Voting Record — Michael Penning MP, Hemel Hempstead (11626)

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	Con	0 votes out of 525, 0.0%	525 votes out of 782, 67.1%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	17 votes out of 843, 2.0%	843 votes out of 1288, 65.5%	11 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	Michael Penning	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
11 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Health
House	Date	Subject	Michael Penning	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Jun 2009	Prayers	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	8 May 2009	The Chairman of Ways and Means took the Chair as Deputy Speaker (Standing Order No. 3).	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	1 Apr 2009	Deferred Divisions — Ecclesiastical Offices (terms of service) measure	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
18 Apr 2008	Stopped being a member of the Health Committee
Commons	25 Oct 2007	Modernisation of the House of Commons — Handheld email devices	Majority	aye	Rebel
6 Jul 2007	Became Shadow Minister, Health
Commons	5 Jun 2007	Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Nov 2006	Delegated Legislation — Clause 16 — Retro-reflective markings	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Short Speeches	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Legislative Process (Notice for Amendments in Public Bill Committee)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2006	Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs — Termination of Pregnancy	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Oct 2006	Points of Order — Gambling Act 2005 (Amendment)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Oct 2006	Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill (Carry-Over)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Oct 2006	Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill (Programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — Clause 29 — Imprisonment or Fine	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause 2 — Sale of Animals on the Internet	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — as amended	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration	Majority	no	Rebel
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Health Committee
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	minority	aye	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.

Agreement	Policy
62%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
79%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
81%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
18%	European Union - For
57%	Fully Elected House of Lords
99%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
20%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
94%	Increase VAT
97%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
38%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
2%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
83%	Privatise Royal Mail
77%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42%	Right to strike
90%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
79%	Smoking ban - In favour
81%	Stop climate change
40%	Termination of pregnancy - against
28%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
54%	Transparency of Parliament
67%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100%	University Tuition Fees - For
0%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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Voting Record — Michael Penning MP, Hemel Hempstead (11626)

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