Voting Record — Patricia Hewitt MP, Leicester West (10278)

Patricia Hewitt

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 5 votes out of 816, 0.6% 816 votes out of 1288, 63.4% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 3 votes out of 499, 0.6% 499 votes out of 1246, 40.0% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 3 votes out of 676, 0.4% 676 votes out of 1273, 53.1% 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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HouseDateSubjectPatricia HewittLab VoteRôle
11 May 2010Stopped being Member, Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
10 Aug 2009Became Member, Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct minorityaye Rebel
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Secretary of State, Department of Health
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2006Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs Majorityaye Rebel
11 May 2005Stopped being Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry
11 May 2005Became Secretary of State, Department of Health
HouseDateSubjectPatricia HewittLab VoteRôle
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
8 Jun 2001Became Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry
8 Jun 2001Stopped being Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry
HouseDateSubjectPatricia HewittLab VoteRôle
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
28 Jul 1999Stopped being Economic Secretary, HM Treasury
28 Jul 1999Became Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry
28 Jul 1998Became Economic Secretary, HM Treasury

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
50% Assisted Dying
92% Asylum System - More strict
79% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
95% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
50% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
95% European Union Integration - For
84% Fox hunting - Ban
100% Fully Elected House of Lords
16% Gambling - Against permissiveness
50% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
68% Homosexuality - Equal rights
67% Human Rights and Equality
100% Identity cards - For introduction
0% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
4% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
97% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Mass Retention of Communications Data
85% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
1% No detention without charge or trial
94% Nuclear power - For
52% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50% Pension auto-enrolment - For
97% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Privatise Royal Mail
58% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
0% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
63% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
50% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
48% Schools - Greater Autonomy
75% Smoking ban - In favour
43% Stop climate change
0% Support current and former armed service members
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2% Termination of pregnancy - against
100% Trade Unions - Restrict
50% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
97% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, 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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
99.5% Gordon BrownKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLab
99.2% Tony BlairSedgefieldLab
98.9% Shaun WoodwardSt Helens SouthLab
98.8% Kim HowellsPontypriddLab
98.2% Charles ClarkeNorwich SouthLab

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