Voting Record — Lord McAvoy (10376)

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	22 Jun 2010	still in office	Lab	1 vote out of 311, 0.3%	311 votes out of 322, 96.6%	2 times
Rutherglen and Hamilton West	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	26 votes out of 1204, 2.2%	1204 votes out of 1288, 93.5%	0 times
Glasgow Rutherglen	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	14 votes out of 1117, 1.3%	1117 votes out of 1246, 89.6%	0 times
Glasgow Rutherglen	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	4 votes out of 1187, 0.3%	1187 votes out of 1273, 93.2%	0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this Lord's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this Lord was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Lord McAvoy	Lab Vote	Rôle
Lords	10 Jan 2013	Administration and Works Committee — Motion to Agree	tellno	no	Teller
Lords	26 Mar 2012	Scotland Bill — Report (1st Day)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Lords	11 Jan 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Report (3rd Day)(Continued)	tellno	no	Teller
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Selection Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Members' Allowances Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household, HM Household
House	Date	Subject	Thomas McAvoy	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Election of Committee Chairs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Mar 2009	Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill — Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Mar 2009	Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill — Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament)	minority	no	Rebel
10 Feb 2009	Became a member of the Members' Allowances Committee
10 Feb 2009	Stopped being a member of the Finance & Services Committee
10 Feb 2009	Stopped being a member of the Administration Committee
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Modernisation of the House of Commons (Standing Orders)	Majority	no	Rebel
28 Oct 2008	Became a member of the Administration Committee
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
9 Oct 2008	Became a member of the Selection Committee
6 Oct 2008	Became Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household, HM Household
6 Oct 2008	Stopped being Comptroller, HM Household
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 — Testing for gender-related illness	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	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Jan 2007	Orders of the Day — Sustainable Communities Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — as amended	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs	minority	aye	Rebel
20 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Finance & Services Committee
House	Date	Subject	Mr Thomas McAvoy	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Finance & Services Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2004	Removal of References to Strangers	minority	aye	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Finance & Services Committee
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — 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	16 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution)	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Thomas McAvoy	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Nov 2000	Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 1999	Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 1998	Scotland Bill - Reserved matters	minority	no	Rebel
6 May 1997	Became Comptroller, HM Household

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
84%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
74%	Ban fox hunting
94%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
99%	European Union - For
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
74%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
37%	Fully Elected House of Lords
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
83%	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
0%	No detention without charge or trial
100%	Nuclear power - For
100%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
100%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
0%	Post office closures - against
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
58%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
85%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Right to strike
51%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
37%	Smoking ban - In favour
63%	Stop climate change
100%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
11%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
7%	University education fees - Should be free
100%	University Tuition Fees - For
42%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which Lords voted most similarly to this one in the 2010-present, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both Lords attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between Lords that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

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Voting Record — Lord McAvoy (10376)

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