Voting Record — Mrs Helen Jackson MP, Sheffield, Hillsborough (10309)

Mrs Helen Jackson

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 5 votes out of 969, 0.5% 969 votes out of 1246, 77.8% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 4 votes out of 1044, 0.4% 1044 votes out of 1273, 82.0% 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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HouseDateSubjectMrs Helen JacksonLab VoteRôle
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Feb 2003Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jun 2002Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Allow earlier rights of appeal — rejected bothno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMrs Helen JacksonLab VoteRôle
Commons22 Mar 2001Election of a Speaker — Election of Speaker by secret ballot Majorityaye Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons1 Nov 1999Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum — rejected 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
26% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
100% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
100% Business and community control of schools: For
86% Control Orders
100% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Fox hunting - Ban
98% Fully Elected House of Lords
0% Gambling - Against permissiveness
86% Homosexuality - Equal rights
100% Identity cards - For introduction
30% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
89% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
2% No detention without charge or trial
92% Nuclear power - For
23% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
95% Post office - in favour of Government policy
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
99% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
80% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
35% Schools - Greater Autonomy
96% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
7% University education fees - Should be free
100% University Tuition Fees - For
21% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
50% 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
96.5%Mr Chris SmithIslington South and FinsburyLab
96.4% Tessa JowellDulwich and West NorwoodLab
96.2%Mr Tony WorthingtonClydebank and MilngavieLab
96.2% Nick RaynsfordGreenwich and WoolwichLab
96.1% Shaun WoodwardSt Helens SouthLab

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