Voting Record — Martin Horwood MP, Cheltenham (11494)

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

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
6 May 2010	still in office	LDem	33 votes out of 578, 5.7%	578 votes out of 782, 73.9%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	LDem	13 votes out of 877, 1.5%	877 votes out of 1288, 68.1%	4 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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House	Date	Subject	Martin Horwood	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Apr 2013	Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Amendment) — Development orders: development within the curtilage of a dwelling house	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Apr 2013	Business without Debate — Development orders: development within the curtilage of a dwelling house	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Apr 2013	Business without Debate — Growth and Infrastructure Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Jan 2013	Education — Clause 1 — Up-rating of certain social security benefits for tax years 2014-15 and 2015-16	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Jan 2013	Education — Clause 1 — Up-rating of certain social security benefits for tax years 2014-15 and 2015-16	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Dec 2012	Charities Act 2011 (Amendment)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Dec 2012	Growth and Infrastructure Bill (Programme) (No. 2) — Clause 29 — Commencement	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Dec 2012	Growth and Infrastructure Bill (Programme) (No. 2) — Clause 8 — Electronic communications code: the need to promote growth	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Dec 2012	Growth and Infrastructure Bill (Programme) (No. 2) — New Clause 5 — Purpose of planning	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Nov 2012	Business of the House — Growth and Infrastructure Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (No change)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2012	Opposition Day — [Un-allotted Half Day] — Health and Social Care Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2012	Opposition Day — [Un-allotted Half Day] — Health and Social Care Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Communities and Local Government — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Communities and Local Government — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2011	Devolved Administrations (Armed Forces Covenant Reports) — New Clause 17 — Extension of scope of legal aid in complex cases	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2011	Education and Training (Young People with Autism) — New Clause 26 — Offence of squatting in a residential building	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2011	Education and Training (Young People with Autism) — New Clause 26 — Offence of squatting in a residential building	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Schedule 1 — Civil legal services	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Schedule 1 — Civil legal services	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Oct 2011	Protection of Freedoms Bill (Ways and Means) — Clause 3 — Persons arrested for or charged with a qualifying offence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2011	NHS Bill — Amendment to change "secure" to "provide or secure" in Section 1 ss 2	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Sep 2011	Vat — Clause 168 — Private Health Care	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 May 2011	Localism Bill — New Clause 29 — Retail diversity scheme	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 May 2011	Localism Bill (Ways and Means) — New Clause 15 — Applications for planning permission: local finance considerations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2010	Banking and Financial Services (Community Investment) — Clause 3 — Final provisions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Deferred Divisions — Health and safety	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Deferred Divisions — Health and Safety	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Superannuation Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2010	Superannuation Bill — Programme motion	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2010	Superannuation Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Require Impact Assessment of Effect of New Academy —rejected	minority	no	Rebel
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Environmental Audit Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Environment, Energy, Food and Rural Affair Minister,
House	Date	Subject	Martin Horwood	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	8 Feb 2010	Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time) — Clause 1 — Temporary validity of certain Orders in Council	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Feb 2010	Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time) — Clause 1 — Temporary validity of certain Orders in Council	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Nov 2009	Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill — Should apply to GCHQ — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Feb 2009	Opposition Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Parliamentary Standards (Constitutional Reform)	tellaye	aye	Teller
8 Jan 2009	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
8 Jan 2009	Became Shadow Environment, Energy, Food and Rural Affair Minister,
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
21 Jul 2008	Became Shadow Minister, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
21 Jul 2008	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Environment), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
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 — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
20 Nov 2007	Stopped being a member of the Communities and Local Government Committee
Commons	25 Oct 2007	Modernisation of the House of Commons — Handheld email devices	Majority	unknown	Unknown
13 Jul 2007	Became a member of the Environmental Audit Committee
Commons	26 Jun 2007	Deferred Divisions — Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill [Money]	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	Majority	aye	Rebel
28 Jun 2006	Stopped being a member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
28 Jun 2006	Became a member of the Communities and Local Government Committee
21 Mar 2006	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Home Affairs
21 Mar 2006	Became Shadow Minister (Environment), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — Clause 29 — Imprisonment or Fine	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Nov 2005	Violent Crime Reduction Bill — Clause 27 — Prohibition on sale or transfer of air weapons except by registered dealers	both	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Nov 2005	Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill (Programme)	both	aye	Rebel
19 Oct 2005	Became Shadow Minister, Home Affairs
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
15%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
19%	Business and community control of schools: For
67%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
98%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
0%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
69%	European Union - For
86%	Fully Elected House of Lords
55%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
70%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
94%	Increase VAT
100%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
16%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
38%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
0%	Nuclear power - For
1%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
69%	Privatise Royal Mail
55%	Promote Occupational Pensions
29%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Right to strike
67%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Smoking ban - In favour
100%	Stop climate change
40%	Termination of pregnancy - against
8%	Terrorism laws - For
67%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
61%	Transparency of Parliament
17%	Trident replacement - In favour
50%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
50%	University Tuition Fees - For
100%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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Voting Record — Martin Horwood MP, Cheltenham (11494)

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