Voting Record — Richard Spring MP, West Suffolk (10561)

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

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
House of Lords	11 Jan 2011	still in office	Con	2 votes out of 223, 0.9%	223 votes out of 292, 76.4%	0 times
West Suffolk	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	3 votes out of 810, 0.4%	810 votes out of 1288, 62.9%	0 times
West Suffolk	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	5 votes out of 822, 0.6%	822 votes out of 1246, 66.0%	0 times
West Suffolk	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	4 votes out of 797, 0.5%	797 votes out of 1273, 62.6%	1 time

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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	Lord Risby	Con Vote	Rôle
Lords	26 Mar 2012	Scotland Bill — Report (1st Day)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	26 Mar 2012	Procedure of the House — Motion to Agree	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Richard Spring	Con Vote	Rôle
18 Apr 2008	Stopped being a member of the Home Affairs Committee
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Short Speeches	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
18 Jan 2006	Became a member of the Home Affairs Committee
16 Dec 2005	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Treasury
20 May 2005	Became Shadow Minister, Treasury
20 May 2005	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Economic Affairs
House	Date	Subject	Mr Richard Spring	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
9 Sep 2004	Stopped being Shadow Minister, International Affairs
9 Sep 2004	Became Shadow Minister, Economic Affairs
10 May 2004	Became Shadow Minister, International Affairs
Commons	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — Repeal of prohibition on promotion of homosexuality (Section 28)	Majority	aye	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	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Richard Spring	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Deregulation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Fisheries: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2001	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 May 1999	Line of Route	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this person and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
81%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Ban fox hunting
86%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
1%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
8%	European Union - For
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
79%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
58%	Fully Elected House of Lords
84%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
48%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
12%	Identity cards - For introduction
50%	Increase VAT
99%	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
38%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
42%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
74%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
84%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
10%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Right to strike
92%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
21%	Smoking ban - In favour
78%	Stop climate change
88%	Termination of pregnancy - against
17%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
93%	University education fees - Should be free
7%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
58%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
100.0%	John Howell	Henley	Con
98.0%	David Cameron	Witney	Con
96.6%	Andrew Mitchell	Sutton Coldfield	Con
96.0%	George Osborne	Tatton	Con
95.7%	Paul Goodman	Wycombe	Con

Voting Record — Richard Spring MP, West Suffolk (10561)

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