Voting Record — Ms Lorna Fitzsimons MP, Rochdale (10200)

Ms Lorna Fitzsimons

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 7 votes out of 809, 0.9% 809 votes out of 1246, 64.9% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 3 votes out of 886, 0.3% 886 votes out of 1273, 69.6% 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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HouseDateSubjectMs Lorna FitzsimonsLab VoteRôle
Commons26 Jan 2005Car Mileage Allowance minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMs Lorna FitzsimonsLab VoteRôle
Commons7 Nov 2000Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions tellayeaye Teller
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel

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
26% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
91% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
100% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
100% Fully Elected House of Lords
25% Gambling - Against permissiveness
68% Homosexuality - Equal rights
100% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
1% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
0% No detention without charge or trial
92% Nuclear power - For
23% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
97% Post office - in favour of Government policy
3% Post office closures - against
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
99% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
82% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
41% Schools - Greater Autonomy
42% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
10% University education fees - Should be free
97% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
96.0%Mr Raymond PowellOgmoreLab
94.8% Robert JacksonWantagewhilst Lab
94.1% Iain WrightHartlepoolLab
93.7%Miss Melanie JohnsonWelwyn HatfieldLab
93.6% Paul MurphyTorfaenLab

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