Voting Record — Richard Drax MP, South Dorset (24903)

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 still in office Con 25 votes out of 558, 4.5% 558 votes out of 776, 71.9% 3 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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HouseDateSubjectRichard DraxCon VoteRôle
Commons18 Mar 2013Communities and Local Government — New Clause 21A — Awards of exemplary damages tellnoaye Rebel Teller
Commons18 Mar 2013Communities and Local Government — Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme) ((No. 3) minorityno Rebel
Commons5 Feb 2013Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Carry-over) minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Feb 2013Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Programme) — Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Money) minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Feb 2013Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Programme) minorityaye Rebel
Commons6 Nov 2012Free School Meals (Children Over the Age of 16) — Banking Union and Economic and Monetary Union tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons31 Oct 2012European Union Free Movement Directive 2004 (Disapplication) — Multiannual Financial Framework Majorityno Rebel
Commons18 Oct 2012Bills Presented — European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Bill — Backbench Business — 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers tellayeaye Teller
Commons17 Oct 2012Deferred Divisions — Sulphur contents for marine fuels minorityaye Rebel
Commons10 Jul 2012House of Lords Reform Bill — 2nd Reading vote minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Apr 2012Bill Presented — Housing (Selective Licensing of Private Landlords in Exempted Areas) Bill — Data Protection in the Areas of Police and Criminal Justice (EU Directive) minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Apr 2012Bill Presented — Housing (Selective Licensing of Private Landlords in Exempted Areas) Bill — Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Dec 2011Backbench Business — Ministerial Statements minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Oct 2011Backbench Business — [34th Allotted Day] — National Referendum on the European Union minorityno Rebel
Commons10 Oct 2011Defence — Protection of Freedoms Bill (Programme) (No. 3) bothno Rebel
Commons29 Jun 2011Adoption (Leave, Pay and Allowance Arrangements) — Legal Aid, Sentencing and punishment of Offenders bill (Programme) minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Jun 2011Adoption (Leave, Pay and Allowance Arrangements) — Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 May 2011Royal Assent — Eurozone Financial Assistance minorityaye Rebel
Commons17 May 2011Localism Bill (Ways and Means) — Schedule 2 — New Arrangements with respect to Governance of English Local Authorities minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Mar 2011Deferred Division — Section 6 of the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Feb 2011Deferred Divisons — Clause 1 — Referendum on the alternative vote system minorityaye Rebel
Commons15 Feb 2011Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Referendum on the alternative vote system minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Feb 2011European Union Bill — New Clause 11 — Provision for further referendum minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2011European Union Bill — Clause 5 — Statement to be laid before Parliament minorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jan 2011European Union Bill — Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis minorityno Rebel
Commons15 Dec 2010Loans to Ireland Bill (Allocation of Time) — Clause 1 — United Kingdom loans to Ireland minorityno Rebel
Commons10 Nov 2010European Union Economic Governance 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
86% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
50% European Union - For
0% Homosexuality - Equal rights
93% Increase VAT
0% No detention without charge or trial
0% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100% Privatise Royal Mail
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
0% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
90% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50% Right to strike
57% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Smoking ban - In favour
100% Terrorism laws - For
100% Trident replacement - In favour
100% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100% University Tuition Fees - For

Possible Friends (more...)

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.

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