Voting Record — John Leech MP, Manchester, Withington (11707)

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 still in office LDem 38 votes out of 544, 7.0% 544 votes out of 782, 69.6% 2 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 LDem 4 votes out of 913, 0.4% 913 votes out of 1288, 70.9% 3 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 LeechLDem VoteRôle
Commons16 Apr 2013Business without Debate — Arbitration Service for defamation and related civil claims against members of Independent Regulatory Board minorityaye Rebel
Commons19 Mar 2013Justice — Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons21 Jan 2013Education — Clause 1 — Up-rating of certain social security benefits for tax years 2014-15 and 2015-16 minorityaye Rebel
Commons8 Jan 2013Attorney-General — Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Oct 2012Deferred Division — Public Bodies minorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm) minorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (No change) minorityno Rebel
Commons27 Jun 2012Bills Presented — House of Lords Reform Bill — New Clause 4 — Voting procedure minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Apr 2012Bill Presented — Housing (Selective Licensing of Private Landlords in Exempted Areas) Bill — Food Labelling (Halal and Kosher Meat) Majorityaye Rebel
Commons17 Apr 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill — Lords amendments — Exceptions in general industrial disease cases minorityaye Rebel
Commons17 Apr 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill — Lords amendments — Exceptions in respiratory (industrial disease or illness) cases minorityaye Rebel
Commons17 Apr 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill — Lords amendments — Legal Aid for children minorityaye Rebel
Commons17 Apr 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill — Lords amendments — preserving face-to-face legal advice minorityaye Rebel
Commons17 Apr 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Bill — Lords amendments — Lord Chancellor’s functions minorityaye Rebel
Commons13 Mar 2012Opposition Day — [Un-allotted Half Day] — Health and Social Care Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons21 Feb 2012Welfare Reform Bill Clause 11 — Housing costs minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Feb 2012Prime Minister — Clause 131 — State pension credit: carers minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Feb 2012Prime Minister — Clause 11 — Housing costs minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Feb 2012Prime Minister — Clause 51 — Period of entitlement to contributory allowance minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Feb 2012Prime Minister — Clause 51 — Period of entitlement to contributory allowance minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Feb 2012Prime Minister — Clause 51 — Period of entitlement to contributory allowance minorityaye Rebel
Commons30 Nov 2011Hairdressers Registration (Amendment) Majorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Nov 2011Devolved Administrations (Armed Forces Covenant Reports) — Schedule 17 — Knives and offensive weapons: minor and consequential amendments minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Nov 2011Devolved Administrations (Armed Forces Covenant Reports) — New Schedule 3 — ‘Northern Ireland: information about financial resources minorityno Rebel
Commons31 Oct 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Schedule 1 — Civil legal services minorityno Rebel
Commons31 Oct 2011Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Schedule 1 — Civil legal services bothno Rebel
Commons14 Sep 2011Prime Minister — Clause 42 — Domestic energy efficient regulations minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Sep 2011Prime Minister — Clause 42 — Domestic energy efficient regulations tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons15 Jun 2011Remembrance Day (Bank Holiday) — Schedule 14 — Repeals minorityaye Rebel
Commons19 Jan 2011Opposition Day — [9th allotted day] — Education Maintenance Allowance minorityno Rebel
Commons15 Dec 2010Deferred Division — Animals minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Dec 2010Banking and Financial Services (Community Investment) — Clause 3 — Final provisions minorityno Rebel
Commons9 Dec 2010University Tuition Fee Cap — Set Basic Limit at £6,000 Per Year minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Dec 2010University Tuition Fee Cap — Raise Upper Limit to £9,000 Per Year minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Nov 2010Deferred Divisions — Health and safety minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Nov 2010Deferred Divisions — Health and Safety minorityaye Rebel
Commons13 Oct 2010Superannuation Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons26 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Referendum of Parents If Governor Objects to Application for Academy Status -rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Jul 2010Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010 tellnoaye Rebel Teller
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Transport Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being Shadow Transport Minister,
HouseDateSubjectJohn LeechLDem VoteRôle
Commons7 Apr 2010Digital Economy Bill — Third Reading tellnono Teller
Commons7 Apr 2010Digital Economy Bill – delay creation of clause 18 – website blocking tellnono Teller
Commons1 Dec 2009Foreign and Commonwealth Office — Business without Debate — Census tellayeaye Teller
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — £50,000 cap on donations — rejected bothaye Rebel
8 Jan 2009Stopped being Shadow Minister, Transport
8 Jan 2009Became Shadow Transport Minister,
Commons4 Nov 2008Orders of the Day — New Clause 2 — Employer's duties in relation to industrial action ballots minorityno Rebel
21 Jul 2008Became Shadow Minister, Transport
21 Jul 2008Stopped being Shadow Minister, Transport
6 Mar 2008Became Shadow Minister, Transport
6 Mar 2008Stopped being Shadow Minister, Transport
Commons26 Jun 2007Deferred Divisions — Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill [Money] Majorityno Rebel
Commons9 Oct 2006New Clause 6 — Immediate Suspension and Revocation of Drivers' Licences — New Clause 1 — Driving with Illegal Drugs bothunknown Unknown
21 Mar 2006Became Shadow Minister, Transport
Commons14 Mar 2006Animal Welfare Bill — Clause 29 — Imprisonment or Fine minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2006Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs minorityno Rebel
14 Jul 2005Became a member of the Transport 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
0% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
19% Business and community control of schools: For
67% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
98% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
3% Control Orders
50% Crossrail - In favour
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
89% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
78% European Union - For
86% Fully Elected House of Lords
77% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
100% Homosexuality - Equal rights
0% Identity cards - For introduction
100% Increase VAT
100% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
16% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100% No detention without charge or trial
0% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
0% Nuclear power - For
1% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
0% Post office - in favour of Government policy
100% Post office closures - against
69% Privatise Royal Mail
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
29% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
84% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
67% Schools - Greater Autonomy
99% Smoking ban - In favour
64% Stop climate change
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
4% Terrorism laws - For
67% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
58% Transparency of Parliament
33% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0% University Tuition Fees - For
100% Voting age - Reduce to 16
50% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

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