Peter Soulsby compared to 'Coalition Programme for Government

voted strongly against the policy

Coalition Programme for Government - For

by scoring 10.7% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Peter Soulsby	Policy vote
Commons	7 Jun 2010	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	8 Jun 2010	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — Economy	minority	Majority
Commons	8 Jun 2010	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government	minority	Majority
Commons	21 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Require Academies to Comply with the School Admissions Code — rejected	minority	minority
Commons	6 Sep 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — No Second Reading — rejected	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	6 Sep 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	20 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 9 — Number of MPs	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	20 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 9 — Number and distribution of seats	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	2 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Third Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	13 Dec 2010	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Decline Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	12 Jan 2011	Postal Services Bill — Third Reading — Privatisation of Royal Mail	minority	Majority
Commons	17 Jan 2011	Localism Bill — Declines Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	31 Jan 2011	Health and Social Care Bill — Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	9 Feb 2011	Taxation of the Financial Sector — Financial Transaction Tax — Banking Levy	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — permissible variation in population in a constituency	minority	Majority
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — Special Case of the Isle of Wight	minority	minority
Commons	16 Feb 2011	Opposition Day — Military Covenant	absent	minority
Commons	29 Mar 2011	March 2011 Budget	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	31 Mar 2011	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Third Reading	absent	Majority (strong)

How the number is calculated

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

Questions about this formula can be discussed on the forum.

	No of votes	Points	Out of
Most important votes (50 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	10	0	500
MP absent	2	50	100
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	2	20	20
MP voted against policy	4	0	40
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	1	1	2
Total:		71	662
*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

agreement score =

MP's points

total points

662

= 10.7 %.

How the number is calculated

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