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Voting Record — Douglas Alexander MP, Lothian East (10661)
Douglas Alexander is currently Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade),
Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).
| Constituency | From | To | Party | Rebellions (explain...) | Attendance (explain...) | Teller |
| Lothian East |
5 Jul 2024 |
still in office |
Lab |
0 votes out of 119, 0.0% |
119 votes out of 206, 57.8% |
0 times |
| Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
6 May 2010 |
30 Mar 2015 |
Lab |
0 votes out of 715, 0.0% |
715 votes out of 1239, 57.7% |
0 times |
| Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
5 May 2005 |
12 Apr 2010 |
Lab |
3 votes out of 775, 0.4% |
775 votes out of 1288, 60.2% |
0 times |
| Paisley South |
7 Jun 2001 |
11 Apr 2005 |
Lab |
3 votes out of 726, 0.4% |
726 votes out of 1246, 58.3% |
0 times |
| Paisley South |
6 Nov 1997 |
14 May 2001 |
Lab |
0 votes out of 697, 0.0% |
697 votes out of 1190, 58.6% |
0 times |
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).
See also all votes... attended | possible
This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their
voting record.
| Agreement | Policy |
| 83% |
A stricter immigration system |
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