Voting Record — Roberta Blackman-Woods MP, City of Durham (11558)

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 Lab 1 vote out of 545, 0.2% 545 votes out of 776, 70.2% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 6 votes out of 1020, 0.6% 1020 votes out of 1288, 79.2% 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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HouseDateSubjectRoberta Blackman-WoodsLab VoteRôle
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Thursdays) (9.30 am to 5.00 pm) minorityaye Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Commons Science and Technology Committee
HouseDateSubjectRoberta Blackman-WoodsLab VoteRôle
Commons4 Mar 2010Backbench Business Committee minorityno Rebel
7 Oct 2009Stopped being a member of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee
7 Oct 2009Became a member of the Commons Science and Technology Committee
16 Jan 2009Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon David Lammy, Minister of State), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
13 Nov 2008Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon David Lammy, Minister of State), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
16 Oct 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
29 Sep 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
4 Aug 2008Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
18 Apr 2008Became a member of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee
18 Apr 2008Stopped being a member of the Innovation, Universities and Skills Committee
Commons1 Feb 2008Prayers tellnono Teller
7 Nov 2007Became a member of the Innovation, Universities and Skills Committee
25 Oct 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
11 Oct 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
26 Jul 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
26 Jul 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
23 Jul 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
16 Jul 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
28 Jun 2007Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong, Minister of State (Cabinet)), Cabinet Office
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons17 Oct 2006Points of Order — Gambling Act 2005 (Amendment) Majorityaye Rebel
18 Jul 2006Stopped being a member of the Education & Skills Committee
8 May 2006Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong, Minister of State (Cabinet)), Cabinet Office
1 Nov 2005Became a member of the Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
14 Jul 2005Became a member of the Education & Skills Committee
29 Jun 2005Became a member of the Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)

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
13% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
75% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100% Control Orders
100% Crossrail - In favour
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
95% European Union - For
61% Fully Elected House of Lords
23% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
100% Homosexuality - Equal rights
100% Identity cards - For introduction
7% Increase VAT
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
31% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50% Nuclear power - For
99% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
100% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
21% Schools - Greater Autonomy
81% Smoking ban - In favour
69% Stop climate change
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
98% Terrorism laws - For
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
54% Transparency of Parliament
83% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0% University Tuition Fees - For
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

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