Voting Record — Lord Newton of Braintree (13708)

Lord Newton of Braintree

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
30 Nov 1996 25 Mar 2012 Con 26 votes out of 536, 4.9% 536 votes out of 1640, 32.7% 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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HouseDateSubjectLord Newton of BraintreeCon VoteRôle
Lords14 Mar 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Report (4th Day) Majorityno Rebel
Lords14 Mar 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Report (4th Day) Majorityno Rebel
Lords12 Mar 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Report (3rd Day) minorityno Rebel
Lords7 Mar 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Report (2nd Day) minorityno Rebel
Lords7 Mar 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Report (2nd Day) Majorityno Rebel
Lords7 Mar 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Report (2nd Day) Majorityno Rebel
Lords7 Mar 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Report (2nd Day) Majorityno Rebel
Lords5 Mar 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Report (1st Day) Majorityno Rebel
Lords5 Mar 2012Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Report (1st Day) Majorityno Rebel
Lords25 Jan 2012Welfare Reform Bill — Report (6th Day) Majorityno Rebel
Lords25 Jan 2012Welfare Reform Bill — Report (6th Day) minorityno Rebel
Lords14 Dec 2011Welfare Reform Bill — Report (2nd Day) Majorityno Rebel
Lords12 Dec 2011Welfare Reform Bill — Report (1st Day) (Continued) minorityno Rebel
Lords23 Nov 2011Public Bodies Bill [HL] — Consideration of Commons Amendments minorityno Rebel
Lords23 Nov 2011Public Bodies Bill [HL] — Consideration of Commons Amendments minorityno Rebel
Lords15 Nov 2011Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill — Report minorityno Rebel
Lords15 Nov 2011Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill — Report minorityno Rebel
Lords9 May 2011Public Bodies Bill [HL] — Third Reading minorityno Rebel
Lords28 Mar 2011Public Bodies Bill [HL] — Report (2nd Day) Majorityno Rebel
Lords28 Mar 2011Public Bodies Bill [HL] — Report (2nd Day) Majorityno Rebel
Lords19 Jan 2011Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Special Case for Isle of Wight Constituency Majorityno Rebel
Lords29 Nov 2010Public Bodies Bill [HL] — Committee (2nd Day) minorityno Rebel
6 May 2010Stopped being Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
25 Nov 2009Became Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
Lords26 Oct 2009Coroners and Justice Bill — Report (2nd Day) minorityno Rebel
Lords15 Jan 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL] — creation of admix (inter-species) embroyos Majorityaye Rebel
Lords5 Jul 2004Children Bill [HL] Majorityno Rebel
Lords10 Sep 2003Local Government Bill Majorityaye Rebel
1 May 1997Stopped being Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Privy Council Office),
21 Mar 1997Stopped being Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
21 Mar 1997Stopped being Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
21 Mar 1997Stopped being Member, Finance and Services Committee
23 Oct 1996Became Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
23 Oct 1996Became Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
17 Oct 1996Stopped being Member, Privileges Committee
8 Nov 1995Stopped being Chair, Standards in Public Life Committee
8 Nov 1995Stopped being Chair, Standards in Public Life Committee
16 Nov 1994Became Chair, Standards in Public Life Committee
16 Nov 1994Became Chair, Standards in Public Life Committee
18 Nov 1993Became Member, Privileges Committee
27 Apr 1992Became Member, Finance and Services Committee
10 Apr 1992Became Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Privy Council Office),
9 Apr 1992Stopped being Secretary of State for Social Security,
23 Jul 1989Became Secretary of State for Social Security,
23 Jul 1989Stopped being Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister (Trade),
25 Jul 1988Became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister (Trade),
24 Jul 1988Stopped being Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Security) (Health),
10 Sep 1986Became Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Security) (Health),
9 Sep 1986Stopped being Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Security) (Social Security and Disabled),
11 Sep 1984Became Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Security) (Social Security and Disabled),
11 Sep 1984Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Security),
5 Mar 1982Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Security),
5 Mar 1982Stopped being The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
1 Oct 1981Became The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
30 Sep 1981Stopped being Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
16 May 1979Became Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),

Policy Comparisons

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

AgreementPolicy
38% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
28% Asylum System - More strict
66% Business and community control of schools: For
98% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50% Control Orders
84% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
33% European Union Integration - For
20% Fox hunting - Ban
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
43% Homosexuality - Equal rights
16% Identity cards - For introduction
50% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100% No detention without charge or trial
100% Reducing the number of MPs - for
100% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
62% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Smoking ban - In favour
73% Stop climate change
58% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
100% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100% University Tuition Fees - For

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which Lords voted most similarly to this one in the 1992-1997, 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.

AgreementNameParty
100.0%Baroness Chapman Crossbench
100.0%The Bishop of ChelmsfordBishop
100.0%Lord Lee of TraffordLDem
100.0%The Bishop of PeterboroughBishop
100.0%Lord Renfrew of KaimsthornCon
(13 MPs voted exactly the same as this one)

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