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Policies

Policies are stated positions on a particular issue. For example "Privatise the NHS", or "Join the Euro". Each policy has a definition and a way to vote in relevant divisions in Parliament.

This table summarises all policies, including how many times they have "voted". Click on their name to get a comparison of a policy to all MPs. You can get a policy to the top by editing and correcting motion text for its divisions.

Votes (unedited)Policy
26 Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
7 Ban fox hunting
7 (3) Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
13 Climate Change Bill - Strengthen
32 Control Orders
1 (1) Corporal punishment of children - Against
2 Crossrail - In favour
9 (1) Foundation hospitals - In favour
15 Fox hunting - Don't ban
16 Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
9 Gambling - Against permissiveness
2 Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
17 (5) Homosexuality - Equal rights
13 (4) House of Lords reform - Elected
36 (11) Identity cards - Against introduction
6 Iraq 2003 - Against the invasion
6 Iraq 2003 - pro-invasion
15 Iraq Investigation - Necessary
10 No detention without charge or trial
6 Nuclear power - For
12 Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
14 Post office - in favour of Government policy
14 Post office closures - against
5 Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
5 Recreational drugs - Against legalization
9 Smoking ban - In favour
75 Terrorism laws - Against
3 The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
10 (3) Transexuality - Against legal recognition
9 Transparency of Parliament
2 Trident replacement - In favour
13 (2) University education fees - Should be free
7 University tuition fees
2 Voting age - Reduce to 16
3 War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
5 (1) Alcohol - increase its availability (provisional)
5 (1) Alcohol - restrict its availability (provisional)
1 American imperialist hegemony: welcome (provisional)
1 Asylum seekers: no rights (provisional)
8 (2) British Humanist (provisional)
5 (1) Cambridge Liberal Conservative (provisional)
39 Common Sense Party (provisional)
75 (41) Conservative party abstentions (provisional)
4 Educational Reform Rebel (provisional)
4 Faith schools: abolish (provisional)
20 (2) Homosexuality - Not acceptable (provisional)
12 (3) Identity Cards - In favour (provisional)
4 Income Tax - Abolish 10% tax bracket (provisional)
15 Innocent until proven guilty (provisional)
13 Iraq 2003 - For disarmament only (provisional)
2 Jury trials: sacrosanct (provisional)
2 Liberal Democrat party abstentions (provisional)
10 (3) Mental health- easier detention + forced treatment (provisional)
7 Military expansion - Favour (provisional)
5 (3) No to ID Cards (provisional)
1 Outlaw irrelevant clauses (provisional)
12 Parliamentary scrutiny - Strengthen (provisional)
3 Pension fund collapse: bail-out (provisional)
1 Prisons and probation services: Privatise (provisional)
1 Pro American Pro War and Anti-Euro Party (provisional)
5 Pro Science and technology (provisional)
18 Pro-human rights, pro-democracy (provisional)
60 (2) Pro-Liberty (provisional)
3 Referendum on Europe (provisional)
6 (4) Renationalisation of public services (provisional)
1 Right to strike (provisional)
3 Selective schools: abolish (provisional)
3 (2) Socially Free, Economically Free. True Libertarian (provisional)
3 (1) Stand as an MP based on signatures of support (provisional)
9 (5) Stop climate change (provisional)
12 (7) Taxes - Favour decreases (provisional)
2 (2) Taxes - Favour increases (provisional)
1 Temporary and agency workers: Equal rights (provisional)
4 Termination of pregnancy - against (provisional)
9 Trust schools: For (provisional)
34 (32) Vote 'aye' on every division in October 2007 (provisional)
6 (4) Vote for Radical Change (provisional)
That makes 77 policies which have voted in at least one division.