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Voting Record — Hywel Francis MP, Aberavon (10900)

Hywel Francis is currently a member of the Liaison Committee and Chairman, Welsh Affairs Committee

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

From To Party Rebellions (explain...) Attendance (explain...) Teller

5 May 2005 still in office Lab 4 votes out of 950, 0.4% 950 votes out of 1228, 77.4% 0 times

7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 9 votes out of 922, 1.0% 922 votes out of 1246, 74.0% 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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House	Date	Subject	Hywel Francis	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2006	Government of Wales Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 94 — Legislative competence: supplementary	minority	no	Rebel
1 Nov 2005	Became Chairman, Welsh Affairs Committee
1 Nov 2005	Became a member of the Liaison Committee
20 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Welsh Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Mr Hywel Francis	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Welsh Affairs Committee
Commons	26 Oct 2004	Removal of References to Strangers	minority	aye	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Welsh Affairs Committee
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution)	minority	aye	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.

Agreement	Policy
6%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
87%	Ban fox hunting
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100%	Control Orders
100%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
87%	Fox hunting - Ban
48%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
97%	House of Lords Reform
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
30%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
2%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
1%	No detention without charge or trial
63%	Nuclear power - For
99%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
1%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
54%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
99%	Smoking ban - In favour
21%	Stop climate change
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
97%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
92%	University education fees - For top up fees
8%	University education fees - Should be free
99%	University tuition fees
42%	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 2005-present, 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.

Agreement Name Constituency Party
97.4% Tony Blair Sedgefield Lab

97.3% Gordon Brown Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Lab

97.2% Robin Cook Livingston Lab

94.4% Bill Rammell Harlow Lab

94.4% Peter Hain Neath Lab