Voting Record — John Horam MP, Orpington (10289)

John Horam

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Con 8 votes out of 837, 1.0% 837 votes out of 1288, 65.0% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Con 13 votes out of 898, 1.4% 898 votes out of 1246, 72.1% 1 time
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Con 0 votes out of 759, 0.0% 759 votes out of 1273, 59.6% 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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HouseDateSubjectJohn HoramCon VoteRôle
11 May 2010Stopped being Member, Foreign Affairs Committee
Commons1 Apr 2009Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (May Day) Majorityno Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret minorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses Majorityaye Rebel
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
Commons14 Mar 2006Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration Majorityno Rebel
14 Jul 2005Became Member, Foreign Affairs Committee
Commons13 Jul 2005Committees — Term Limits for Chairmen of Select Committees Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectJohn HoramCon VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons minorityaye Rebel
Commons3 Nov 2004Members' Allowances Majorityaye Rebel
Commons15 Jul 2004Traffic Management Bill tellnono Teller
28 May 2004Became Member, Environmental Audit Committee
Commons10 Nov 2003Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies Majorityaye Rebel
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
Commons29 Oct 2002Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays Majorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays Majorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays Majorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Treasury Majorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectJohn HoramCon VoteRôle
Commons13 Dec 2000Deferred Divisions - Fisheries: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2001 bothno Rebel
Commons5 Mar 1999Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill Majorityunknown Unknown

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
63% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Assisted Dying
54% Asylum System - More strict
1% Ban fox hunting
70% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
3% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
92% Crossrail - In favour
1% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
8% European Union Integration - For
10% Foundation hospitals - In favour
1% Fox hunting - Ban
75% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
34% Fully Elected House of Lords
76% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
14% Homosexuality - Equal rights
17% Human Rights and Equality
8% Identity cards - For introduction
100% Increase VAT
54% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
96% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
16% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Mass Retention of Communications Data
0% Minimum Wage
16% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
70% No detention without charge or trial
50% Nuclear power - For
58% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50% Pension auto-enrolment - For
1% Post office - in favour of Government policy
99% Post office closures - against
100% Privatise Royal Mail
42% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
84% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
67% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
11% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50% Right to strike
99% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
92% Schools - Greater Autonomy
30% Smoking ban - In favour
80% Stop climate change
50% Support current and former armed service members
0% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
36% Termination of pregnancy - against
100% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50% Trade Unions - Restrict
54% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
93% University education fees - Should be free
6% University Tuition Fees - For
42% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
17% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, 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
100.0% John HowellHenleyCon
99.2% David CameronWitneyCon
98.2% Alan DuncanRutland and MeltonCon
98.1% Jeremy HuntSouth West SurreyCon
98.1% David WilshireSpelthorneCon

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