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Voting Record — John Reid MP, Airdrie and Shotts (10501)

John Reid is currently

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
House of Lords	22 Jul 2010	still in office	Lab	10 votes out of 953, 1.0%	953 votes out of 1549, 61.5%	0 times
Airdrie and Shotts	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	17 votes out of 788, 2.2%	788 votes out of 1288, 61.2%	0 times
Hamilton North and Bellshill	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	5 votes out of 583, 0.9%	583 votes out of 1246, 46.8%	0 times
Hamilton North and Bellshill	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	2 votes out of 711, 0.3%	711 votes out of 1273, 55.9%	0 times

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Interesting Votes

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