Voting Record — Russell Brown MP, Dumfries (10070)

Russell Brown

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	3 votes out of 801, 0.4%	801 votes out of 1246, 64.3%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	3 votes out of 843, 0.4%	843 votes out of 1273, 66.2%	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	Russell Brown	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Scotland),
7 Oct 2013	Became Shadow Minister (Scotland),
7 Oct 2013	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Defence),
18 Mar 2013	Became Shadow Minister (Defence),
7 Oct 2011	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Defence),
2 Nov 2010	Stopped being Member, International Development Committee
8 Oct 2010	Became Shadow Minister (Defence),
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, International Development Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
16 Jan 2009	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Jim Murphy, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
30 Dec 2008	Became PPS (Rt Hon Jim Murphy, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
16 Oct 2008	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
29 Sep 2008	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
4 Aug 2008	Became PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
29 Jan 2008	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Minister of State), Ministry of Defence
7 Nov 2007	Became PPS (Rt Hon Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Minister of State), Ministry of Defence
7 Nov 2007	Stopped being PPS (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Ministry of Defence
25 Oct 2007	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
25 Oct 2007	Stopped being PPS (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
11 Oct 2007	Became PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
11 Oct 2007	Became PPS (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
26 Jul 2007	Became PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
26 Jul 2007	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
26 Jul 2007	Became PPS (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
26 Jul 2007	Stopped being PPS (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
23 Jul 2007	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
23 Jul 2007	Stopped being PPS (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
16 Jul 2007	Became PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence
16 Jul 2007	Became PPS (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
28 Jun 2007	Became PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
28 Jun 2007	Became PPS (Lord Drayson, Minister of State), Ministry of Defence
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State), Department for Transport
31 Oct 2006	Stopped being Member, Conventions (Joint Committee)
27 Jun 2006	Became PPS (Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State), Department for Transport
17 May 2006	Became Member, Conventions (Joint Committee)
8 May 2006	Became PPS (Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
8 May 2006	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Alistair Darling, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
8 May 2006	Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Alistair Darling, Secretary of State), Department for Transport
10 Nov 2005	Became PPS (Rt Hon Alistair Darling, Secretary of State), Scotland Office
10 Nov 2005	Became PPS (Rt Hon Alistair Darling, Secretary of State), Department for Transport
12 Jul 2005	Stopped being Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
Commons	3 Mar 2004	Protection of Vulnerable Children	both	aye	Rebel
17 Nov 2003	Stopped being Member, Standards and Privileges Committee
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2002	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Bodies	minority	aye	Rebel
12 Dec 2001	Became Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
16 Jul 2001	Became Member, Standards and Privileges Committee
16 Jul 2001	Became Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
House	Date	Subject	Russell Brown	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 May 2001	Stopped being Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
29 Nov 1999	Became Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
10 Dec 1998	Stopped being Member, European Scrutiny Committee
17 Nov 1998	Became Member, European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In	minority	no	Rebel

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
5%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Academy Schools - for
84%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67%	Apprenticeships
100%	Assisted Dying
96%	Asylum System - More strict
70%	Ban fox hunting
92%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
69%	Business and community control of schools: For
20%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
21%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
93%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
0%	Cull Badgers
81%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
100%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
100%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
77%	European Union Integration - For
4%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
29%	Fixed Term Parliaments
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
70%	Fox hunting - Ban
2%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
46%	Fully Elected House of Lords
42%	Further devolution to Scotland
55%	Further devolution to Wales
69%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	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
84%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
90%	HS2 - In Favour
68%	Human Rights and Equality
79%	Identity cards - For introduction
80%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
22%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
6%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
21%	Increase the state pension age
12%	Increase VAT
0%	Inheritance Tax
80%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
97%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
13%	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
75%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
12%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
95%	Minimum Wage
85%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
72%	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
49%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
8%	Police and Crime Commissioners
98%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
2%	Post office closures - against
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
15%	Privatise Royal Mail
38%	Promote Occupational Pensions
56%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
88%	Rail Fares - Lower
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
83%	Reduce capital gains tax
0%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
7%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
12%	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
4%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
99%	Regulate letting agent fees
33%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
76%	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
12%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42%	Right to strike
19%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
87%	Same Sex Marriage - for
16%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
84%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	State control of bus services
65%	Stop climate change
94%	Support current and former armed service members
35%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
8%	University education fees - Should be free
59%	University Tuition Fees - For
76%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
42%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
88%	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
95.3%	Mr Raymond Powell	Ogmore	Lab
94.6%	Adam Ingram	East Kilbride	Lab
94.1%	Mr Brian Wilson	Cunninghame North	Lab
94.0%	Ian McCartney	Makerfield	Lab
94.0%	Dr Jack Cunningham	Copeland	Lab

Voting Record — Russell Brown MP, Dumfries (10070)

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