Voting Record — Tom Watson MP, West Bromwich East (11309)

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

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
6 May 2010	still in office	Lab	2 votes out of 402, 0.5%	402 votes out of 800, 50.3%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	5 votes out of 952, 0.5%	952 votes out of 1288, 73.9%	22 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	6 votes out of 961, 0.6%	961 votes out of 1246, 77.1%	40 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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House	Date	Subject	Tom Watson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Sep 2010	UK Armed Forces in Afghanistan (Backbench Business)	minority	no	Rebel
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Culture, Media & Sport Committee
House	Date	Subject	Tom Watson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Apr 2010	Digital Economy Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Apr 2010	Digital Economy Bill – delay creation of clause 18 – website blocking	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Dec 2009	Deferred divisions — Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority	both	no	Rebel
10 Aug 2009	Became a member of the Culture, Media & Sport Committee
10 Jun 2009	Stopped being Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Modernisation of the House of Commons (Standing Orders)	both	no	Rebel
29 Jan 2008	Stopped being Assistant Whip, HM Treasury
25 Jan 2008	Became Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office
Commons	22 Jan 2008	Energy Bill (Programme)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	21 Jan 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Dec 2007	Orders of the Day — Clause 23 — Overriding duty of Office of Rail Regulation before Crossrail operational	tellno	no	Teller
28 Jun 2007	Became Assistant Whip, HM Treasury
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
7 Sep 2006	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Veterans), Ministry of Defence
6 Jun 2006	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Veterans), Ministry of Defence
6 Jun 2006	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence
8 May 2006	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence
8 May 2006	Stopped being Lords Commissioner, HM Treasury
Commons	19 Apr 2006	Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill — Clause 3 — Timing of canvass	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Mar 2006	Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill — Clause 9 — Review of permitted development orders	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Mar 2006	Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill — New Clause 5 — Building regulations relating to emissions and use of fuel and power: time limit for prosecutions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Jan 2006	The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the Standing Order.	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Jan 2006	National Lottery Bill — New Clause 1 — Reports by distributing bodies	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jan 2006	Electoral Administration Bill — New Clause 5 — Prisoners Voting	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jan 2006	Electoral Administration Bill — New Clause 2 — Registration Officers: General Duty	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jan 2006	Electoral Administration Bill — New Clause 1 — Personal Identifiers (Absent Voters)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Dec 2005	Motion to sit in Private	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Nov 2005	Violent Crime Reduction Bill — New Clause 1 — Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Amendment)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Nov 2005	Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill (Programme)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Nov 2005	Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Oct 2005	Railtrack	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Oct 2005	Railtrack	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Oct 2005	Armed Forces (Parliamentary Approval for Participation in Armed Conflict) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Oct 2005	Civil Aviation Bill — New Clause 5 — Reporting of Banned Airlines	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jul 2005	Council Tax — Capping Order	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Jun 2005	Climate Change (G8 Summit)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Jun 2005	Electoral Integrity	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Jun 2005	Electoral Integrity	tellno	no	Teller
11 May 2005	Became Lords Commissioner, HM Treasury
11 May 2005	Stopped being Assistant Whip, HM Treasury
House	Date	Subject	Mr Tom Watson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	6 Apr 2005	Railways Bill — Clause 13 — Railway Functions of Passenger Transport Executives	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Support For Members Who Have Chosen Not To Take Their Seats	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Support For Members Who Have Chosen Not To Take Their Seats	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Programme — Lords' Amendments	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Mar 2005	Delegated Legislation — Northern Ireland	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Mar 2005	Road Safety Bill — Clause 44 — Private Hire Vehicles in London	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Mar 2005	Road Safety Bill — New Clause 21 — outlaws modifications to vehicles that could increase injury	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Mar 2005	Road Safety Bill — New Clause 19 — Amendment of Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Mar 2005	Road Safety Bill — New Clause 6 — Causing Death by Driving whilst Disqualified	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Mar 2005	Road Safety Bill — New Clause 1 — Funding of Speed Awareness and Driver Improvement Course	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Mar 2005	Future European Union Finances	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Mar 2005	Health and Safety (Directors' Duties) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Programme — Alteration	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Feb 2005	Drugs Bill (Programme) (No.2)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Feb 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Clause 5 — Applications Relating to Entries in Register	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Feb 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Clause 25 — Reports by Commissioner	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Feb 2005	Belmarsh Judgment	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — New Clause 6 — Interception of communications	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — Abolish the offense of Blasphemy — rejected	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — New Clause 3 — Racial and religious hatred	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Feb 2005	Child Benefit Bill (Programme) (No. 2)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Feb 2005	Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — Timetable — Third reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Feb 2005	Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 105 — Removal from most senior judicial offices	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Feb 2005	Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 109 — Parliamentary disqualification	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Feb 2005	Constitutional Reform Bill — Clause 37 — Juristiction of the Supreme Court	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Jan 2005	Railways Bill — Clause 22 — Proposal by Service Operator to Discontinue Non-Franchised Services	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill — New Clause 1 — Report on Establishment of Commissioners	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 31 — Requirements for approval	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 24 — Advance decisions to refuse treatment: general	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Dec 2004	Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill (Programme)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure) (No. 3)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	tellno	no	Teller
2 Nov 2004	Stopped being Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo, Paymaster General), HM Treasury
Commons	19 Oct 2004	New Clause 1 — Amendment of Companies Act 1985: limit on auditor's liability (No.1)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Oct 2004	EU Justice and Home Affairs	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Oct 2004	EU Justice and Home Affairs	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Oct 2004	Pensions and Welfare Reform	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Oct 2004	Pensions and Welfare Reform	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
10 Sep 2004	Became Assistant Whip, HM Treasury
13 May 2004	Became Parliamentary Private Secretary (Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo, Paymaster General), HM Treasury
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	no	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.

Agreement	Policy
40%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Ban fox hunting
80%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100%	Control Orders
100%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
88%	European Union - For
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
26%	Fully Elected House of Lords
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
85%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
20%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
18%	No detention without charge or trial
58%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
100%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
96%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
4%	Post office closures - against
16%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
5%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
14%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42%	Right to strike
48%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
73%	Smoking ban - In favour
47%	Stop climate change
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
99%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
11%	Transparency of Parliament
83%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
8%	University education fees - Should be free
60%	University Tuition Fees - For
42%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2010-present, 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.

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Voting Record — Tom Watson MP, West Bromwich East (11309)

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