Voting Record — Simon Burns MP, West Chelmsford (10079)

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

ConstituencyFromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
Chelmsford 6 May 2010 still in office Con 4 votes out of 652, 0.6% 652 votes out of 782, 83.4% 0 times
West Chelmsford 5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Con 4 votes out of 921, 0.4% 921 votes out of 1288, 71.5% 14 times
West Chelmsford 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Con 2 votes out of 791, 0.3% 791 votes out of 1246, 63.5% 0 times
West Chelmsford 1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Con 3 votes out of 756, 0.4% 756 votes out of 1273, 59.4% 4 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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HouseDateSubjectSimon BurnsCon VoteRôle
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Thursdays) (9.30 am to 5.00 pm) Majorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm) Majorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (No change) Majorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Sep 2011Prayers — Clause 1 — Duties of the Secretary of State Majorityaye Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being Whip, Whips
HouseDateSubjectSimon BurnsCon VoteRôle
Commons4 Mar 2010Backbench Business Committee tellayeaye Teller
31 Mar 2009Stopped being a member of the Administration Committee
Commons28 Jan 2009Heathrow Third Runway — rethink the plans — rejected tellayeaye Teller
27 Nov 2008Stopped being a member of the Armed Forces Bill Committee
Commons22 Oct 2008Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2) Majorityno Rebel
Commons25 Jun 2008Planning Bill — Third reading tellnono Teller
Commons14 May 2008Deferred Divisions tellnono Teller
Commons31 Jan 2008Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — Amount to be specified as upper earnings limit: Great Britain tellnono Teller
Commons25 Jun 2007Orders of the Day — New Clause 2 — Principles of good practice for retrospective taxation legislation tellayeaye Teller
Commons1 May 2007Orders of the Day — Clause 67 — Abolition of contributions relief for life assurance premium contributions tellnono Teller
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons27 Feb 2007Orders of the Day — New Clause 9 — Planning: access to information etc. tellayeaye Teller
16 Nov 2006Became a member of the Administration Committee
Commons1 Nov 2006Short Speeches minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Nov 2006Legislative Process (Notice for Amendments in Public Bill Committee) Majorityno Rebel
Commons19 Oct 2006Orders of the Day — Clause 521 — Offences in connection with auditor's report tellayeaye Teller
Commons19 Oct 2006Orders of the Day — Clause 1241 — Power to require information about exercise of voting rights tellayeaye Teller
Commons18 Jul 2006Government of Wales Bill (Programme) (No. 3) — Clause 7 — Candidates at general elections tellnono Teller
Commons20 Jun 2006Orders of the Day — New Clause 22 — Mediation pre-child contact order where the safety of the child is not an issue tellnono Teller
Commons19 Apr 2006Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill — Clause 3 — Timing of canvass tellayeaye Teller
Commons29 Mar 2006Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill — Timetable tellnono Teller
20 Dec 2005Became a member of the Armed Forces Bill Committee
16 Dec 2005Became Whip, Whips
16 Dec 2005Stopped being Shadow Minister, Health
HouseDateSubjectMr Simon BurnsCon VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being a member of the Health Committee
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons minorityaye Rebel
6 Jul 2004Stopped being Shadow Minister, Public Services, Health & Education
6 Jul 2004Became Shadow Minister, Health
28 May 2004Became a member of the Health Committee
10 May 2004Became Shadow Minister, Public Services, Health & Education
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMr Simon BurnsCon VoteRôle
Commons1 Mar 2001House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Bill - Removal of disqualification of clergy Majorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Nov 2000Rewarding Democracy Commission tellnono Teller
Commons17 Jul 2000Football (Disorder) Bill Majorityno Rebel
Commons13 Jul 2000Football (Disorder) Bill Majorityno Rebel
Commons10 Mar 2000Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons18 Jun 1997Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Exemption for national competition shooters tellayeaye Teller
Commons18 Jun 1997Firearms (Amendment) Bill tellnono Teller

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% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Ban fox hunting
76% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
1% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Crossrail - In favour
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
21% European Union - For
10% Foundation hospitals - In favour
0% Fox hunting - Ban
68% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
11% Fully Elected House of Lords
92% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
32% Homosexuality - Equal rights
19% Identity cards - For introduction
100% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
89% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
35% No detention without charge or trial
0% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50% Nuclear power - For
1% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
1% Post office - in favour of Government policy
99% Post office closures - against
100% Privatise Royal Mail
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
0% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
54% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
84% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
100% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
2% Right to strike
92% Schools - Greater Autonomy
28% Smoking ban - In favour
93% Stop climate change
94% Termination of pregnancy - against
19% Terrorism laws - For
100% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
54% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
24% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
100% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93% University education fees - Should be free
38% University Tuition Fees - For
42% 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
98.2% Michael HowardFolkestone and HytheCon
98.1% Keith SimpsonMid NorfolkCon
98.0% Tim YeoSouth SuffolkCon
97.9% Malcolm RifkindKensington and ChelseaCon
97.8% Michael AncramDevizesCon

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