Voting Record — James Clappison MP, Hertsmere (10106)

James Clappison

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	30 Mar 2015	Con	30 votes out of 793, 3.8%	793 votes out of 1239, 64.0%	1 time
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	21 votes out of 725, 2.9%	725 votes out of 1288, 56.3%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	6 votes out of 767, 0.8%	767 votes out of 1246, 61.6%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	2 votes out of 789, 0.3%	789 votes out of 1273, 62.0%	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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House	Date	Subject	James Clappison	Con Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Home Affairs Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	10 Feb 2014	Children and Families Bill — Offence of Smoking in a Private Vehicle When A Person Under 18 is Present	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Nov 2013	Defence Reform Bill — New Clause 3 — Report and Parliamentary Approval of Plans on the Future of the Reserve Forces	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2013	Canterbury City Council Bill — Close Debate on Requirement for Street Trading Enforcement Officers to be Trained	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Nov 2012	European Union — Banking Union and Economic and Monetary Union — European Banking Authority	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2012	Seek Real Terms Cut in European Union Budget	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Oct 2012	European Union — Regulation of Emission of Pollutants from Ships	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2011	National Referendum on the United Kingdom's Membership of the European Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill 2011 — Independent Abortion Advice	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2011	Draft International Monetary Fund (Increase in Subscription) Order 2011,	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2011	Royal Assent — Eurozone Financial Assistance	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 May 2011	Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 — Financial and Economic Outlook	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2011	Business of the House — Closure of Debate — Scrutiny of EU Foreign, Defence and Security Policy	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	16 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Referendum on the Alternative Vote System — Threshold on Making Result Binding	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Referendum on the Alternative Vote — Threshold for Binding Result	minority	aye	Rebel
14 Feb 2011	Stopped being Member, International Development Committee
Commons	9 Feb 2011	European Union — UK Contributions to the Eurozone Financial Stabilisation Mechanism	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Feb 2011	European Union Bill — New Clause 11 — Referendum on EU Membership If Referendum Opposes Transfer of Powers	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 9 — Approval required in connection with Title V of Part 3 of TFEU	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 6 — Referendum on Emergency Financial Assistance for EU Member States	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 5 — Statement to be laid before Parliament	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Dec 2010	Loans to Ireland Bill — Clause 1 — Interest Rate to be Charged on United Kingdom Loans to Ireland	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Dec 2010	Loans to Ireland Bill — Programme — Expidte Consideration of the Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2010	European Union Economic Governance	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Draft EU Budget 2011	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2010	London Local Authorities Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, International Development Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions),
House	Date	Subject	James Clappison	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
10 Jul 2007	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions),
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading — Closure	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Exempt constituents' letters only — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Continue to disclose MPs' correspondence — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — That the Question now be proposed	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
22 Jan 2007	Became Member, European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	James Clappison	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Connecting Parliament with the Public	minority	aye	Rebel
28 Nov 2003	Stopped being Member, Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
10 Jul 2003	Became Member, Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
1 Jan 2003	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury),
18 Nov 2002	Became Member, Home Affairs Committee
1 Jan 2002	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury),
1 Jan 2002	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions),
House	Date	Subject	James Clappison	Con Vote	Rôle
1 Jan 2001	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions),
1 Jan 2001	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury),
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
1 Jan 2000	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury),
1 Jan 2000	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Education),
Commons	1 Mar 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill - Defences available to persons who are under age	Majority	no	Rebel
1 Jan 1999	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Education),
1 Jan 1999	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs),
1 May 1997	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment),
1 Jan 1997	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs),
6 Jul 1995	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment),
24 Jan 1994	Stopped being Member, Health and Social Care Committee
27 Apr 1992	Became Member, Health and Social Care Committee

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
53%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Academy Schools - for
1%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
61%	Asylum System - More strict
0%	Ban fox hunting
16%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
75%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
84%	Closed Material Proceedure
79%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
1%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Cull Badgers
23%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
75%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
17%	Easier access to abortion
70%	Employee Shareholder Status
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
6%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	Environmental water quality
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
32%	European Union Integration - For
88%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
87%	Fixed Term Parliaments
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
79%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
71%	Fully Elected House of Lords
41%	Further devolution to Scotland
29%	Further devolution to Wales
50%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
71%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
25%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
7%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
85%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
79%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
44%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
60%	HS2 - In Favour
32%	Human Rights and Equality
11%	Identity cards - For introduction
30%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
78%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
86%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
77%	Increase the state pension age
91%	Increase VAT
50%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
92%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
6%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
19%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
21%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
59%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
13%	Mansion Tax
38%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
74%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
6%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
34%	More powers for local councils
35%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
57%	Nuclear power - For
52%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
58%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
78%	Promote Occupational Pensions
13%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
46%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
13%	Rail Fares - Lower
93%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50%	Reduce capital gains tax
88%	Reduce central funding for local government
100%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
82%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
79%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
93%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
90%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
92%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
92%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
60%	Register of Lobbyists
17%	Regulate letting agent fees
67%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
9%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
17%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
91%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
84%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
88%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42%	Right to strike
77%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
80%	Same Sex Marriage - for
92%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
42%	Smoking ban - In favour
0%	State control of bus services
68%	Stop climate change
17%	Support current and former armed service members
48%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
95%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
80%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93%	University education fees - Should be free
41%	University Tuition Fees - For
84%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
30%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
25%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — James Clappison MP, Hertsmere (10106)

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