Meg Hillier MP, Hackney South and Shoreditch

voted ambiguously on the policy

Vote 'aye' on every division in October 2007

by scoring 47.1% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
HouseDateSubjectMeg HillierPolicy vote
Commons8 Oct 2007Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (Programme) MajorityMajority
Commons8 Oct 2007Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (Carry-Over) MajorityMajority
Commons10 Oct 2007Opposition Day — [19th Allotted day] — Department for Children, Schools and Families Majorityminority
Commons10 Oct 2007Opposition Day — [19th Allotted day] — Home Information Packs and Stamp Duty Majorityminority
Commons10 Oct 2007Opposition Day — [19th Allotted day] — Home Information Packs and Stamp Duty MajorityMajority
Commons15 Oct 2007Orders of the Day — Schedule 1 — The Legal Services Board Majorityminority
Commons15 Oct 2007Orders of the Day — Schedule 1 — The Legal Services Board MajorityMajority
Commons17 Oct 2007Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day — First Part] — Foot and Mouth/Bluetongue Majorityminority
Commons19 Oct 2007Prayers absentminority
Commons22 Oct 2007Orders of the Day — New Clause 1 — Compliance with orders: authorised monitors MajorityMajority
Commons22 Oct 2007Orders of the Day — New Clause 5 — Sharing of communications data Majorityminority
Commons22 Oct 2007Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — Serious crime prevention orders Majorityminority
Commons24 Oct 2007Legal Services Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 3) — Clause 15 — Carrying on of a reserved legal activity: employers and employees etc MajorityMajority
Commons24 Oct 2007Legal Services Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 3) — Clause 49 — The Board's policy statements MajorityMajority
Commons24 Oct 2007Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill (Programme) (No. 3) — Clause 60 — Election dates Majorityminority
Commons24 Oct 2007Delegated Legislation — Transport MajorityMajority
Commons25 Oct 2007Modernisation of the House of Commons — Handheld email devices Majorityminority
Commons29 Oct 2007Orders of the Day — Children Majorityminority

How the number is calculated

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

Questions about this formula can be discussed on the forum.

No of votesPointsOut of
Most important votes (50 points)   
MP voted with policy000
MP voted against policy000
MP absent000
Less important votes (10 points)   
MP voted with policy88080
MP voted against policy9090
Less important absentees (2 points)   
MP absent*112
Total:81172

*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

agreement score
MP's points
total points
 = 
81
172
 = 47.1 %.


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