Voting Record — Paul Clark MP, Gillingham (10112)

Paul Clark

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 2 votes out of 1033, 0.2% 1033 votes out of 1288, 80.2% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 6 votes out of 1018, 0.6% 1018 votes out of 1246, 81.7% 97 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 0 votes out of 899, 0.0% 899 votes out of 1273, 70.6% 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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HouseDateSubjectPaul ClarkLab VoteRôle
11 May 2010Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport
Commons4 Mar 2010Backbench Business Committee minorityno Rebel
10 Dec 2008Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Ed Balls, Secretary of State), Department for Children, Schools and Families
6 Oct 2008Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport
16 Jul 2007Became PPS (Rt Hon Ed Balls, Secretary of State), Department for Children, Schools and Families
16 Jul 2007Stopped being PPS (Ed Balls, Secretary of State), Department for Children, Schools and Families
28 Jun 2007Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister), Deputy Prime Minister
28 Jun 2007Became PPS (Ed Balls, Secretary of State), Department for Children, Schools and Families
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
17 Aug 2006Became PPS (Rt Hon John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister), Deputy Prime Minister
17 Aug 2006Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister), Cabinet Office
27 Jun 2006Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister), Deputy Prime Minister
27 Jun 2006Became PPS (Rt Hon John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister), Cabinet Office
8 May 2006Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
8 May 2006Became PPS (Rt Hon John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister), Deputy Prime Minister
10 Nov 2005Became PPS (Rt Hon John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
11 May 2005Stopped being Assistant Whip, HM Treasury
HouseDateSubjectPaul ClarkLab VoteRôle
Commons10 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Weak Sunset Clause tellayeaye Teller
Commons10 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendment — Courts and Control Orders tellayeaye Teller
Commons10 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendment — Human Rights Obligations tellayeaye Teller
Commons10 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Weak Sunset Clause tellayeaye Teller
Commons10 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendment — Privy Council Review tellayeaye Teller
Commons10 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendments — Application to a Court tellayeaye Teller
Commons9 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Rejection of New Lords' Clause — Duration of Control Orders tellayeaye Teller
Commons9 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Rejection of Lords' Amendment to Clause 3 — Balance of Probability tellayeaye Teller
Commons9 Mar 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Derogating Control Orders tellayeaye Teller
Commons2 Mar 2005Hospital-acquired Infections tellnono Teller
Commons1 Mar 2005Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] — [3rd Allotted Day] — New Clause 9 — Disqualification from holding further ministerial office tellayeaye Teller
Commons1 Mar 2005Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] — [3rd Allotted Day] — New Clause 9 — Disqualification from holding further ministerial office tellayeaye Teller
Commons28 Feb 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders tellnono Teller
Commons25 Feb 2005Right of Reply and Press Standards Bill tellnono Teller
Commons25 Feb 2005School Meals and Nutrition Bill tellnono Teller
Commons25 Feb 2005Drugs (Sentencing and Commission of Inquiry) Bill tellnono Teller
Commons7 Feb 2005Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — New Clause 6 — Interception of communications tellnono Teller
Commons7 Feb 2005Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — New Clause 6 — Interception of communications tellnono Teller
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
Commons25 Jan 2005Licensing Act 2003 tellnono Teller
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Third Reading tellayeaye Teller
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Clause 226 — Gaming machines: Categories A to D tellnono Teller
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Clause 170 — Casino premises licence: overall limits tellnono Teller
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Clause 170 — Casino premises licence: overall limits tellnono Teller
Commons16 Dec 2004School Transport Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons16 Dec 2004School Transport Bill — Clause 1 — School travel schemes tellnono Teller
Commons16 Dec 2004School Transport Bill — Clause 1 — School travel schemes tellnono Teller
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 4 — Best interests tellnono Teller
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 5 — Appointment of independent advocates (No. 2) tellnono Teller
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 2 — Excluded decisions (No. 2) tellnono Teller
Commons14 Dec 2004Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 1 — Excluded decisions tellnono Teller
Commons13 Dec 2004Family Justice tellnono Teller
Commons18 Nov 2004Hunting Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons18 Nov 2004Hunting Bill tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons18 Nov 2004Hunting Bill tellnono Teller
Commons16 Nov 2004Pensions Bill — Clause 168 — Amounts to be raised by the pension protection levies tellnono Teller
Commons16 Nov 2004Pensions Bill (Programme) (No. 4) tellayeaye Teller
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment tellnono Teller
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment tellnono Teller
Commons1 Nov 2004Gambling Bill (Carry-Over) tellayeaye Teller
Commons1 Nov 2004Gambling Bill (Programme) tellayeaye Teller
Commons1 Nov 2004Gambling Bill — 2nd reading tellayeaye Teller
Commons1 Nov 2004Gambling Bill — reasoned amendment on 2nd reading tellnono Teller
Commons27 Oct 2004New Clause 10 — Victims of persons subject to hospital order with restriction order: representations — Clause 16 — Higher fixed penalty for repeated road traffic offences tellnono Teller
Commons27 Oct 2004New Clause 10 — Victims of persons subject to hospital order with restriction order: representations — New Clause 6 — Duration of occupation orders tellnono Teller
Commons26 Oct 2004Removal of References to Strangers tellayeaye Teller
Commons25 Oct 2004University Admissions Policy tellnono Teller
Commons15 Sep 2004Hunting Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons15 Sep 2004Hunting Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons14 Sep 2004Older Women tellayeaye Teller
Commons14 Sep 2004Older Women tellnono Teller
Commons15 Jul 2004Traffic Management Bill (Programme) (No. 2) tellayeaye Teller
Commons15 Jul 2004Traffic Management Bill [Ways and Means] [No.2] tellayeaye Teller
Commons7 Jul 2004Finance Bill — Schedule 40 — Repeals tellayeaye Teller
Commons23 Jun 2004European Union Documents — Marketing of Maize Genetically Modified for Glyphosate Tolerance tellayeaye Teller
Commons23 Jun 2004Delegated Legislation — Urban Development tellayeaye Teller
Commons7 Jun 2004Nomination of Select Committees tellayeaye Teller
Commons17 May 2004Local Government Finance tellayeaye Teller
Commons17 May 2004Local Government Finance tellnono Teller
Commons28 Apr 2004Finance Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Schedule 39 — Stamp Duty Land Tax: Application to Certain Partnership Transactions tellnono Teller
Commons28 Apr 2004Finance Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Schedule 37 — Stamp Duty Land Tax and Stamp Duty tellnono Teller
Commons26 Apr 2004Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — Clause 5 — Removal Or Suspension From Listed Judicial Offices tellnono Teller
Commons22 Apr 2004Security Screen tellayeaye Teller
Commons22 Apr 2004Installation of a Security Screen in the House of Commons Chamber tellnono Teller
Commons22 Apr 2004Points of Order tellnono Teller
Commons21 Apr 2004London tellayeaye Teller
Commons21 Apr 2004London tellnono Teller
Commons25 Mar 2004Employment Relations Bill (Programme) (No. 3) tellayeaye Teller
Commons23 Mar 2004Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — 36. Construction industry scheme tellayeaye Teller
Commons16 Mar 2004European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill tellnono Teller
Commons16 Mar 2004Traffic Management Bill — Clause 84 — Financial Provisions tellayeaye Teller
Commons16 Mar 2004Traffic Management Bill — Clause 9 — Removal of Certain Vehicles by Traffic Officers tellnono Teller
Commons8 Mar 2004European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — Clause 2 — Pilot Order tellayeaye Teller
Commons1 Mar 2004Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Burden of proof on prosecution rather than defendant in cases where immigrants to not have travel documents — rejected tellnono Teller
Commons26 Feb 2004Employment Relations Bill [Money] tellayeaye Teller
Commons25 Feb 2004Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 — Privy Counsel Report tellnono Teller
Commons21 Jan 2004Scottish Constituencies (Members' Voting Rights) tellayeaye Teller
Commons21 Jan 2004Scottish Constituencies (Members' Voting Rights) tellnono Teller
Commons13 Jan 2004Iraq — National Audit Office Report on Operation Telic tellnono Teller
Commons8 Jan 2004Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons7 Jan 2004Care Homes tellnono Teller
Commons6 Jan 2004National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill (Programme) tellayeaye Teller
Commons9 Dec 2003Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 10 — Local Development Plan tellayeaye Teller
Commons17 Nov 2003Delegated Legislation — Investigatory Powers tellayeaye Teller
Commons17 Nov 2003Delegated Legislation — Investigatory Powers tellayeaye Teller
Commons12 Nov 2003Taxes — Taxes tellayeaye Teller
Commons3 Nov 2003Sexual Offences Bill [Lords] — New Clause 4 — Anonymity Of Suspects And Defendants In Certain Cases (No.2) tellnono Teller
Commons30 Oct 2003Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees tellayeaye Teller
Commons27 Oct 2003Health Care Targets tellayeaye Teller
Commons27 Oct 2003Health Care Targets tellnono Teller
Commons14 Jul 2003Communications Bill — Clause 340 — Modification of Disqualification Provisions tellayeaye Teller
Commons8 Jul 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Schedule 13 — Repeals and Revocations tellayeaye Teller
Commons8 Jul 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — NHS Foundation Trusts tellnono Teller
Commons1 Jul 2003Finance Bill — New Clause 1 — Tax Credits for Individual Savings Accounts and Personal Equity Plans tellnono Teller
Commons30 Jun 2003Hunting Bill (Programme) (No. 3) tellayeaye Teller
Commons25 Jun 2003Tuition Fees tellnono Teller
Commons24 Jun 2003Licensing Bill [Lords] tellayeaye Teller
Commons17 Jun 2003Government Reshuffle tellnono Teller
13 Jun 2003Became Assistant Whip, HM Treasury
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected 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
Commons14 May 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1) Majorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectPaul ClarkLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller

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
19% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Assisted Dying
92% Asylum System - More strict
94% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
99% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
96% European Union Integration - For
100% Fox hunting - Ban
37% Fully Elected House of Lords
8% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
81% Homosexuality - Equal rights
67% Human Rights and Equality
100% Identity cards - For introduction
0% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Mass Retention of Communications Data
100% Minimum Wage
85% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0% No detention without charge or trial
100% Nuclear power - For
33% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100% Pension auto-enrolment - For
97% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Privatise Royal Mail
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
13% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
85% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
1% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
50% Schools - Greater Autonomy
99% Smoking ban - In favour
65% Stop climate change
0% Support current and former armed service members
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100% Trade Unions - Restrict
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
31% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
7% University education fees - Should be free
99% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
42% 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 2005-2010, 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
99.5% Charles ClarkeNorwich SouthLab
99.5% Gordon BrownKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLab
99.3% Bill RammellHarlowLab
99.2% Tony BlairSedgefieldLab
99.2% Michael WillsNorth SwindonLab

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