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Voting Record — Richard Bacon MP, South Norfolk (10707)

Richard Bacon is currently a member of the Public Accounts Committee

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 Con 9 votes out of 776, 1.2% 776 votes out of 1225, 63.3% 1 time

7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Con 14 votes out of 899, 1.6% 899 votes out of 1246, 72.2% 2 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	Richard Bacon	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Mar 2009	Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill — Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Mar 2009	Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill — Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Mar 2009	Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill — Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Jul 2007	Orders of the Day — Statistics and Registration Service Bill	tellno	no	Teller
13 Mar 2007	Stopped being a member of the European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Public Accounts Committee
29 Jun 2005	Became a member of the European Scrutiny Committee
House	Date	Subject	Mr Richard Bacon	Con Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Public Accounts Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Public Accounts Committee
28 May 2004	Became a member of the European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	22 Apr 2004	Security Screen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Nov 2003	Sittings of the House	tellaye	aye	Teller
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 — 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	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Tuesdays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Dec 2001	Facilities of the House	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Oct 2001	Relationships (Civil Registration)	Majority	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
99%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
13%	Ban fox hunting
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
3%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
13%	Fox hunting - Ban
76%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
35%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
67%	House of Lords Reform
15%	Identity cards - For introduction
10%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
92%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
31%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
70%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	Nuclear power - For
43%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
1%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
99%	Post office closures - against
58%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
85%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
100%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
20%	Smoking ban - In favour
97%	Stop climate change
100%	Termination of pregnancy - against
17%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
7%	University education fees - For top up fees
93%	University education fees - Should be free
0%	University tuition fees
2%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
2%	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
100.0% John Howell Henley Con

97.7% Roger Gale North Thanet Con

97.4% Richard Spring West Suffolk Con

97.0% David Cameron Witney Con

96.9% Humfrey Malins Woking Con