Voting Record — Mr Paul Boateng MP, Brent South (10052)

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

ConstituencyFromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
House of Lords 1 Jul 2010 still in office Lab 2 votes out of 158, 1.3% 158 votes out of 321, 49.2% 0 times
Brent South 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 3 votes out of 571, 0.5% 571 votes out of 1246, 45.8% 0 times
Brent South 1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 1 vote out of 798, 0.1% 798 votes out of 1273, 62.7% 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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HouseDateSubjectLord BoatengLab VoteRôle
Lords24 Apr 2013Procedure of the House — Motion to Resolve Majorityaye Rebel
Lords10 Jan 2013Administration and Works Committee — Motion to Agree minorityno Rebel
11 May 2005Stopped being Chief Secretary, HM Treasury
HouseDateSubjectMr Paul BoatengLab VoteRôle
Commons18 Nov 2004Hunting Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
29 May 2002Became Chief Secretary, HM Treasury
29 May 2002Stopped being Financial Secretary, HM Treasury
11 Jun 2001Stopped being Minister of State, Home Office
11 Jun 2001Became Financial Secretary, HM Treasury
HouseDateSubjectMr Paul BoatengLab VoteRôle
Commons1 Nov 1999Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum — rejected minorityno Rebel
27 Oct 1998Became Minister of State, Home Office
27 Oct 1998Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health
5 May 1997Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this person and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

AgreementPolicy
50% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100% Ban fox hunting
50% Business and community control of schools: For
94% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50% European Union - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
20% Fully Elected House of Lords
25% Gambling - Against permissiveness
81% Homosexuality - Equal rights
82% Identity cards - For introduction
98% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
2% No detention without charge or trial
92% Nuclear power - For
95% Post office - in favour of Government policy
5% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
80% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
33% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Smoking ban - In favour
86% Stop climate change
89% Terrorism laws - For
26% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
8% University education fees - Should be free
98% University Tuition Fees - For
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, 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
97.9%Mr Paul DaisleyBrent EastLab
95.4%Mr Gordon BrownDunfermline EastLab
90.5%Mr Brian WilsonCunninghame NorthLab
89.5%Mr Paul MurphyTorfaenLab
89.1%Mr Richard CabornSheffield CentralLab

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