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Voting Record — Peter Hain MP, Neath (10252)

Peter Hain is currently Secretary of State, Wales Office

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

5 May 2005 still in office Lab 3 votes out of 738, 0.4% 738 votes out of 1224, 60.3% 0 times

7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 6 votes out of 780, 0.8% 780 votes out of 1246, 62.6% 0 times

1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 1 vote out of 694, 0.1% 694 votes out of 1273, 54.5% 0 times

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

4 Apr 1991 16 Mar 1992 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	Peter Hain	Lab Vote	Rôle
10 Jun 2009	Became Secretary of State, Wales Office
24 Jan 2008	Stopped being Secretary of State, Wales Office
24 Jan 2008	Stopped being Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office
28 Jun 2007	Became Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions
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
25 Jan 2007	Became Secretary of State, Wales Office
25 Jan 2007	Stopped being Secretary of State, Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
17 Jun 2005	Became Secretary of State, Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
11 May 2005	Became Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office
11 May 2005	Stopped being Lord Privy Seal, House of Commons
House	Date	Subject	Mr Peter Hain	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Chairman, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became Chairman, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee
12 Jun 2003	Became Lord Privy Seal, House of Commons
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
24 Oct 2002	Stopped being Minister of State (Europe), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
11 Jun 2001	Became Minister of State (Europe), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
11 Jun 2001	Stopped being Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry
House	Date	Subject	Mr Peter Hain	Lab Vote	Rôle
24 Jan 2001	Stopped being Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
24 Jan 2001	Became Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
28 Jul 1999	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Welsh Office
28 Jul 1999	Became Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
5 May 1997	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Welsh Office
House	Date	Subject	Mr Peter Hain	unknown Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	Mr Peter Hain	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
11%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Ban fox hunting
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
95%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
6%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
8%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
80%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
91%	House of Lords Reform
96%	Identity cards - For introduction
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
85%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
1%	No detention without charge or trial
63%	Nuclear power - For
50%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
97%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
3%	Post office closures - against
1%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
7%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
51%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
81%	Smoking ban - In favour
40%	Stop climate change
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
91%	Terrorism laws - For
33%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
29%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
93%	University education fees - For top up fees
7%	University education fees - Should be free
100%	University tuition fees
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
42%	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
98.3% Tony Blair Sedgefield Lab

94.8% Gordon Brown Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Lab

92.8% Shaun Woodward St Helens South Lab

91.5% Michael Wills North Swindon Lab

90.0% David Lammy Tottenham Lab