Voting Record — Mr John McFall MP, Dumbarton (10384)

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

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
House of Lords	6 Jul 2010	still in office	Lab	0 votes out of 244, 0.0%	244 votes out of 321, 76.0%	0 times
West Dunbartonshire	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	21 votes out of 969, 2.2%	969 votes out of 1288, 75.2%	0 times
Dumbarton	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	13 votes out of 908, 1.4%	908 votes out of 1246, 72.9%	0 times
Dumbarton	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	3 votes out of 784, 0.4%	784 votes out of 1273, 61.6%	60 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	Lord McFall of Alcluith	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
11 May 2010	Stopped being Chairman, Treasury Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Liaison Committee
House	Date	Subject	John McFall	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — New Clause 1 — Jobseeker's allowance	both	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	minority	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	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jun 2007	Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Nov 2005	Became Chairman, Treasury Committee
1 Nov 2005	Became a member of the Liaison Committee
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Treasury Committee
House	Date	Subject	Mr John McFall	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Treasury Sub-committee Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Chairman, Treasury Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Liaison Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Powers of consideration and representation by Children's Commissioner for Wales	minority	no	Rebel
14 Jun 2004	Became a member of the Treasury Sub-committee Committee
14 Jun 2004	Stopped being a member of the Treasury Sub-committee Committee
14 Jun 2004	Became Chairman, Treasury Committee
14 Jun 2004	Stopped being Chairman, Treasury Committee
14 Jun 2004	Became a member of the Liaison Committee
14 Jun 2004	Stopped being a member of the Liaison Committee
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Treasury Sub-committee Committee
28 May 2004	Became Chairman, Treasury Committee
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Liaison Committee
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr John McFall	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Nov 2000	Genetically Modified Food and Producer Liability (No. 2)	minority	aye	Rebel
2 Dec 1999	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland Office
28 Jul 1998	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland Office
28 Jul 1998	Stopped being Lords Commissioner, HM Treasury
Commons	27 Jul 1998	Northern Ireland Bill - Participation in NSMC and BIC	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Jul 1998	Northern Ireland Bill - Exclusion of Ministers from office	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Jul 1998	Government of Wales Bill - Transfer of Ministerial functions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Jul 1998	Department of Social Security	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Jul 1998	Competition Bill [Lords] - General Exclusions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Jul 1998	Select Committees (Information)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Jul 1998	Finance (No. 2) Bill - Repeals	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Jun 1998	Class Sizes	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Jun 1998	Local Government (Scotland)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Jun 1998	Local Government (Scotland)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Jun 1998	Human Rights Bill [Lords] - Legislation	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Jun 1998	Electoral System	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 May 1998	Sierra Leone	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 1998	Finance (No. 2) Bill - Rates of tobacco products duty	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Apr 1998	Finance (No. 2) Bill 1998 — Regulations to allow the implementation of rules that would introduce instalment payments of corporation tax	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Apr 1998	Northern Ireland (Elections) Bill (Programme) - Miscellaneous	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Apr 1998	National Lottery Bill [Lords] [Money]	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Apr 1998	National Lottery Bill [Lords]	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Apr 1998	Regional Development Agencies Bill - Access to meetings etc. of regional development agencies	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Apr 1998	Regional Development Agencies Bill - Activities of agencies in rural areas	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	31 Mar 1998	Scotland Bill - Reserved matters	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 1998	Government of Wales Bill (Programme)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Mar 1998	School Standards and Framework Bill - Parliamentary scrutiny of Annual Report of the Chief Inspector for England	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Mar 1998	School Standards and Framework Bill - Permitted selection: aptitude for particular subjects	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Mar 1998	School Standards and Framework Bill — End Partial Selection of Pupils — rejected	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Mar 1998	School Standards and Framework Bill - Functions of Education Action Forum	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Mar 1998	School Standards and Framework Bill - Establishment of education action zones	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Mar 1998	School Standards and Framework Bill — Exemption from strict class size limits — rejected	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Mar 1998	Taxation	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Mar 1998	ISAs, TESSAs and PEPs	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Feb 1998	Local Government Finance	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 1998	Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 1998	Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] - Secretary of State's powers to prohibit public processions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Feb 1998	Delegated Legislation - Northern Ireland	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Feb 1998	Government of Wales Bill - Relations with local government	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Feb 1998	Government of Wales Bill - Grants to Assembly	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	29 Jan 1998	Scotland Bill - Acts of the Scottish Parliament	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jan 1998	Government of Wales Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jan 1998	Government of Wales Bill - Membership	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Jan 1998	European Communities (Amendment) Bill - Police operations in co-operation with Europol	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Jan 1998	European Communities (Amendment) Bill - Meaning of "the Treaties" and "the Community Treaties"	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Dec 1997	Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Dec 1997	European Community Documents - European Police Office (Definition of Treaties)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Dec 1997	European Community Documents - European Police Office (Immunities and Privileges)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Dec 1997	Government of Wales Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Dec 1997	Government of Wales Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Dec 1997	Government of Wales Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Dec 1997	Welfare, Pensions and Disabled People	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Nov 1997	European Parliamentary Elections Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Nov 1997	Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill - [Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Nov 1997	Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Jul 1997	Finance Bill - Stamp duty on conveyance or transfer on sale	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Jul 1997	Finance Bill - Mortgage Interest Payments	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Jul 1997	Education (Student Loans) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Jul 1997	Finance Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Jul 1997	Finance Bill - Pension funds no longer entitled to payment of tax credits	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Prohibition of small-calibre pistols	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Jun 1997	Education (Schools) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Jun 1997	Education (Schools) Bill - Transitional Arrangements for Existing Assisted Pupils	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Jun 1997	Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill - Referendum in Scotland	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 May 1997	Home Affairs	tellno	no	Teller
6 May 1997	Became Lords Commissioner, HM Treasury

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this person and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
89%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Ban fox hunting
94%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
89%	Control Orders
100%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
94%	European Union - For
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
26%	Fully Elected House of Lords
8%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
59%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
0%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
1%	No detention without charge or trial
100%	Nuclear power - For
98%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
98%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
2%	Post office closures - against
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
8%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
2%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
86%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Right to strike
46%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
99%	Smoking ban - In favour
64%	Stop climate change
100%	Termination of pregnancy - against
89%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
29%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
33%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
7%	University education fees - Should be free
99%	University Tuition Fees - For
42%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, 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
95.6%	Mr Liam Byrne	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Lab
95.3%	Mr Brian Wilson	Cunninghame North	Lab
94.9%	Mr John Prescott	Kingston upon Hull East	Lab
94.5%	Mrs Anne McGuire	Stirling	Lab
94.4%	Mr James Plaskitt	Warwick and Leamington	Lab

Voting Record — Mr John McFall MP, Dumbarton (10384)

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