Voting Record — John Penrose MP, Weston-Super-Mare (11924)

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 Con 2 votes out of 626, 0.3% 626 votes out of 776, 80.7% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Con 27 votes out of 908, 3.0% 908 votes out of 1288, 70.5% 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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HouseDateSubjectJohn PenroseCon VoteRôle
Commons5 Feb 2013Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill Majorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2013Bill Presented — Marriage (Same Sex Couples) — Backbench Business — Voting Age Majorityno Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being Shadow Minister (Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform), Business
HouseDateSubjectJohn PenroseCon VoteRôle
Commons6 Jan 2010Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) — Sittings of the House Majorityaye Rebel
10 Aug 2009Stopped being a member of the Work and Pensions Committee
10 Aug 2009Became a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee
27 Jul 2009Stopped being Shadow Minister, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
27 Jul 2009Became Shadow Minister, Business
27 Jul 2009Became Shadow Minister (Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform), Business
27 Jul 2009Stopped being Shadow Minister, Business
4 Jun 2009Stopped being Shadow Minister, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
4 Jun 2009Became Shadow Minister, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Commons1 Apr 2009Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (May Day) Majorityno Rebel
19 Jan 2009Became Shadow Minister, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
19 Jan 2009Became Shadow Minister, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
19 Jan 2009Became Shadow Minister, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
19 Jan 2009Stopped being Shadow Minister, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
19 Jan 2009Stopped being Shadow Minister, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Commons22 Oct 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading Majorityno Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement Majorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] Majorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] Majorityaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses Majorityaye Rebel
Commons6 May 2008Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Blasphemy Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Remove Hereditary Places Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons1 Nov 2006September Sittings minorityno Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2006Deferred Divisions — adjournment (summer) minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — as amended Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration Majorityno Rebel
Commons28 Oct 2005Motion to sit in private tellnono Teller
Commons19 Jul 2005Crossrail Bill minorityaye Rebel
14 Jul 2005Became a member of the Work and Pensions 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
13% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
99% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
81% Control Orders
0% Crossrail - In favour
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
17% European Union - For
100% Fully Elected House of Lords
100% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
83% Homosexuality - Equal rights
0% Identity cards - For introduction
94% Increase VAT
100% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
38% No detention without charge or trial
0% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50% Nuclear power - For
2% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
0% Post office - in favour of Government policy
100% Post office closures - against
100% Privatise Royal Mail
77% Promote Occupational Pensions
0% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
91% Schools - Greater Autonomy
79% Smoking ban - In favour
82% Stop climate change
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
34% Terrorism laws - For
100% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
100% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100% University Tuition Fees - For
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
100% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

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