Voting Record — Paul Flynn MP, Newport West (10203)

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

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
6 May 2010	still in office	Lab	25 votes out of 552, 4.5%	552 votes out of 782, 70.6%	2 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	72 votes out of 827, 8.7%	827 votes out of 1288, 64.2%	3 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	38 votes out of 795, 4.8%	795 votes out of 1246, 63.8%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	29 votes out of 888, 3.3%	888 votes out of 1273, 69.8%	1 time

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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	Paul Flynn	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	15 May 2013	Economic Growth	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2013	Communities and Local Government — Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme) ((No. 3)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2013	Justice Committee Report: Youth Justice — Immigration Rules: Sponsors	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Feb 2013	Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day: First Part] — Suicide Prevention — Clause 4 — Provision of services	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2013	Canterbury City Council Bill — Clause 2 — Interpretation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Jan 2013	Equality (Marriage) (Amendment)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2013	Succession to the Crown Bill — New Clause 1 — Removal of disqualification arising from faith	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Feb 2012	Backbench Business — [Un-allotted Day] — Iran	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2012	Deferred Divisions — Electronic Communications	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2012	Deferred Divisions — Broadcasting	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2012	Deferred Divisions — Local Government	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2012	Deferred Divisions — Local Government	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2012	Deferred Divisions — Local Government	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2012	Deferred Divisions — Local Government	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2012	Deferred Divisions — Local Government	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2012	Bills Presented — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Relocation to Bristol) Bill — Electricity Generation (Wales)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jan 2012	Deferred Division — local government finance bill (carry-over)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Oct 2011	Defence — Protection of Freedoms Bill (Programme) (No. 3)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Sep 2011	Deferred Division — Access to a Lawyer	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2011	Youth Employment	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Apr 2011	Deferred Division — Short Selling and Certain Aspects of Credit Default Swaps	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	31 Mar 2011	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Clause 140 — Demonstrations in vicinity of Parliament: repeal of SOCPA 2005 provisions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Mar 2011	Alcohol Marketing — Clause 152 — Restriction on issue of arrest warrants in private prosecutions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Deferred Divisions — Health and safety	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Deferred Divisions — Health and Safety	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2010	European Union Economic Governance	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Sep 2010	UK Armed Forces in Afghanistan (Backbench Business)	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	14 Jul 2010	Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010	minority	unknown	Unknown
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Public Administration Committee
House	Date	Subject	Paul Flynn	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Apr 2010	Business of the House – wash-up period	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Feb 2010	Energy Bill — Emissions performance standard — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Jan 2010	Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) — Sittings of the House	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2009	Welfare Reform Bill — Financial penalties should not apply to single parents of under-fives — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Jul 2009	Business of the House	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	15 Jul 2009	Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day] — US-UK Extradition Treaty	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Jul 2009	Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry — New Clause 1 — Implementation of section 1	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Jul 2009	Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day] — Identity Cards	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Jul 2009	Parliamentary Standards Bill — Clause 10 — Proceedings in Parliament	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Jun 2009	Iraq Inquiry — Welcomes the inquiry	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Jun 2009	Iraq Inquiry — Parliament to set the terms of reference — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2009	Iraq War Inquiry — Declines to make a proposal	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2009	Iraq War Inquiry — No reasonable impediment — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 2 — Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 1 — Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: "work for your benefit" schemes etc.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — New Clause 1 — Jobseeker's allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Mar 2009	Business of the House — Select Committees (Chairmen), Liaison Committee and Green Book	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Mar 2009	Control Orders — Annual renewal 2009	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Feb 2009	Airport Expansion (Parliamentary Approval)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2009	Heathrow Third Runway — rethink the plans — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Dec 2008	Police raid of MP's office — New committee to adjourn immediately	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Dec 2008	Police raid of MP's office — New committee to investigate immediately — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Dec 2008	Business of the House	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Cannabis — reclassification from class C back to class B	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Business of the House — Regional Grand Committees	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Business of the House — Regional Accountability	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Business of the House — Regional Accountability	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Nov 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 2 — Employer's duties in relation to industrial action ballots	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Third reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Delegation of functions only to local authorities — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Right of oral representations — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Secretary of State to have final say — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of period of detention to 42 days — Order	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of period of detention to 42 days — Process	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Consideration of climate change — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2008	Energy Bill — Renewable energy feed-in tariff — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2008	Iraq Inquiry — Call rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Mar 2008	Post Office Closures — Suspend for issues to be re-assessed — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Protection of freedom of expression (sexual orientation)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Preventing prison officers from taking industrial action	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2007	Opposition Day — Iraq Inquiry	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain nuclear deterrent beyond existing system	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Case not yet proven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — New Clause 11 — Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3(2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Requirements as to composition of governing bodies — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 May 2006	Armed Forces Bill — Clause 8 — Desertion — Life imprisonment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Timetable	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2006	Identity Cards Bill — Voluntary registration when applying for a passport — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2006	Terrorism Bill — Clause 1 — Encouragement of Terrorism	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Feb 2006	Identity Cards Bill — Applications relating to entries in Register	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2006	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2006	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Clause 1 — Encouragement of Terrorism — "unforeseen recklessness"	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 28 Days — but not 60	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 90 Days	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Oct 2005	Armed Forces (Parliamentary Approval for Participation in Armed Conflict) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Oct 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Oct 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Free of charge — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Oct 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Compulsory registration when applying for a Passport	minority	no	Rebel
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Public Administration Committee
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2005	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2005	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill — Clause 1 — Hatred against persons on racial or religious grounds	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Timetable	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Paul Flynn	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Environmental Audit Committee
Commons	8 Mar 2005	Road Safety Bill — New Clause 21 — outlaws modifications to vehicles that could increase injury	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organized Crime and Police Bill -- Demonstrating without authorisation in a designated area	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Jul 2004	Iraq — Adjournment Debate	minority	no	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Environmental Audit Committee
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Asylum appeals should be referred to a higher court — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Jan 2004	Higher Education Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS foundation trusts	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2003	Iraq — Foreign Affairs Committee Report	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Jul 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — NHS Foundation Trusts	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 29 — Rules of Court	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 29 — Rules of Court	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Declaration of War	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Support for the Government	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Nov 2002	Iraq — UN Security Council Resolution 1441 — Second resolution necessary — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Parliamentary Questions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Liaison Committee: Power to Take Evidence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Apr 2002	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — Schedule 3 — Repeals	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Apr 2002	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Property	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Apr 2002	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Property	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Feb 2002	Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship (No. 2) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Feb 2002	Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2002	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Bodies	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Jul 2001	International Development	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Treasury	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Business of the House	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Paul Flynn	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	15 Nov 2000	Genetically Modified Food and Producer Liability (No. 2)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Nov 2000	Parliamentary Oath (Amendment)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	31 Oct 2000	Stem Cell Research	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Jul 2000	Football Disorder Bill (Supplemental Allocation of Time) - Miscellaneous	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Jul 2000	Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Jul 2000	Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill (Allocation of Time)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jul 2000	Football (Disorder) Bill - Football matches: prevention of violence or disorder	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jul 2000	Football (Disorder) Bill (Allocation of Time) - Supplemental orders	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 May 2000	Transport Bill - Parliamentary approval of transfer scheme	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 May 2000	Transport Bill - Transfer to be to not for profit company	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 May 2000	Transport Bill - Transfer to be to company owned by Crown	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2000	Terrorism Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2000	Terrorism Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2000	Terrorism Bill - Expiry and revival (No. 2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2000	Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - New allowances for bereaved spouses	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Feb 1999	House of Lords Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 1998	Modernisation of the House - MEETINGS OF STANDING COMMITTEES (No. 1)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Jul 1998	Competition Bill [Lords] - Abuse of dominant position	minority	no	Rebel

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
9%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
87%	Ban fox hunting
24%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
58%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
25%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
76%	European Union - For
50%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
87%	Fox hunting - Ban
32%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
100%	Fully Elected House of Lords
17%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
88%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
62%	Identity cards - For introduction
21%	Increase VAT
0%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
55%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
84%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
85%	No detention without charge or trial
92%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
98%	Nuclear power - For
99%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
89%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
11%	Post office closures - against
31%	Privatise Royal Mail
32%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
42%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
13%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
14%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Right to strike
8%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
95%	Smoking ban - In favour
73%	Stop climate change
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
70%	Terrorism laws - For
17%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
46%	Transparency of Parliament
0%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
67%	University education fees - Should be free
31%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2010-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
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Voting Record — Paul Flynn MP, Newport West (10203)

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