Voting Record — Jim McGovern MP, Dundee West (11974)

Jim McGovern

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 13 votes out of 814, 1.6% 814 votes out of 1239, 65.7% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 25 votes out of 985, 2.5% 985 votes out of 1288, 76.5% 1 time

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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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HouseDateSubjectJim McGovernLab VoteRôle
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
Commons3 Feb 2015Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Mar 2014Make Same Sex Marriage Available to Armed Forces Personnel Outside the United Kingdom minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Mar 2014Amendments to Acts of Parliament in Light of the Introduction of Same Sex Marriage in Parts of the UK minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Mar 2014Changes to Laws on Consular Marriage Following Introduction of Same Sex Marriages in Parts of the UK minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Mar 2014Registration of Armed Forces Chapels for Same Sex Marriages minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Mar 2014Proceedures for Consenting to Registration of Shared Places of Worship for Same Sex Marriage minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Mar 2014Same Sex Marriage — Enabling Courts to Deal with Divorce or Annulment Proceedings minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Feb 2013Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons28 Jan 2013Succession to the Crown Bill — New Clause 1 — Remove Requement for Monarch to be Member of the Church of England minorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012House of Commons to Sit on Tuesdays from 7pm until 10pm to Consider Private Members' Bills Majorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012Thursdays minorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays minorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays minorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectJim McGovernLab VoteRôle
Commons12 Oct 2009Health Bill — New law against purchase of tobacco on behalf of children — rejected bothno Rebel
Commons30 Apr 2009MPs' expenses — No lower limit for declaration minorityaye Rebel
Commons30 Apr 2009MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament minorityaye Rebel
Commons30 Apr 2009MPs' expenses — Staff to continue to be employed by MPs — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons30 Apr 2009MPs' financial interests — Full and complete registration minorityaye Rebel
Commons30 Apr 2009MPs' expenses — outer-London MPs can no longer claim second home minorityaye Rebel
17 Dec 2008Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Pat McFadden, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
11 Nov 2008Became PPS (Rt Hon Pat McFadden, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
11 Nov 2008Stopped being PPS (Mr Pat McFadden, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected minorityno Rebel
4 Feb 2008Became Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
6 Nov 2007Stopped being Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
28 Jun 2007Became PPS (Mr Pat McFadden, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
Commons5 Jun 2007Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions) minorityno Rebel
Commons19 Mar 2007Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2007Contraception and Abortion (Parental Information) minorityno Rebel
Commons9 Mar 2007Prayers tellnono Teller
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament minorityaye Rebel
Commons31 Oct 2006Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs — Termination of Pregnancy minorityno Rebel
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Nov 2005Representation of the People (Reduction of Voting Age) Majorityaye Rebel
12 Jul 2005Became Member, Scottish 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
84% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Academy Schools - for
84% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67% Apprenticeships
100% Asylum System - More strict
89% Bankers' Bonus Tax
44% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
33% Closed Material Proceedure
19% Coalition Programme for Government - For
97% Control Orders
100% Crossrail - In favour
13% 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
77% Energy Prices - More Affordable
13% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
78% European Union Integration - For
19% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
29% Fixed Term Parliaments
58% Fully Elected House of Lords
42% Further devolution to Scotland
55% Further devolution to Wales
71% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% GP Commissioning in the NHS
93% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
25% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
14% Higher taxes on banks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
15% Homosexuality - Equal rights
80% HS2 - In Favour
67% Human Rights and Equality
95% Identity cards - For introduction
80% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100% Incentivise membership of press regulator
28% Increase Air Passenger Duty
3% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
14% Increase VAT
0% Inheritance Tax
6% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
94% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
99% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0% Localise Council Tax Support
34% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88% Mansion Tax
84% Mass Retention of Communications Data
26% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
82% Minimum Wage
71% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
63% 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
54% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83% Pension auto-enrolment - For
16% 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
34% Promote Occupational Pensions
58% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100% Public Ownership of Railways
100% Rail Fares - Lower
83% Reduce capital gains tax
38% Reduce central funding for local government
8% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
9% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
8% Reducing the number of MPs - for
16% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
31% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
50% Register of Lobbyists
100% Regulate letting agent fees
33% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
9% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
11% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
12% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
83% Right to strike
23% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
48% Same Sex Marriage - for
12% Schools - Greater Autonomy
0% Sell England's Public Forests
73% Smoking ban - In favour
100% State control of bus services
64% Stop climate change
78% Support current and former armed service members
48% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50% Trade Unions - Restrict
32% 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
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
88% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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