Voting Record — Tom Clarke MP, Coatbridge and Chryston (10116)

Tom Clarke

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
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	10 votes out of 1055, 0.9%	1055 votes out of 1246, 84.7%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	11 votes out of 898, 1.2%	898 votes out of 1273, 70.5%	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	Tom Clarke	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Committee on Standards
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Committee of Privileges
7 Jan 2013	Stopped being Member, Standards and Privileges Committee
7 Jan 2013	Became Member, Committee on Standards
7 Jan 2013	Became Member, Committee of Privileges
26 Mar 2012	Stopped being Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
23 Jun 2011	Became Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
26 Jul 2010	Became Member, Standards and Privileges Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
4 Feb 2008	Became Member, Administration Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 2 — Excluded decisions (No. 2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 1 — Excluded decisions	minority	no	Rebel
27 May 2004	Stopped being Member, Draft Disability Discrimination Bill (Joint Committee)
15 Jan 2004	Became Member, Draft Disability Discrimination Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	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	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Parliamentary Pensions	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Tom Clarke	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 May 2000	Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill - Persons entitled to grant authorisations under	both	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: reduction for pension payments	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - New allowances for bereaved spouses	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Feb 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Clause 1 — Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts	minority	aye	Rebel
28 Jul 1998	Stopped being Minister of State (Department of National Heritage/Department for Culture, Media and Sport),
6 May 1997	Became Minister of State (Department of National Heritage/Department for Culture, Media and Sport),
1 May 1997	Stopped being Shadow Cabinet Minister for Disabled People's Rights,
1 Jul 1995	Became Shadow Cabinet Minister for Disabled People's Rights,
22 Jul 1994	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for International Development,
1 Jul 1993	Became Shadow Secretary of State for International Development,
1 Jul 1993	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland,
10 Apr 1992	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland,
9 Apr 1992	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Disability),
16 Mar 1992	Stopped being Member, Health and Social Care Committee
31 Oct 1991	Became Member, Health and Social Care Committee
12 Jun 1987	Became Shadow Minister (Disability),
19 Mar 1987	Stopped being Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
17 Dec 1982	Became Member, Scottish Affairs 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
86%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
24%	Academy Schools - for
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
100%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Ban fox hunting
85%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
76%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
20%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
85%	Control Orders
100%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
13%	Cull Badgers
72%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
0%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
94%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
75%	European Union Integration - For
8%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
29%	Fixed Term Parliaments
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
32%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
46%	Fully Elected House of Lords
47%	Further devolution to Scotland
55%	Further devolution to Wales
49%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
14%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
75%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
93%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
35%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
29%	Higher taxes on banks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
39%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
90%	HS2 - In Favour
74%	Human Rights and Equality
88%	Identity cards - For introduction
80%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
22%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
6%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
23%	Increase the state pension age
23%	Increase VAT
0%	Inheritance Tax
30%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
18%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
92%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
79%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
44%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
52%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
84%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
7%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
94%	Minimum Wage
84%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
65%	More powers for local councils
20%	No detention without charge or trial
92%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
65%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
8%	Police and Crime Commissioners
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
34%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
56%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
83%	Reduce capital gains tax
13%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
11%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
15%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
8%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
31%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
67%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
16%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42%	Right to strike
28%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
48%	Same Sex Marriage - for
35%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
69%	Smoking ban - In favour
100%	State control of bus services
63%	Stop climate change
94%	Support current and former armed service members
35%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
100%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54%	Transparency of Parliament
83%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7%	University education fees - Should be free
61%	University Tuition Fees - For
55%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
83%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
75%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
97.9%	Mr Paul Daisley	Brent East	Lab
97.6%	Fabian Hamilton	Leeds North East	Lab
97.5%	Mrs Helen Liddell	Airdrie and Shotts	Lab
97.5%	Dr Jack Cunningham	Copeland	Lab
97.3%	Mr Tony Worthington	Clydebank and Milngavie	Lab

Voting Record — Tom Clarke MP, Coatbridge and Chryston (10116)

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