour
74% Human Rights and Equality
100% Identity cards - For introduction
70% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100% Incentivise membership of press regulator
22% Increase Air Passenger Duty
6% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
19% Increase VAT
0% Inheritance Tax
5% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
89% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
98% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0% Localise Council Tax Support
43% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88% Mansion Tax
83% Mass Retention of Communications Data
7% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
88% Minimum Wage
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
56% More powers for local councils
31% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100% Nuclear power - For
64% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83% Pension auto-enrolment - For
0% Police and Crime Commissioners
100% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Post office closures - against
75% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0% Privatise Royal Mail
31% Promote Occupational Pensions
56% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100% Public Ownership of Railways
100% Rail Fares - Lower
83% Reduce capital gains tax
13% Reduce central funding for local government
9% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
12% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
7% Reducing the number of MPs - for
0% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
31% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
29% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29% Register of Lobbyists
83% Regulate letting agent fees
50% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
83% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
16% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42% Right to strike
23% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100% Same Sex Marriage - for
21% Schools - Greater Autonomy
0% Sell England's Public Forests
82% Smoking ban - In favour
100% State control of bus services
57% Stop climate change
78% Support current and former armed service members
35% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
2% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92% Trade Unions - Restrict
54% Transparency of Parliament
50% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0% University Tuition Fees - For
79% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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