Michael Weir compared to 'Scrap Universal Benefits '

voted strongly against the policy

by scoring 0.5% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Michael Weir	Policy vote
Commons	26 Oct 2010	Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill — Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	22 Nov 2010	Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill — Clause 1 — Removal of eligibility for child trust fund	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	22 Nov 2010	Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill — Clause 2 — Repeal of Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	22 Nov 2010	Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill — Clause 3 — Removal of entitlement to health in pregnancy grant	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	22 Nov 2010	Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill — Third Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 51 — Period of Entitlement to Contributory Employment and Support Allowance	absent	Majority
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 93 — Exclusion of Child Benefit from Benefit Cap	absent	Majority
Commons	26 Mar 2012	Budget Resolution — Recovery of Child Benefit from Those with High Incomes	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	19 Apr 2012	Finance Bill — Clause 8 and Schedule 1 — Child Benefit Recovery from those with an income of over £50K	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	2 Jul 2012	Finance Bill — Clause 8 — Recovery of Child Benefit from Those With Income Over Fifty Thousand Pounds Per Year	minority	Majority (strong)

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 votes	Points	Out of
Most important votes (50 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	8	0	400
MP absent	0	0	0
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	0	0	0
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	2	2	4
Total:		2	404
*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

404

= 0.5 %.

How the number is calculated

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