Voting Record — Peter Viggers MP, Gosport (10615)

Peter Viggers

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 Con 17 votes out of 708, 2.4% 708 votes out of 1288, 55.0% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Con 8 votes out of 688, 1.2% 688 votes out of 1246, 55.2% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Con 5 votes out of 645, 0.8% 645 votes out of 1273, 50.7% 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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HouseDateSubjectPeter ViggersCon VoteRôle
11 May 2010Stopped being Member, Treasury Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
11 May 2010Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Commons16 Mar 2009Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill — Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament) minorityaye Rebel
Commons3 Mar 2009Business of the House — Select Committees (Chairmen), Liaison Committee and Green Book Majorityno Rebel
3 Dec 2008Became Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
3 Dec 2008Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement Majorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] Majorityaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses Majorityaye Rebel
Commons12 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons31 Oct 2006Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs — Termination of Pregnancy Majorityaye Rebel
4 Oct 2006Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
4 Oct 2006Became Member, Speaker's Committee
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration Majorityno Rebel
6 Dec 2005Became Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
1 Nov 2005Became Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
14 Jul 2005Became Member, Treasury Committee
Commons13 Jul 2005Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees minorityaye Rebel
Commons13 Jul 2005Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees minorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectPeter ViggersCon VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Defence Committee
Commons7 Feb 2005Serious Organized Crime and Police Bill -- Demonstrating without authorisation in a designated area minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 5 — Appointment of independent advocates (No. 2) Majorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Nov 2004Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords] — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
28 May 2004Became Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
28 May 2004Became Member, Defence Committee
Commons14 Apr 2003Smoking (Restaurants) Bill Majorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Nov 2001Human Reproductive Cloning Bill[Lords] Majorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectPeter ViggersCon VoteRôle
Commons20 Dec 2000Deferred Divisions - Deregulation minorityaye Rebel
Commons19 Dec 2000Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations Majorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons10 Nov 1999House of Lords Bill — Exceptions from the rule that hereditary peers should be abolished minorityaye Rebel
Commons26 May 1999Members' Travel minorityaye 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.

AgreementPolicy
19% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Assisted Dying
60% Asylum System - More strict
0% Ban fox hunting
72% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
32% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Crossrail - In favour
1% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
6% European Union Integration - For
20% Foundation hospitals - In favour
0% Fox hunting - Ban
79% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
6% Fully Elected House of Lords
76% Gambling - Against permissiveness
50% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
25% Homosexuality - Equal rights
50% Human Rights and Equality
15% Identity cards - For introduction
100% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
97% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
33% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Mass Retention of Communications Data
50% Minimum Wage
16% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
86% No detention without charge or trial
50% Nuclear power - For
55% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50% Pension auto-enrolment - For
3% Post office - in favour of Government policy
97% Post office closures - against
100% Privatise Royal Mail
42% Promote Occupational Pensions
0% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
23% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
84% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
67% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
28% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
99% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
92% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Smoking ban - In favour
60% Stop climate change
100% Support current and former armed service members
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2% Termination of pregnancy - against
100% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100% Trade Unions - Restrict
54% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54% Transparency of Parliament
50% Trident replacement - In favour
93% University education fees - Should be free
3% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
2% Voting age - Reduce to 16
17% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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
100.0% John HowellHenleyCon
95.5% David MundellDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleCon
94.3% Liam FoxWoodspringCon
94.0% David DavisHaltemprice and HowdenCon
93.8% David CameronWitneyCon

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