Voting Record — MPs for Heywood and Middleton

Chris Clarkson

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

Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
Chris Clarkson (show only their votes)	13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Con	5 votes out of 998, 0.5%	998 votes out of 1069, 93.4%
Liz McInnes (show only their votes)	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	1 vote out of 374, 0.3%	374 votes out of 463, 80.8%
Liz McInnes (show only their votes)	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	2 votes out of 365, 0.5%	365 votes out of 467, 78.2%
Liz McInnes (show only their votes)	10 Oct 2014	30 Mar 2015	Lab	0 votes out of 102, 0.0%	102 votes out of 135, 75.6%
Jim Dobbin (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	7 Sep 2014	Lab	25 votes out of 673, 3.7%	673 votes out of 1099, 61.2%
Jim Dobbin (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	19 votes out of 946, 2.0%	946 votes out of 1288, 73.4%
Jim Dobbin (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	44 votes out of 957, 4.6%	957 votes out of 1246, 76.8%
Jim Dobbin (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	19 votes out of 964, 2.0%	964 votes out of 1273, 75.7%

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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 Chris Clarkson MP
House	Date	Subject	Chris Clarkson	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	25 Apr 2023	Cost of Living Increases	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	7 Mar 2023	Public Order Bill — Clause 9 - Offence of interference with access to or provision of abortion services	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	18 Nov 2022	Prayers	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	28 Oct 2022	Speaker’s Statement	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	30 Mar 2022	Health and Care Bill — After Clause 148 — Permitted Locations for Abortion Treatment	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jun 2020	Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by Liz McInnes MP
House	Date	Subject	Liz McInnes	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	20 Mar 2019	The Amendments Relating to the Provision of Integrated Care Regulations 2019 — Integrated Care Contracts	Majority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Liz McInnes MP
House	Date	Subject	Liz McInnes	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Apr 2017	Early Parliamentary General Election	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2017	Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) Between the European Union and Canada	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Liz McInnes MP
House	Date	Subject	Liz McInnes	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
Votes by Jim Dobbin MP
House	Date	Subject	Jim Dobbin	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	15 Jul 2014	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Clause 6 — Date of Repeal — Sunset Clause	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Make Same Sex Marriage Available to Armed Forces Personnel Outside the United Kingdom	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Amendments to Acts of Parliament in Light of the Introduction of Same Sex Marriage in Parts of the UK	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Changes to Laws on Consular Marriage Following Introduction of Same Sex Marriages in Parts of the UK	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Registration of Armed Forces Chapels for Same Sex Marriages	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Proceedures for Consenting to Registration of Shared Places of Worship for Same Sex Marriage	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Same Sex Marriage — Enabling Courts to Deal with Divorce or Annulment Proceedings	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 10 — Civil Partnerships for All Couples	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 8 — Domestic protection for persons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 6 — Protection of Beliefs About Marriage	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 3 — Conscientious Objection From Registrars to Marrying Same Sex Couples	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Programme)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2013	Succession to the Crown Bill — New Clause 1 — Remove Requement for Monarch to be Member of the Church of England	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Thursdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill 2011 — Independent Abortion Advice	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2011	Finance Bill — New Clause 5 — Transfer of personal allowances between spouses	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Mar 2011	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Clause 152 — Director of Public Prosecution's Consent — Universal Jurisdiction Arrest Warrants in Private Prosecutions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Draft Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the AP1000 Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Draft Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the EPR Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) (Amendment) Order 2010	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by Jim Dobbin MP
House	Date	Subject	Jim Dobbin	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	9 Nov 2009	Coroners and Justice Bill — Clause 61 — Freedom of Speech — Discussion and Criticism of Sexual Conduct and Orientation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 May 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Protection of freedom of expression (sexual orientation)	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	5 Jun 2007	Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions)	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	19 Mar 2007	Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Contraception and Abortion (Parental Information)	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Regulate schools' admissions policies — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Jim Dobbin MP
House	Date	Subject	Jim Dobbin	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	5 Apr 2005	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 2 — People who lack capacity	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Jan 2005	Railways Bill — Transfer Schemes at End of Franchising Agreements	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Schedule 3 — Property and affairs: supplementary provisions	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 24 — Advance decisions to refuse treatment: general	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 4 — Best interests	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 5 — Appointment of independent advocates (No. 2)	both	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 2 — Excluded decisions (No. 2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 1 — Excluded decisions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords] — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2004	Removal of References to Strangers	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2004	Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2004	Higher Education Bill — New Clause 5 — Abolition of tuition fees chargeable to qualifying student	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Feb 2004	School Admissions (Prohibition of Religious Discrimination)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Jan 2004	Higher Education Bill — Second Reading — Increase in University Tuition Fees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS Foundation Trusts	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 3 — General Duty of Regulator	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS foundation trusts	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2003	Cannabis — reclassification from class B to class C	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Jul 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — NHS Foundation Trusts	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 May 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 May 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Declaration of War	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Nov 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Parliamentary Questions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2002	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Bodies	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2002	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Bodies	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2002	Identity Card	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Nov 2001	Human Reproductive Cloning Bill[Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Nov 2001	Human Reproductive Cloning Bill [Lords] (Allocation of Time) — Miscellaneous	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs	Majority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Jim Dobbin MP
House	Date	Subject	Jim Dobbin	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Nov 2000	Transport Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Nov 2000	Transport Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Nov 2000	Transport Bill - Transfer schemes made by CAA	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Nov 2000	Genetically Modified Food and Producer Liability (No. 2)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2000	Stem Cell Research	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 May 2000	Transport Bill - Parliamentary approval of transfer scheme	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 May 2000	Transport Bill - Transfer to be to not for profit company	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 May 2000	Transport Bill - Transfer to be to company owned by Crown	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2000	Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Annual increase in basic retirement pension	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2000	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2000	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill - Statement of compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: reduction for pension payments	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Social Security Bill - Power to reduce child benefit for lone parents	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In	tellno	no	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
0%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
5%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
82%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
100%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
100%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
88%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
100%	Easier access to abortion
37%	Employment rights
10%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	Environmental water quality
75%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
19%	European Union Integration - For
12%	Fire Safety
0%	Fixed Term Parliaments
72%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
7%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
6%	Further devolution to Scotland
9%	Further devolution to Wales
42%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher taxes on banks
50%	HS2 - In Favour
0%	Human Rights and Equality
24%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
0%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
100%	Increase the state pension age
100%	Increase VAT
0%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
0%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Minimum Wage
0%	More funds for social care
23%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
75%	Nuclear power - For
17%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
100%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
45%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
0%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
100%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
2%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
15%	Stop climate change
28%	Support current and former armed service members
100%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
87%	Tougher on illegal immigration
100%	Trade Unions - Restrict
0%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices

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