Voting Record — Rachel Squire MP, Dunfermline West (10562)

Rachel Squire

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 11 votes out of 687, 1.6% 687 votes out of 1246, 55.1% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 3 votes out of 997, 0.3% 997 votes out of 1273, 78.3% 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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HouseDateSubjectRachel SquireLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Defence Committee
Commons26 Oct 2004Removal of References to Strangers minorityaye Rebel
Commons20 Oct 2004Clause 1 — Pension and compensation schemes: armed and reserve forces minorityaye Rebel
Commons28 Jun 2004Human Tissue Bill — New Clause 1 — Determination of consent for removal, storage and use of organs from Adults for purpose of transplantation minorityno Rebel
28 May 2004Became Member, Defence Committee
Commons6 May 2004Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill — New Clause 3 — Burden of Proof minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions Majorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs Majorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectRachel SquireLab VoteRôle
Commons29 Nov 2000Rewarding Democracy Commission Majorityaye Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons17 May 2000Armed Forces (Minimum Age of Recruitment) minorityaye 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.

AgreementPolicy
26% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
89% Asylum System - More strict
84% Ban fox hunting
100% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Crossrail - In favour
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
90% Foundation hospitals - In favour
84% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
50% Fully Elected House of Lords
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
75% Homosexuality - Equal rights
50% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
46% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
72% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
2% No detention without charge or trial
100% Nuclear power - For
23% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
95% Post office - in favour of Government policy
5% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
66% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
24% Schools - Greater Autonomy
42% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
29% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
7% University education fees - Should be free
100% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
50% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
90.1%Mr George StevensonStoke-on-Trent SouthLab
89.4%Mr Jimmy WrayGlasgow BailliestonLab
88.6% Gareth ThomasHarrow WestLab
88.5%Mrs Ann TaylorDewsburyLab
88.4% Paul TruswellPudseyLab

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