Voting Record — Nicholas Clegg MP, Sheffield, Hallam (11812)

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 still in office LDem 1 vote out of 179, 0.6% 179 votes out of 776, 23.1% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 LDem 4 votes out of 548, 0.7% 548 votes out of 1288, 42.5% 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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HouseDateSubjectNicholas CleggLDem VoteRôle
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the house (Tuesdays) (7.00 pm to 10.00 pm) Majorityaye Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being Leader of the Liberal Democrats,
HouseDateSubjectNicholas CleggLDem VoteRôle
8 Jan 2009Became Leader of the Liberal Democrats,
8 Jan 2009Stopped being Party Leader,
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected minorityno Rebel
20 May 2008Stopped being a member of the Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
18 Apr 2008Stopped being a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
7 Feb 2008Became a member of the Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
7 Feb 2008Stopped being a member of the Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
7 Feb 2008Became a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
7 Feb 2008Stopped being a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
20 Dec 2007Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Home Affairs
20 Dec 2007Became Party Leader,
21 Mar 2006Became Shadow Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Home Affairs
21 Mar 2006Stopped being Shadow Minister (Europe), Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
6 Dec 2005Became a member of the Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
15 Nov 2005Became a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
19 Oct 2005Became Shadow Minister (Europe), Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
19 Oct 2005Stopped being Shadow Minister, Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
1 Jun 2005Became Shadow Minister, Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs

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
10% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
2% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
8% Control Orders
50% Crossrail - In favour
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
89% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
58% European Union - For
86% Fully Elected House of Lords
77% Gambling - Against permissiveness
50% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
78% Homosexuality - Equal rights
25% Identity cards - For introduction
64% Increase VAT
97% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
31% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
69% No detention without charge or trial
33% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
0% Nuclear power - For
1% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
2% Post office - in favour of Government policy
98% Post office closures - against
66% Privatise Royal Mail
75% 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
42% Right to strike
34% Schools - Greater Autonomy
58% Smoking ban - In favour
58% Stop climate change
20% Termination of pregnancy - against
5% Terrorism laws - For
33% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
58% Transparency of Parliament
33% Trident replacement - In favour
100% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100% University Tuition Fees - For
100% Voting age - Reduce to 16
50% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

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