John Spellar MP, Warley

voted moderately against the policy

Reducing the number of MPs - for

by scoring 20.7% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
HouseDateSubjectJohn SpellarPolicy vote
Commons6 Sep 2010Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Second Reading minorityMajority
Commons6 Sep 2010Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill (Money) minorityMajority
Commons20 Oct 2010Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 8 — Review Welsh Parliamentry Constituancies With Respect to Further Devoloution minorityminority
Commons20 Oct 2010Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 9 — Number of MPs minorityMajority (strong)
Commons1 Nov 2010Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — number and distribution of seats minorityMajority
Commons29 Jan 2013Electoral Registration and Administration Bill — New Clause on Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries Majorityminority (strong)
HouseDateSubjectJohn SpellarPolicy vote
Commons19 Oct 2016House of Lords Reform and Size of the House of Commons minorityMajority (strong)
Commons18 Nov 2016Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading Majorityminority (strong)
HouseDateSubjectJohn SpellarPolicy vote
Commons2 Jun 2020Parliamentary Constituencies Bill — Decline Second Reading minorityminority (strong)

How the number is calculated

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

Questions about this formula can be discussed on the forum.

No of votesPointsOut of
Most important votes (50 points)   
MP voted with policy15050
MP voted against policy40200
MP absent000
Less important votes (10 points)   
MP voted with policy11010
MP voted against policy3030
Less important absentees (2 points)   
MP absent*000
Total:60290

*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

agreement score
MP's points
total points
 = 
60
290
 = 20.7 %.


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