Voting Record — Mark Durkan MP, Foyle (11589)

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 SDLP 0 votes out of 512, 0.0% 512 votes out of 782, 65.5% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 SDLP 2 votes out of 374, 0.5% 374 votes out of 1288, 29.0% 0 times

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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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HouseDateSubjectMark DurkanSDLP VoteRôle
Commons19 Oct 2011Deferred Division — Adjournment of the house (november 2011, christmas and february 2012) minorityunknown Unknown
HouseDateSubjectMark DurkanSDLP VoteRôle
Commons16 Mar 2010Opposition Day — [6(th) Allotted Day] — Higher Education Majorityunknown Unknown
Commons4 Mar 2010Deferred Divisions — Social Security minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Jul 2009Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (summer) minorityaye Rebel
Commons15 May 2007Armed Conflict — Parliamentary Approval Majorityunknown Unknown

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
94% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
46% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50% Control Orders
50% Crossrail - In favour
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
11% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
71% European Union - For
50% Fully Elected House of Lords
45% Gambling - Against permissiveness
50% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
63% Homosexuality - Equal rights
37% Identity cards - For introduction
7% Increase VAT
95% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
16% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100% No detention without charge or trial
50% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50% Nuclear power - For
62% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
78% Post office - in favour of Government policy
22% Post office closures - against
34% Privatise Royal Mail
45% Promote Occupational Pensions
100% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
58% Right to strike
35% Schools - Greater Autonomy
100% Smoking ban - In favour
74% Stop climate change
100% Termination of pregnancy - against
34% Terrorism laws - For
33% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50% Transparency of Parliament
17% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0% University Tuition Fees - For
100% 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 2010-present, 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.

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