Voting Record — Mr Syd Rapson MP, Portsmouth North (10497)

Mr Syd Rapson

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 7 votes out of 1029, 0.7% 1029 votes out of 1246, 82.6% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 4 votes out of 841, 0.5% 841 votes out of 1273, 66.1% 0 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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HouseDateSubjectMr Syd RapsonLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being PPS (Team PPS), Ministry of Defence
11 Jun 2004Stopped being Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee
13 May 2004Became PPS (Team PPS), Ministry of Defence
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2002Mersey Tunnels Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Jul 2002Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) minorityaye Rebel
Commons28 Jan 2002City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Bodies minorityaye Rebel
Commons28 Jan 2002City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Bodies minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMr Syd RapsonLab VoteRôle
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill - Interpretation minorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Jun 1998Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords] minorityno 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
50% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Assisted Dying
100% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
100% Business and community control of schools: For
70% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
32% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
0% Fully Elected House of Lords
25% Gambling - Against permissiveness
78% Homosexuality - Equal rights
100% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
84% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
0% No detention without charge or trial
100% Nuclear power - For
60% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
99% Post office - in favour of Government policy
1% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
100% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
7% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
95% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
24% Schools - Greater Autonomy
82% Smoking ban - In favour
14% Stop climate change
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
7% University education fees - Should be free
100% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, 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
97.1%Mr Brian WilsonCunninghame NorthLab
96.9% Christine RussellCity of ChesterLab
96.8%Mr David StewartInverness East, Nairn and LochaberLab
96.8% Rachel SquireDunfermline WestLab
96.8% Mark TamiAlyn and DeesideLab

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