Voting Record — MPs for Harwich

Douglas Carswell

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Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
Douglas Carswell (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	21 votes out of 820, 2.6%	820 votes out of 1288, 63.7%
Mr Ivan Henderson (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	9 votes out of 1025, 0.9%	1025 votes out of 1246, 82.3%
Mr Ivan Henderson (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	4 votes out of 968, 0.4%	968 votes out of 1273, 76.0%

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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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Votes by Douglas Carswell MP
House	Date	Subject	Douglas Carswell	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2008	Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day — Second Part] — Manchester City Council Bill [ Lords] (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 May 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Blasphemy	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Nov 2007	Orders of the Day — The Economy and Pensions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Remove Hereditary Places	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — Schedule 8 — Minor and consequential amendments	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr Ivan Henderson MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Ivan Henderson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2004	Removal of References to Strangers	minority	aye	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	29 Oct 2002	Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Liaison Committee: Power to Take Evidence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr Ivan Henderson MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Ivan Henderson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	2 Nov 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
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
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill - Interpretation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Feb 1999	Poverty and Social Exclusion (National Strategy)	tellaye	aye	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.

Agreement	Policy
46%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
57%	Academy Schools - for
50%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
16%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
93%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
69%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
45%	Asylum System - More strict
75%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
16%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
99%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
67%	Closed Material Proceedure
85%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
81%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
24%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
75%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
50%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
21%	Easier access to abortion
100%	Employee Shareholder Status
66%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
11%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
50%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
0%	Environmental water quality
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
19%	European Union Integration - For
76%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
50%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
60%	Fixed Term Parliaments
11%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
82%	Fully Elected House of Lords
32%	Further devolution to Scotland
31%	Further devolution to Wales
34%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
25%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
27%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
74%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
70%	Higher taxes on banks
50%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
1%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
75%	HS2 - In Favour
55%	Human Rights and Equality
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
50%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
30%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
89%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
80%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
100%	Increase the state pension age
80%	Increase VAT
50%	Inheritance Tax
76%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
11%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
35%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
88%	Localise Council Tax Support
71%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
40%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
0%	Mansion Tax
69%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
67%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Member trustees on pension boards
50%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
38%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50%	More funds for social care
44%	More powers for local councils
38%	No detention without charge or trial
7%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
58%	Nuclear power - For
32%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
17%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
60%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
0%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
69%	Promote Occupational Pensions
75%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
34%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
44%	Reduce capital gains tax
67%	Reduce central funding for local government
100%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
80%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
75%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
84%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
93%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
93%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
100%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
12%	Register of Lobbyists
0%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
84%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
67%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
38%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
38%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
89%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
50%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
88%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
19%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50%	Right to strike
71%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
19%	Same Sex Marriage - for
78%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
0%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	State control of bus services
45%	Stop climate change
22%	Support current and former armed service members
48%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
71%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
75%	Tougher on illegal immigration
50%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transparency of Parliament
71%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
99%	University Tuition Fees - For
84%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
33%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
0%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
17%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
100.0%	John Howell	Henley	Con
98.8%	Richard Spring	West Suffolk	Con
98.5%	Francis Maude	Horsham	Con
98.2%	Malcolm Rifkind	Kensington and Chelsea	Con
98.1%	David Maclean	Penrith and The Border	Con

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