Voting Record — James Clappison MP, Hertsmere (10106)

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
6 May 2010	still in office	Con	28 votes out of 546, 5.1%	546 votes out of 776, 70.4%	1 time
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	21 votes out of 725, 2.9%	725 votes out of 1288, 56.3%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	6 votes out of 767, 0.8%	767 votes out of 1246, 61.6%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	2 votes out of 789, 0.3%	789 votes out of 1273, 62.0%	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	James Clappison	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2013	Canterbury City Council Bill — Clause 2 — Interpretation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Nov 2012	Free School Meals (Children Over the Age of 16) — Banking Union and Economic and Monetary Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2012	European Union Free Movement Directive 2004 (Disapplication) — Multiannual Financial Framework	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Oct 2012	Deferred Divisions — Sulphur contents for marine fuels	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (No change)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — 2nd Reading vote	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2011	Backbench Business — [34th Allotted Day] — National Referendum on the European Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill 2011 — Independent Abortion Advice	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2011	Business of the House (18 July) — International Monetary Fund	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2011	Royal Assent — Eurozone Financial Assistance	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 May 2011	Deferred Division — Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 — Financial and Economic Outlook	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2011	Business of the House — Inter-Parliamentary Scrutiny (EU Foreign, Defence and Security Policy)	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	16 Feb 2011	Deferred Divisons — Clause 1 — Referendum on the alternative vote system	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Referendum on the alternative vote system	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Feb 2011	Deferred Divisions — Financial Stabilisation Mechanism	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Feb 2011	European Union Bill — New Clause 11 — Provision for further referendum	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2011	European Union Document — Clause 9 — Approval required in connection with Title V of Part 3 of TFEU	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jan 2011	Firearms (Amendment) Bill — Clause 6 — Decisions requiring approval by Act and by referendum	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 5 — Statement to be laid before Parliament	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Dec 2010	Loans to Ireland Bill (Allocation of Time) — Clause 1 — United Kingdom loans to Ireland	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Dec 2010	Loans to Ireland Bill (Allocation of Time)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2010	European Union Economic Governance	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Draft EU Budget 2011	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2010	London Local Authorities Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
11 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Work and Pensions
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Home Affairs Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the European Scrutiny Committee
House	Date	Subject	James Clappison	Con Vote	Rôle
8 Sep 2009	Became Shadow Minister, Work and Pensions
8 Sep 2009	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
6 Jul 2007	Became Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading — Closure	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Exempt constituents' letters only — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Continue to disclose MPs' correspondence — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — That the Question now be proposed	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
23 Jan 2007	Became a member of the European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration	Majority	no	Rebel
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Home Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Mr James Clappison	Con Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Home Affairs Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Connecting Parliament with the Public	minority	aye	Rebel
11 Jun 2004	Stopped being a member of the Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Home Affairs Committee
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	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
House	Date	Subject	Mr James Clappison	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill - Defences available to persons who are under age	Majority	no	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
53%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Ban fox hunting
75%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
1%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
17%	European Union - For
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
79%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
89%	Fully Elected House of Lords
91%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
42%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
11%	Identity cards - For introduction
87%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
97%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
35%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
4%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
68%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
54%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
93%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
90%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
10%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42%	Right to strike
93%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
47%	Smoking ban - In favour
81%	Stop climate change
94%	Termination of pregnancy - against
19%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
80%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93%	University education fees - Should be free
39%	University Tuition Fees - For
0%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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Voting Record — James Clappison MP, Hertsmere (10106)

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