Terry Rooney MP, Bradford North

voted strongly for the policy

Jack Scott

by scoring 95.0% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
HouseDateSubjectTerry RooneyPolicy vote
Commons20 May 1997The Economy and European Affairs MajorityMajority
Commons18 Jun 1997Firearms (Amendment) Bill MajorityMajority
Commons10 Dec 1997Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In Majorityminority
Commons24 Feb 1999Rating (Valuation) Bill - Rateable value absentMajority
Commons10 Feb 2000Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill absentMajority
Commons17 May 2000Armed Forces (Minimum Age of Recruitment) MajorityMajority
Commons14 Nov 2000Parliamentary Oath (Amendment) absentminority
HouseDateSubjectTerry RooneyPolicy vote
Commons26 Jun 2001Rural Communities and Transport MajorityMajority
Commons27 Jun 2001Home Affairs and Constitution MajorityMajority
Commons27 Jun 2001Home Affairs and Constitution MajorityMajority
Commons27 Jun 2001Home Affairs and Constitution MajorityMajority
Commons28 Jun 2001Business of the House MajorityMajority
Commons5 Jul 2001Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution) Majorityminority
Commons11 Jul 2001Deferred Divisions — Education — Northern Ireland absentMajority
Commons16 Jul 2001Business of the House MajorityMajority
Commons24 Oct 2001Relationships (Civil Registration) absentMajority
Commons12 Nov 2001Animal Health Bill absentMajority
Commons12 Nov 2001Animal Health Bill (Programme) — Consideration and Third Reading absentMajority
Commons13 Nov 2001Railtrack absentMajority
Commons13 Nov 2001Railtrack absentMajority
Commons15 Nov 2001City of London (Ward Elections) Bill absentMajority
Commons19 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Programme — Committee of the Whole House MajorityMajority
Commons26 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Clause 38 — Religious Hatred MajorityMajority
Commons26 Nov 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Third Reading MajorityMajority
Commons5 Dec 2001Business of the House absentMajority
Commons18 Dec 2001Facilities of the House MajorityMajority
Commons18 Dec 2001Facilities of the House MajorityMajority
Commons18 Dec 2001Facilities of the House MajorityMajority
Commons18 Dec 2001Facilities of the House MajorityMajority
Commons19 Dec 2001Treason Felony, Act of Settlement and Parliamentary Oath absentMajority
Commons16 Jan 2002Railways MajorityMajority
Commons4 Feb 2002Asylum Seekers MajorityMajority
Commons5 Feb 2002Education Bill — [1st Allotted Day] MajorityMajority
Commons7 Feb 2002Tax Credits Bill — New Clause 2 — Means of payment of tax credits to recipients MajorityMajority
Commons7 Feb 2002Tax Credits Bill — New Clause 6 — Aggravated tax credit fraud MajorityMajority
Commons5 Mar 2002Steel Industry MajorityMajority
Commons5 Mar 2002Steel Industry MajorityMajority
Commons5 Mar 2002Nuclear Power — Planning decisions should be taken in Scotland and Wales — rejected MajorityMajority
Commons5 Mar 2002Nuclear Power — Confidence in planning process in Scotland and Wales MajorityMajority
Commons12 Mar 2002London and the South-East MajorityMajority
Commons18 Mar 2002Hunting with Dogs: Self-Supervision Scheme MajorityMajority
Commons18 Mar 2002Hunting with Dogs: Hunting Under Licence MajorityMajority
Commons18 Mar 2002Hunting with Dogs: Ban MajorityMajority
Commons19 Mar 2002Education and Skills Training MajorityMajority
Commons19 Mar 2002Education and Skills Training MajorityMajority
Commons25 Mar 2002State Pension Credit Bill [Lords] MajorityMajority
Commons25 Mar 2002State Pension Credit Bill [Lords] — Consideration and Third Reading MajorityMajority
Commons10 Apr 2002Enterprise Bill (Programme) — Programming Committee MajorityMajority
Commons15 Apr 2002City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Property MajorityMajority
Commons15 Apr 2002City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Property MajorityMajority
Commons1 May 2002Ways and Means — National Insurance Contributions MajorityMajority
Commons14 May 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1) Majorityminority
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen minorityMajority
Commons15 May 2002Post Office Closures — Deep concern — rejected absentMajority
Commons10 Jun 2002National Insurance Contributions Bill — Clause 2 — Secondary Class 1 contributions MajorityMajority
Commons19 Jun 2002World Poverty MajorityMajority
Commons19 Jun 2002House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee) MajorityMajority
Commons25 Jun 2002Zimbabwe MajorityMajority
Commons26 Jun 2002Tax Credits Bill — New Clause MajorityMajority
Commons28 Oct 2002Access To Facilities Of The House MajorityMajority
Commons29 Oct 2002Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays minorityMajority
Commons4 Nov 2002Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters MajorityMajority
Commons25 Nov 2002Iraq — UN Security Council Resolution 1441 — Second resolution necessary — rejected MajorityMajority
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected MajorityMajority
Commons14 Apr 2003Smoking (Restaurants) Bill MajorityMajority
Commons30 Jun 2003Hunting Bill — New Clause 6 — Use of Dogs Below Ground (No. 2) MajorityMajority
Commons10 Sep 2003Iraq — Role of the United Nations absentMajority
Commons6 Nov 2003Modernisation absentMajority
Commons19 Nov 2003Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be Conducted without Jury MajorityMajority
Commons21 Jan 2004Case for a Civil Service Bill MajorityMajority
Commons27 Jan 2004Higher Education Bill — Second Reading — Increase in University Tuition Fees MajorityMajority
Commons23 Feb 2004Gender Recognition Bill MajorityMajority
Commons25 Feb 2004Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 — Privy Counsel Report MajorityMajority
Commons9 Mar 2004Young People and Democracy MajorityMajority
Commons23 Mar 2004Budget Resolutions 2004 — Non-Corporate Distribution Rate MajorityMajority
Commons30 Mar 2004EU Constitution Referendum MajorityMajority
Commons22 Apr 2004Points of Order absentMajority
Commons14 May 2004[Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] absentMajority
Commons17 May 2004Iraq — Security Situation MajorityMajority
Commons25 May 2004Gender Recognition Bill [Lords] — Religion MajorityMajority
Commons7 Jun 2004Nomination of Select Committees absentMajority
Commons30 Jun 2004Regional Government MajorityMajority
Commons13 Jul 2004Energy Bill [Lords] — New Clause 17 — Environmental principles for purposes of Part 1 MajorityMajority
Commons19 Jul 2004Council Tax MajorityMajority
Commons20 Jul 2004Iraq — Adjournment Debate MajorityMajority
Commons21 Jul 2004Devolution MajorityMajority
Commons13 Sep 2004Children Bill [Lords] (Programme) absentMajority
Commons14 Sep 2004Higher Education MajorityMajority
Commons14 Sep 2004Higher Education MajorityMajority
Commons14 Sep 2004Older Women MajorityMajority
Commons15 Sep 2004Hunting Bill MajorityMajority
Commons11 Oct 2004Mental Capacity Bill absentMajority
Commons11 Oct 2004Mental Capacity Bill (Programme) absentMajority
Commons12 Oct 2004Civil Partnership Bill [Lords] MajorityMajority
Commons12 Oct 2004Civil Partnership Bill [Lords] (Programme) MajorityMajority
Commons14 Oct 2004EU Justice and Home Affairs absentMajority
Commons15 Oct 2004Petition — Fisheries absentMajority
Commons18 Oct 2004Crime MajorityMajority
Commons18 Oct 2004Crime MajorityMajority
Commons19 Oct 2004New Clause 1 — Amendment of Companies Act 1985: limit on auditor's liability (No.1) — Clause 23 — Power to enter and remain on premises MajorityMajority
Commons20 Oct 2004Delegated Legislation — Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 MajorityMajority
Commons20 Oct 2004Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill (Programme) (No. 2) MajorityMajority
Commons20 Oct 2004Clause 1 — Pension and compensation schemes: armed and reserve forces MajorityMajority
Commons20 Oct 2004Clause 1 — Pension and compensation schemes: armed and reserve forces MajorityMajority
Commons20 Oct 2004Clause 1 — Pension and compensation schemes: armed and reserve forces MajorityMajority
Commons26 Oct 2004Programming of Bills MajorityMajority
Commons26 Oct 2004Programming of Bills MajorityMajority
Commons26 Oct 2004Programming of Bills MajorityMajority
Commons26 Oct 2004Programming of Bills MajorityMajority
Commons26 Oct 2004Deferred Divisions MajorityMajority
Commons26 Oct 2004Carry-over of Bills MajorityMajority
Commons26 Oct 2004Removal of References to Strangers absentMajority
Commons27 Oct 2004Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No.2) MajorityMajority
Commons27 Oct 2004New Clause 10 — Victims of persons subject to hospital order with restriction order: representations — Clause 22 — Procedure for determining fitness to plead: England and Wales absentMajority
Commons28 Oct 2004School Transport Bill MajorityMajority
Commons28 Oct 2004School Transport Bill (Programme) MajorityMajority
Commons28 Oct 2004School Transport Bill (Carry-Over) MajorityMajority
Commons1 Nov 2004Gambling Bill — reasoned amendment on 2nd reading MajorityMajority
Commons1 Nov 2004Gambling Bill — 2nd reading MajorityMajority
Commons1 Nov 2004Gambling Bill (Programme) MajorityMajority
Commons1 Nov 2004Gambling Bill (Carry-Over) MajorityMajority
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No.2) MajorityMajority
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Children's Commissioner: functions MajorityMajority
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Powers of consideration and representation by Children's Commissioner for Wales MajorityMajority
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 4 — Appeals about information held on databases MajorityMajority
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 5 — Presumption of equal parenting MajorityMajority
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment MajorityMajority
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment MajorityMajority
Commons3 Nov 2004Third Report of the Procedure Committee — Election of an MP to More Than One Seat — Brian Haw's Protest Camp absentMajority
Commons8 Nov 2004Housing Bill (Programme) (No. 3) MajorityMajority
Commons8 Nov 2004Housing Bill — Improvements in Energy Efficiency — rejected MajorityMajority
Commons8 Nov 2004Housing Bill — Clause 137 — Duty to have a home information pack MajorityMajority
Commons8 Nov 2004Housing Bill — Decent Homes Standard for Social Housing MajorityMajority
Commons9 Nov 2004Categories of civil partners other than same sex couples MajorityMajority
Commons9 Nov 2004Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords] — Third Reading MajorityMajority
Commons11 Nov 2004Family Doctor Services absentMajority
Commons11 Nov 2004Family Doctor Services MajorityMajority
Commons15 Nov 2004Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill MajorityMajority
Commons15 Nov 2004Delegated Legislation — Legal Services Commission MajorityMajority
Commons16 Nov 2004Pensions Bill (Programme) (No. 4) MajorityMajority
Commons16 Nov 2004Pensions Bill — Clause 168 — Amounts to be raised by the pension protection levies MajorityMajority
Commons16 Nov 2004Pensions Bill — Removal of compulsion to take annuities MajorityMajority
Commons16 Nov 2004Pensions Bill — Removal of compulsion to take annuities MajorityMajority
Commons16 Nov 2004Pensions Bill — Clause 274 — Financial assistance scheme for members of certain pension schemes MajorityMajority
Commons16 Nov 2004Hunting Bill (Procedure) (No.2) MajorityMajority
Commons16 Nov 2004Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs MajorityMajority
Commons16 Nov 2004Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs MajorityMajority
Commons16 Nov 2004Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs MajorityMajority
Commons17 Nov 2004Civil Contingencies Bill (Programme) (No. 2) MajorityMajority
Commons17 Nov 2004Civil Contingencies Bill — Clause 34 — Commencement MajorityMajority
Commons17 Nov 2004Civil Contingencies Bill — Acts which could not be amended MajorityMajority
Commons17 Nov 2004Civil Contingencies Bill — Clause 2 — Duty to assess, plan and advise MajorityMajority
Commons17 Nov 2004Civil Contingencies Bill — Clause 22 — Scope of emergency regulations MajorityMajority
Commons17 Nov 2004Pensions Bill MajorityMajority
Commons18 Nov 2004Hunting Bill (Procedure) (No. 3) MajorityMajority
Commons18 Nov 2004Hunting Bill MajorityMajority
Commons30 Nov 2004Health and Education MajorityMajority
Commons1 Dec 2004Economic Affairs absentMajority
Commons1 Dec 2004Queen's Speech — Prime Minister's Prorogative absentMajority
Commons1 Dec 2004Economic Affairs absentMajority
Commons6 Dec 2004Railways Bill MajorityMajority
Commons6 Dec 2004Railways Bill (Programme) MajorityMajority
Commons7 Dec 2004Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — Timetable MajorityMajority
Commons8 Dec 2004Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill (Programme) MajorityMajority
Commons13 Dec 2004School Discipline MajorityMajority
Commons13 Dec 2004Family Justice MajorityMajority
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 1 — Excluded decisions MajorityMajority
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 2 — Excluded decisions (No. 2) MajorityMajority
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 5 — Appointment of independent advocates (No. 2) MajorityMajority
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 4 — Best interests MajorityMajority
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 24 — Advance decisions to refuse treatment: general MajorityMajority
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 31 — Requirements for approval MajorityMajority
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — Schedule 3 — Property and affairs: supplementary provisions MajorityMajority
Commons16 Dec 2004School Transport Bill — Clause 1 — School travel schemes MajorityMajority
Commons16 Dec 2004School Transport Bill — Clause 1 — School travel schemes absentMajority
Commons16 Dec 2004School Transport Bill — Clause 1 — School travel schemes absentMajority
Commons16 Dec 2004School Transport Bill absentMajority
Commons20 Dec 2004Identity Cards Bill — Second Reading MajorityMajority
Commons20 Dec 2004Identity Cards Bill MajorityMajority
Commons20 Dec 2004Identity Cards Bill (Programme) MajorityMajority
Commons20 Dec 2004Identity Cards Bill [Money] absentMajority
Commons10 Jan 2005Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill MajorityMajority
Commons10 Jan 2005Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (Programme) MajorityMajority
Commons10 Jan 2005Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill (Programme) (No. 2) MajorityMajority
Commons11 Jan 2005Road Safety Bill (Programme) MajorityMajority
Commons12 Jan 2005Child Benefit Bill (Programme) MajorityMajority
Commons13 Jan 2005Consumer Credit Bill (Programme) MajorityMajority
Commons17 Jan 2005Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] MajorityMajority
Commons17 Jan 2005Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] (Programme) MajorityMajority
Commons19 Jan 2005Value for Taxpayers' Money MajorityMajority
Commons19 Jan 2005Farming and Rural Communities MajorityMajority
Commons19 Jan 2005Farming and Rural Communities MajorityMajority
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Casino conditions absentMajority
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Clause 58 — Age limit for Category D gaming machines absentMajority
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Clause 170 — Casino premises licence: overall limits absentMajority
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Clause 226 — Gaming machines: Categories A to D absentMajority
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Third Reading absentMajority
Commons25 Jan 2005Licensing Act 2003 MajorityMajority
Commons25 Jan 2005Food Supplements Directive MajorityMajority
Commons25 Jan 2005Food Supplements Directive MajorityMajority
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityminority
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons MajorityMajority
Commons26 Jan 2005Connecting Parliament with the Public MajorityMajority
Commons26 Jan 2005Car Mileage Allowance MajorityMajority
Commons26 Jan 2005Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill — New Clause 1 — Report on Establishment of Commissioners MajorityMajority
Commons27 Jan 2005Railways Bill — New Clause 1 — Provision of First Class Passenger Accommodation absentMajority
Commons27 Jan 2005Railways Bill — New Clause 5 — Rail Efficiency Report MajorityMajority
Commons27 Jan 2005Railways Bill — Transfer Schemes at End of Franchising Agreements MajorityMajority
Commons27 Jan 2005Railways Bill — Clause 22 — Proposal by Service Operator to Discontinue Non-Franchised Services MajorityMajority
Commons31 Jan 2005Constitutional Reform Bill — Clause 1 — The rule of law absentMajority
Commons31 Jan 2005Constitutional Reform Bill — Clause 2 — Requirement of membership of the House of Lords MajorityMajority
Commons31 Jan 2005Constitutional Reform Bill — Clause 3 — Legal qualifications MajorityMajority
Commons1 Feb 2005Constitutional Reform Bill — Clause 20 — The Location of the Supreme Court MajorityMajority
Commons1 Feb 2005Constitutional Reform Bill — Clause 37 — Juristiction of the Supreme Court MajorityMajority
Commons1 Feb 2005Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 109 — Parliamentary disqualification MajorityMajority
Commons1 Feb 2005Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 105 — Removal from most senior judicial offices MajorityMajority
Commons1 Feb 2005Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 106 — Removal from listed judicial offices MajorityMajority
Commons7 Feb 2005Serious Organized Crime and Police Bill -- Authorisation for demonstrations in a designated area MajorityMajority
Commons8 Feb 2005Belmarsh Judgment MajorityMajority
Commons9 Feb 2005European Union Bill MajorityMajority
Commons9 Feb 2005European Union Bill MajorityMajority
Commons9 Feb 2005European Union Bill (Programme) MajorityMajority
Commons10 Feb 2005Identity Cards Bill (Programme) (No. 2) MajorityMajority
Commons10 Feb 2005Identity Cards Bill — New Clause 1 — National Identification Scheme MajorityMajority
Commons10 Feb 2005Identity Cards Bill — New Clause 4 — Application of Freedom of Information Act MajorityMajority
Commons10 Feb 2005Identity Cards Bill — Clause 25 — Reports by Commissioner MajorityMajority
Commons10 Feb 2005Identity Cards Bill — Clause 5 — Applications Relating to Entries in Register absentMajority
Commons10 Feb 2005Identity Cards Bill — Clause 31 — Tampering with the Register etc. MajorityMajority
Commons21 Feb 2005Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (Programme) (No. 2) MajorityMajority
Commons21 Feb 2005Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill — New Clause 2 — Duty to keep land and highways clear of litter MajorityMajority
Commons21 Feb 2005Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill — New Clause 15 — Waste Minimisation MajorityMajority
Commons21 Feb 2005Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill — Clause 50 — Power to require owner of land to remove waste MajorityMajority
Commons21 Feb 2005Clause 2 — Gating Orders — Clause 99 — Abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys MajorityMajority
Commons22 Feb 2005Drugs Bill (Programme) (No.2) MajorityMajority
Commons22 Feb 2005Drugs Bill — Clause 1 — Aggravated supply of controlled drug MajorityMajority
HouseDateSubjectTerry RooneyPolicy vote
Commons24 May 2005Loyal Address — Conservative amendment — rejected MajorityMajority
Commons25 May 2005Loyal Address — Conservative amendment — rejected MajorityMajority
Commons25 May 2005Loyal Address — Liberal Democrat amendment — rejected MajorityMajority
Commons25 May 2005Loyal Address MajorityMajority

How the number is calculated

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

Questions about this formula can be discussed on the forum.

No of votesPointsOut of
Most important votes (50 points)   
MP voted with policy000
MP voted against policy000
MP absent000
Less important votes (10 points)   
MP voted with policy19119101910
MP voted against policy6060
Less important absentees (2 points)   
MP absent*424284
Total:19522054

*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

agreement score
MP's points
total points
 = 
1952
2054
 = 95.0 %.


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