Voting Record — Robert Walter MP, North Dorset (10620)

Robert Walter

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	8 votes out of 627, 1.3%	627 votes out of 1239, 50.6%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	12 votes out of 487, 2.5%	487 votes out of 1288, 37.8%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	13 votes out of 594, 2.2%	594 votes out of 1246, 47.7%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	3 votes out of 684, 0.4%	684 votes out of 1273, 53.7%	3 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	Robert Walter	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	11 Feb 2015	Offence of Failing to Prevent Smoking In an Enclosed Vehicle in the Presence of Someone Under 18	minority	aye	Rebel
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 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 10 — Civil Partnerships for All Couples	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 16 — Review Civil Partnerships Following Introduction of Same-Sex Marriage	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Programme)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons to Sit on Tuesdays from 7pm until 10pm to Consider Private Members' Bills	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Oct 2011	Protection of Freedoms Bill — Amendment to Programme Motion	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Robert Walter	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Deferred Divisions — Social Security	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Jan 2010	Food Industry Competitiveness — Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [ Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Short Speeches	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — Schedule 8 — Minor and consequential amendments	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2005	Terrorism Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Jul 2005	Crossrail Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
12 Jul 2005	Stopped being Member, Treasury Committee
House	Date	Subject	Robert Walter	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — Abolish the offense of Blasphemy — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Apr 2004	Security Screen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to failed asylum seekers and their families — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
8 Dec 2003	Became Member, Treasury Committee
8 Dec 2003	Stopped being Member, International Development Committee
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Carry-over of Bills	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Ministerial Statements proposals	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption	Majority	no	Rebel
12 Nov 2001	Became Member, International Development Committee
House	Date	Subject	Robert Walter	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	13 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Fisheries: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2001	both	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
1 Jun 2000	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Wales),
Commons	1 Nov 1999	Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
26 Jul 1999	Stopped being Member, European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill - Interpretation	tellaye	aye	Teller
5 Jul 1999	Stopped being Member, Health and Social Care Committee
1 Jun 1999	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Wales),
11 Jan 1999	Became Member, European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	2 Sep 1998	Business of the House (Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill)	minority	aye	Rebel
21 Jul 1997	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
80%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
84%	Academy Schools - for
20%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
100%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
51%	Asylum System - More strict
0%	Ban fox hunting
29%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
45%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
98%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
75%	Closed Material Proceedure
75%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
11%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
0%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Cull Badgers
57%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
42%	Easier access to abortion
60%	Employee Shareholder Status
50%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
24%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
44%	European Union Integration - For
72%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
75%	Fixed Term Parliaments
30%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
78%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
9%	Fully Elected House of Lords
12%	Further devolution to Scotland
29%	Further devolution to Wales
58%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
79%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
21%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
80%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
64%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
38%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
70%	HS2 - In Favour
57%	Human Rights and Equality
23%	Identity cards - For introduction
60%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
83%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
78%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
54%	Increase the state pension age
76%	Increase VAT
50%	Inheritance Tax
50%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
74%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
22%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
17%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
21%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
88%	Localise Council Tax Support
57%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
60%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
38%	Mansion Tax
76%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
59%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
16%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50%	More powers for local councils
60%	No detention without charge or trial
33%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
57%	Nuclear power - For
44%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
58%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
69%	Privatise Royal Mail
62%	Promote Occupational Pensions
13%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
46%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
13%	Rail Fares - Lower
84%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
2%	Reduce capital gains tax
100%	Reduce central funding for local government
100%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
74%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
76%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
98%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
99%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
54%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
92%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
50%	Register of Lobbyists
17%	Regulate letting agent fees
67%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
27%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
17%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
59%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
84%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
88%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
50%	Right to strike
43%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
30%	Same Sex Marriage - for
75%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
16%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	State control of bus services
49%	Stop climate change
22%	Support current and former armed service members
41%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
60%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Trade Unions - Restrict
54%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
92%	University education fees - Should be free
41%	University Tuition Fees - For
66%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
58%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
30%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
38%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Robert Walter MP, North Dorset (10620)

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