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Voting Record — MPs for Pendle

Andrew Stephenson

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
Andrew Stephenson (show only their votes)	13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Con	1 vote out of 924, 0.1%	924 votes out of 1069, 86.4%
Andrew Stephenson (show only their votes)	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	4 votes out of 423, 0.9%	423 votes out of 463, 91.4%
Andrew Stephenson (show only their votes)	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	0 votes out of 380, 0.0%	380 votes out of 467, 81.4%
Andrew Stephenson (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	12 votes out of 986, 1.2%	986 votes out of 1239, 79.6%
Gordon Prentice (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	93 votes out of 1077, 8.6%	1077 votes out of 1288, 83.6%
Gordon Prentice (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	52 votes out of 919, 5.7%	919 votes out of 1246, 73.8%
Gordon Prentice (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	36 votes out of 1095, 3.3%	1095 votes out of 1273, 86.0%

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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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