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Voting Record — Nicholas Soames MP, Mid Sussex (10555)

Nicholas Soames is currently a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee

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

Constituency From To Party Rebellions (explain...) Attendance (explain...) Teller

Mid Sussex 5 May 2005 still in office Con 13 votes out of 648, 2.0% 648 votes out of 1232, 52.6% 0 times

Mid Sussex 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Con 2 votes out of 580, 0.3% 580 votes out of 1246, 46.5% 0 times

Mid Sussex 1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Con 3 votes out of 626, 0.5% 626 votes out of 1273, 49.2% 1 time

Crawley 9 Apr 1992 8 Apr 1997 unknown votes out of votes out of times

Crawley 11 Jun 1987 16 Mar 1992 unknown votes out of votes out of times

Crawley 9 Jun 1983 18 May 1987 unknown votes out of votes out of 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	Nicholas Soames	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to continue to be employed by MPs — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — outer-London MPs can no longer claim second home	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Jun 2008	Counter Terrorism Bill — Specially Appointed Coroners — rejected	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	Majority	aye	Rebel
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
Commons	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
17 Apr 2007	Became a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee
17 Apr 2007	Stopped being a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
16 Jan 2007	Became a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee
16 Jan 2007	Stopped being a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Feb 2006	Became a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
9 May 2005	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Defence
House	Date	Subject	Hon. Nicholas Soames	Con Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
17 Mar 2005	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, International Affairs
17 Mar 2005	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Defence
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
10 May 2004	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, International Affairs
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Hon. Nicholas Soames	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	27 Feb 2001	Hunting Bill - Disposal of fallen stock	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Deregulation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Apr 2000	Organ Transplants (Presumed Consent)	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Hon. Nicholas Soames	unknown Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	Hon. Nicholas Soames	unknown Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	Hon. Nicholas Soames	unknown Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller

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
40%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
1%	Ban fox hunting
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
13%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
30%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
1%	Fox hunting - Ban
79%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
83%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
41%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
5%	House of Lords Reform
16%	Identity cards - For introduction
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
93%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
79%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	Nuclear power - For
9%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
50%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
93%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
77%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
2%	Smoking ban - In favour
93%	Stop climate change
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
27%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
46%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
7%	University education fees - For top up fees
93%	University education fees - Should be free
0%	University tuition fees
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
2%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-present, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement Name Constituency Party
100.0% John Howell Henley Con

89.1% David Cameron Witney Con

87.9% Andrew Mitchell Sutton Coldfield Con

87.4% Patrick Cormack South Staffordshire Con

87.4% Humfrey Malins Woking Con