Voting Record — Mark Oaten MP, Winchester (10459)

Mark Oaten

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 LDem 6 votes out of 389, 1.5% 389 votes out of 1288, 30.2% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 LDem 24 votes out of 696, 3.4% 696 votes out of 1246, 55.9% 0 times
20 Nov 1997 14 May 2001 LDem 12 votes out of 620, 1.9% 620 votes out of 1182, 52.5% 2 times
1 May 1997 6 Oct 1997 LDem 0 votes out of 39, 0.0% 39 votes out of 76, 51.3% 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 OatenLDem VoteRôle
11 May 2010Stopped being Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee)
11 May 2010Stopped being Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
7 Oct 2009Became Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee)
7 Oct 2009Stopped being Member, Committee on Arms Export Controls
7 Oct 2009Became Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
7 Oct 2009Stopped being Member, Business and Enterprise Committee
Commons30 Apr 2009MPs' financial interests — Full and complete registration minorityaye Rebel
29 Sep 2008Became Member, Committee on Arms Export Controls
Commons30 Jun 2008Energy Security — Commends the Government's effort Majorityaye Rebel
29 Apr 2008Became Member, Business and Enterprise Committee
Commons28 Mar 2007Communications Allowance — establishment Majorityno Rebel
Commons31 Oct 2006Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs — Termination of Pregnancy minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration minorityaye Rebel
23 Jan 2006Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Home Affairs
HouseDateSubjectMark OatenLDem VoteRôle
Commons10 Mar 2005Support For Members Who Have Chosen Not To Take Their Seats Majorityaye Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Car Mileage Allowance minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 2 — Excluded decisions (No. 2) Majorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 1 — Excluded decisions Majorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Nov 2004Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Nov 2004Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs minorityunknown Unknown
Commons16 Nov 2004Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Nov 2004Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment Majorityaye Rebel
Commons15 Sep 2004Hunting Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons15 Sep 2004Hunting Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons28 Jun 2004Human Tissue Bill — New Clause 1 — Determination of consent for removal, storage and use of organs from Adults for purpose of transplantation Majorityaye Rebel
11 Jun 2004Stopped being Member, Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004Became Member, Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons25 May 2004Gender Recognition Bill [Lords] — Religion Majorityaye Rebel
26 Jan 2004Became Shadow Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Home Affairs
Commons30 Jun 2003Hunting Bill — New Clause 14 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Mink minorityaye Rebel
Commons30 Jun 2003Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes minorityaye Rebel
Commons30 Jun 2003Hunting Bill — New Clause 6 — Use of Dogs Below Ground (No. 2) minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Apr 2003Smoking (Restaurants) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons16 Dec 2002Hunting Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons18 Mar 2002Hunting with Dogs: Hunting Under Licence minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Jan 2002Identity Card minorityno Rebel
Commons18 Dec 2001Facilities of the House Majorityno Rebel
Commons29 Nov 2001Human Reproductive Cloning Bill [Lords] (Allocation of Time) — Miscellaneous bothno Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions minorityno Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution) Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMark OatenLDem VoteRôle
Commons27 Feb 2001Hunting Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons27 Feb 2001Hunting Bill - Hunting With Dogs: Prohibition minorityno Rebel
Commons17 Jan 2001Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation minorityaye Rebel
Commons17 Jan 2001Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation minorityno Rebel
Commons20 Dec 2000Hunting Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Nov 2000Honours and Decorations minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Nov 2000Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions minorityno Rebel
Commons31 Oct 2000Stem Cell Research minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Jul 2000Local Government Bill [Lords] — Proportional representation for local elections in England and Wales tellayeaye Teller
Commons25 Jan 2000Disqualifications Bill minorityunknown Unknown
Commons25 Jan 2000Parental Authority minorityno Rebel
Commons15 Jun 1999Health Bill [Lords] - Criteria for appraisals by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence tellayeaye Teller
Commons28 Nov 1997Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill minorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMark OatenLDem VoteRôle
Commons11 Jun 1997Firearms (Amendment) Bill minorityunknown 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
41% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
14% Asylum System - More strict
14% Ban fox hunting
18% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
0% Control Orders
0% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Crossrail - In favour
18% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
60% European Union Integration - For
0% Foundation hospitals - In favour
14% Fox hunting - Ban
90% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
84% Fully Elected House of Lords
76% Gambling - Against permissiveness
50% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
50% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
85% Homosexuality - Equal rights
50% Human Rights and Equality
3% Identity cards - For introduction
100% Increase VAT
2% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
92% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Mass Retention of Communications Data
100% Minimum Wage
50% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100% No detention without charge or trial
6% Nuclear power - For
77% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50% Pension auto-enrolment - For
2% Post office - in favour of Government policy
98% Post office closures - against
50% Privatise Royal Mail
58% Promote Occupational Pensions
100% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
26% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
75% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
82% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100% Same Sex Marriage - for
23% Schools - Greater Autonomy
22% Smoking ban - In favour
63% Stop climate change
100% Support current and former armed service members
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50% Termination of pregnancy - against
50% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100% Trade Unions - Restrict
0% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Transparency of Parliament
50% Trident replacement - In favour
92% University education fees - Should be free
1% University Tuition Fees - For
1% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
98% Voting age - Reduce to 16
98% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, 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
90.9% Charles KennedyRoss, Skye and LochaberLDem
90.2% Menzies CampbellNorth East FifeLDem
89.3% Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem
89.2% David LawsYeovilLDem
88.5% Alan ReidArgyll and ButeLDem

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