Voting Record — Dr Lynda Clark MP, Edinburgh Pentlands (10110)

Dr Lynda Clark

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 4 votes out of 896, 0.4% 896 votes out of 1246, 71.9% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 2 votes out of 874, 0.2% 874 votes out of 1273, 68.7% 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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HouseDateSubjectDr Lynda ClarkLab VoteRôle
8 May 2006Stopped being Advocate General for Scotland, Department for Constitutional Affairs
5 May 2006Stopped being Advocate General for Scotland,
Commons16 Nov 2004Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectDr Lynda ClarkLab VoteRôle
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons1 Nov 1999Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum — rejected minorityno Rebel
12 Jun 1999Became Advocate General for Scotland,
10 Jun 1999Stopped being Member, Public Administration Committee
20 May 1999Became Advocate General for Scotland, Department for Constitutional Affairs
16 Jul 1997Became Member, Public Administration 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.

AgreementPolicy
42% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
99% Asylum System - More strict
84% Ban fox hunting
62% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
99% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
50% European Union Integration - For
90% Foundation hospitals - In favour
84% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
20% Fully Elected House of Lords
10% Gambling - Against permissiveness
70% Homosexuality - Equal rights
77% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
94% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
50% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
4% 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
100% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
7% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50% Reducing the number of MPs - for
50% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
79% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
29% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Smoking ban - In favour
56% Stop climate change
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
26% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
10% University education fees - Should be free
81% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% 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
97.6% Robert JacksonWantagewhilst Lab
95.9% Liam ByrneBirmingham, Hodge HillLab
95.5% Iain WrightHartlepoolLab
95.5%Mrs Helen LiddellAirdrie and ShottsLab
95.3% Geoff HoonAshfieldLab

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