Voting Record — Jim Dowd MP, Lewisham West (10176)

Jim Dowd

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 15 votes out of 1022, 1.5% 1022 votes out of 1288, 79.3% 4 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 11 votes out of 1078, 1.0% 1078 votes out of 1246, 86.5% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 3 votes out of 1207, 0.2% 1207 votes out of 1273, 94.8% 174 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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HouseDateSubjectJim DowdLab VoteRôle
3 May 2017Stopped being Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
3 May 2017Stopped being Member, Petitions Committee
26 Oct 2015Became Member, Petitions Committee
13 Jul 2015Became Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
11 Jun 2012Became Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
6 May 2010Stopped being Member, Health and Social Care Committee
Commons1 Jul 2009Parliamentary Standards Bill — Clause 10 — Proceedings in Parliament Majorityaye Rebel
Commons30 Apr 2009MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament minorityaye Rebel
Commons3 Mar 2009Business of the House — Select Committees (Chairmen), Liaison Committee and Green Book tellnoaye Rebel Teller
Commons17 Dec 2008Consolidated Fund Bill — Electoral Commission (Remuneration of Chairman) minorityaye Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons25 Apr 2008Prayers tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons7 Mar 2008Point of Order tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons25 Oct 2007Modernisation of the House of Commons — Handheld email devices minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament minorityaye Rebel
Commons20 Jan 2006The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the Standing Order. tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons29 Nov 2005Representation of the People (Reduction of Voting Age) Majorityaye Rebel
Commons13 Jul 2005Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees minorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectJim DowdLab VoteRôle
Commons26 Jan 2005Car Mileage Allowance minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
Commons3 Nov 2004Members' Allowances minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Nov 2004Members' Allowances Majorityno Rebel
17 Nov 2003Stopped being Member, Draft Mental Incapacity Bill (Joint Committee)
10 Jul 2003Became Member, Draft Mental Incapacity Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — 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
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons minorityno Rebel
16 Jul 2001Became Member, Health and Social Care Committee
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno Rebel
7 Jun 2001Stopped being The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
HouseDateSubjectJim DowdLab VoteRôle
Commons9 May 2001Finance Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons9 May 2001Finance Bill - Extension of carry back of trading losses tellnono Teller
Commons4 Apr 2001Elections Bill and Election Publications Bill [Lords] (Allocation of Time) tellayeaye Teller
Commons4 Apr 2001Elections Bill and Election Publications Bill [Lords] (Allocation of Time) - Miscellaneous tellnono Teller
Commons28 Mar 2001Private Security Industry Bill [Lords] (Programme) - Lords messages tellayeaye Teller
Commons12 Mar 2001Criminal Justice and Police Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons27 Feb 2001Hunting Bill (Programme) - Lords Amendments and Messages tellayeaye Teller
Commons26 Feb 2001Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill [Lords] (Programme) - Lords messages tellayeaye Teller
Commons14 Feb 2001Health and Social Care Bill - Patient data tellnono Teller
Commons13 Feb 2001Capital Allowances Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons13 Feb 2001Capital Allowances Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons6 Feb 2001Political Parties tellayeaye Teller
Commons1 Feb 2001Crisis in Agriculture tellayeaye Teller
Commons1 Feb 2001Crisis in Agriculture tellnono Teller
Commons16 Jan 2001Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill (Programme) tellayeaye Teller
Commons16 Jan 2001Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill tellnono Teller
Commons9 Jan 2001Armed Forces Bill (Programme) - Select Committee tellayeaye Teller
Commons18 Dec 2000Vehicles (Crime) Bill [Ways and Means] tellayeaye Teller
Commons12 Dec 2000Home Affairs and Inner Cities tellnono Teller
Commons29 Nov 2000Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons29 Nov 2000Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill - After Clause 64 tellayeaye Teller
Commons29 Nov 2000Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill - After clause 20 tellayeaye Teller
Commons22 Nov 2000Business of the House tellayeaye Teller
Commons22 Nov 2000Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill - Compensation for existing businesses tellnono Teller
Commons21 Nov 2000Delegated Legislation - International Immunities and Privileges tellayeaye Teller
Commons21 Nov 2000Police (Northern Ireland) Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons15 Nov 2000Transport Bill - After clause 61 tellayeaye Teller
Commons14 Nov 2000Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill - Definitions tellayeaye Teller
Commons6 Nov 2000Privatisation tellayeaye Teller
Commons6 Nov 2000Privatisation tellnono Teller
Commons27 Jul 2000Utilities Bill - Licence enforcement tellnono Teller
Commons25 Jul 2000Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill (Allocation of Time) tellayeaye Teller
Commons25 Jul 2000Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill (Allocation of Time) - Supplemental orders tellnono Teller
Commons24 Jul 2000Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Preservation of rights in respect of additional pensions tellayeaye Teller
Commons19 Jul 2000Finance Bill - Controlled foreign companies. tellnono Teller
Commons18 Jul 2000Finance Bill - Married couples allowances tellnono Teller
Commons17 Jul 2000Football (Disorder) Bill tellnono Teller
Commons17 Jul 2000Football (Disorder) Bill - Commencement and duration tellnono Teller
Commons17 Jul 2000Football (Disorder) Bill - Football matches: prevention of violence or disorder tellnono Teller
Commons13 Jul 2000Football (Disorder) Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons5 Jul 2000Local Government Bill [Lords] - Prohibition on promotion of homosexuality: bullying tellnono Teller
Commons20 Jun 2000Census (Amendment) Bill [Lords] tellayeaye Teller
Commons14 Jun 2000Countryside and Rights of Way Bill - Local sites tellnono Teller
Commons8 Jun 2000Genetically Modified Crops tellayeaye Teller
Commons8 Jun 2000Genetically Modified Crops tellnono Teller
Commons5 Jun 2000Financial Services and Markets Bill - Determination of applications tellnono Teller
Commons22 May 2000Royal Parks (Trading) Bill - After Clause 3 tellnono Teller
Commons3 May 2000Finance Bill - Rates: conveyance or transfer on sale tellayeaye Teller
Commons2 May 2000Finance Bill - Climate Change Levy tellayeaye Teller
Commons11 Apr 2000Standing Committee on Regional Affairs tellayeaye Teller
Commons11 Apr 2000Standing Committee on Regional Affairs tellnono Teller
Commons5 Apr 2000Freedom of Information Bill — Formulation of government policy tellnono Teller
Commons5 Apr 2000Freedom of Information Bill — Investigations and proceedings conducted by public authorities tellnono Teller
Commons5 Apr 2000Freedom of Information Bill — Delete security services exemption — rejected tellnono Teller
Commons4 Apr 2000Freedom of Information Bill — Ministerial orders for exemption tellnono Teller
Commons3 Apr 2000Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Annual increase in basic retirement pension tellnono Teller
Commons3 Apr 2000Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Concurrency of pensions, rebates and extra monies tellnono Teller
Commons29 Mar 2000Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Recovery of housing benefit tellnono Teller
Commons16 Mar 2000Future of Rover tellnono Teller
Commons15 Mar 2000Terrorism Bill — Definition includes damage to property tellnono Teller
Commons14 Mar 2000Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill - Orders regulating conduct of referendums tellnono Teller
Commons14 Mar 2000Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill - Special restrictions on referendum expenses by permitted participants tellnono Teller
Commons8 Mar 2000The National Health Service tellnono Teller
Commons29 Feb 2000Government Resources and Accounts Bill - Independent body tellnono Teller
Commons14 Feb 2000Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill - Education about electoral and democratic systems tellnono Teller
Commons10 Feb 2000Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons25 Jan 2000Disqualifications Bill - Consequential repeal tellayeaye Teller
Commons25 Jan 2000Disqualifications Bill tellnono Teller
Commons11 Jan 2000Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons11 Jan 2000Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill tellnono Teller
Commons15 Dec 1999Representation of the People Bill - [Mr. Michael Lord in the Chair] tellnono Teller
Commons8 Dec 1999Post Office tellnono Teller
Commons30 Nov 1999Representation of the People Bill tellnono Teller
Commons10 Nov 1999House of Lords Bill — Exceptions from the rule that hereditary peers should be abolished tellayeaye Teller
Commons9 Nov 1999Immigration and Asylum Bill (Supplemental Allocation of Time) - Miscellaneous tellayeaye Teller
Commons8 Nov 1999Food Standards Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons8 Nov 1999Food Standards Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons8 Nov 1999Food Standards Bill - Directions relating to breach of duty or to international obligations tellnono Teller
Commons3 Nov 1999Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons3 Nov 1999Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons1 Nov 1999Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons22 Jul 1999Food Standards Agency Bill and Employment Relations Bill (Allocation of Time) - Interpretation tellayeaye Teller
Commons21 Jul 1999Access to Justice Bill [Lords] tellayeaye Teller
Commons22 Jun 1999Access to Justice Bill [Lords] - Principles applicable to Part I tellnono Teller
Commons22 Jun 1999Tax Credits Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons26 May 1999Line of Route minorityaye Rebel
Commons17 May 1999Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Extension of entitlement to state maternity allowance tellayeaye Teller
Commons13 May 1999American Food Exports and European Trade Policy tellnono Teller
Commons11 May 1999Pensions tellnono Teller
Commons29 Apr 1999Industry and Employment tellayeaye Teller
Commons29 Apr 1999Industry and Employment tellnono Teller
Commons20 Apr 1999Finance Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons20 Apr 1999Finance Bill tellnono Teller
Commons13 Apr 1999Health Bill [Lords] tellayeaye Teller
Commons13 Apr 1999Health Bill [Lords] tellnono Teller
Commons31 Mar 1999Employment Relations Bill - Employment agencies tellayeaye Teller
Commons22 Mar 1999EU-US Trade tellnono Teller
Commons17 Mar 1999Tax Credits Bill tellnono Teller
Commons17 Mar 1999Tax Credits Bill - Payment Of Tax Credit By Employers Etc tellnono Teller
Commons1 Mar 1999Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading tellayeaye Teller
Commons15 Feb 1999House of Lords Bill — Exclusion of hereditary peers from voting — rejected tellnono Teller
Commons8 Feb 1999Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, Etc.) Bill [Lords] tellnono Teller
Commons21 Jan 1999Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons21 Jan 1999Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Bill - Information contained in certificates tellnono Teller
Commons15 Dec 1998Fisheries tellayeaye Teller
Commons15 Dec 1998Fisheries tellnono Teller
Commons20 Oct 1998Strategic Defence Review — Approval tellnono Teller
Commons29 Jul 1998Rural Areas tellnono Teller
Commons15 Jul 1998School Standards and Framework Bill - Governing bodies tellayeaye Teller
Commons15 Jul 1998School Standards and Framework Bill - School organisation committees tellayeaye Teller
Commons13 Jul 1998Manufacturing and Industrial Relations tellnono Teller
Commons1 Jul 1998Teaching and Higher Education Bill [Lords] tellayeaye Teller
Commons1 Jul 1998Teaching and Higher Education Bill [Lords] tellayeaye Teller
Commons1 Jul 1998Teaching and Higher Education Bill [Lords] — New arrangements for giving financial support to students tellayeaye Teller
Commons30 Jun 1998Finance (No. 2) Bill - Special regard to trading patterns of the retail industry tellnono Teller
Commons30 Jun 1998Finance (No. 2) Bill - Repayment of dividend tax credit to non-taxpayers tellnono Teller
Commons22 Jun 1998Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords] tellnono Teller
Commons9 Jun 1998European Communities (Amendment) Bill - New clause tellayeaye Teller
Commons3 Jun 1998Human Rights Bill [Lords] - Declaration of Incompatibility tellnono Teller
Commons1 Jun 1998National Lottery Bill [Lords] - Objects tellayeaye Teller
Commons1 Jun 1998National Lottery Bill [Lords] - The new good cause and the re-allocation of lottery money tellnono Teller
Commons20 May 1998Human Rights Bill [Lords] - The Convention and the First Protocol minorityaye Rebel
Commons18 May 1998Territorial Army tellnono Teller
Commons12 May 1998Scotland Bill - Powers to intervene in certain cases tellnono Teller
Commons12 May 1998Scotland Bill - Constitutional Court tellnono Teller
Commons30 Apr 1998Economic and Monetary Union tellayeaye Teller
Commons30 Apr 1998Economic and Monetary Union tellnono Teller
Commons27 Apr 1998Finance (No. 2) Bill 1998 — Regulations to allow the implementation of rules that would introduce instalment payments of corporation tax tellayeaye Teller
Commons7 Apr 1998National Lottery Bill [Lords] [Money] tellayeaye Teller
Commons7 Apr 1998National Lottery Bill [Lords] tellayeaye Teller
Commons31 Mar 1998Scotland Bill tellnono Teller
Commons31 Mar 1998Scotland Bill - Reserved matters tellnono Teller
Commons25 Mar 1998Government of Wales Bill (Programme) tellayeaye Teller
Commons24 Mar 1998School Standards and Framework Bill - Adjudicators tellnono Teller
Commons24 Mar 1998School Standards and Framework Bill - Reinstitution of standards for educational premises tellnono Teller
Commons24 Mar 1998School Standards and Framework Bill - Discontinuance of maintained rural primary schools tellnono Teller
Commons23 Mar 1998Budget Resolutions 1998 — Corporation tax (due and payable date) tellayeaye Teller
Commons9 Mar 1998National Minimum Wage Bill - Company directors tellnono Teller
Commons17 Feb 1998Iraq tellayeaye Teller
Commons10 Feb 1998Beef Bones Regulations tellnono Teller
Commons10 Feb 1998Scotland Bill - Power to prevent or require action tellnono Teller
Commons5 Feb 1998Local Government Finance tellayeaye Teller
Commons5 Feb 1998Local Government Finance tellayeaye Teller
Commons4 Feb 1998Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] - The Commission's powers to impose conditions on public processions tellnono Teller
Commons28 Jan 1998Scotland Bill - The Scottish Parliament tellnono Teller
Commons21 Jan 1998Government of Wales Bill - Transfer of Ministerial functions tellnono Teller
Commons10 Dec 1997European Community Documents - Employment Law tellayeaye Teller
Commons10 Dec 1997Social Security Bill - Short title, commencement and extent tellayeaye Teller
Commons10 Dec 1997Social Security Bill - Power to reduce child benefit for lone parents tellnono Teller
Commons10 Dec 1997Social Security Bill - New schedule 1 tellnono Teller
Commons10 Dec 1997Social Security Bill - Backdating of benefit tellnono Teller
Commons10 Dec 1997Social Security Bill tellnono Teller
Commons3 Dec 1997European Communities (Amendment) Bill - Meaning of "the Treaties" and "the Community Treaties" tellnono Teller
Commons2 Dec 1997European Communities (Amendment) Bill - Meaning of "the Treaties" and "the Community Treaties" tellnono Teller
Commons1 Dec 1997Burdens on Business tellnono Teller
Commons4 Nov 1997Rural Life tellayeaye Teller
Commons4 Nov 1997Rural Life tellnono Teller
Commons29 Jul 1997Table - Repeals tellayeaye Teller
Commons16 Jul 1997Finance Bill - Withdrawal of relief on medical insurance premiums tellayeaye Teller
Commons15 Jul 1997Finance Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons10 Jul 1997Finance Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons9 Jul 1997Pensions tellnono Teller
Commons7 Jul 1997Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - 22. Relief for film production and acquisition expenditure tellayeaye Teller
Commons7 Jul 1997Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - 13. Surplus franked investment income tellayeaye Teller
Commons7 Jul 1997Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - 11. Withdrawal of relief on medical insurance premiums tellayeaye Teller
Commons24 Jun 1997Plant Varieties Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons18 Jun 1997Firearms (Amendment) Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons18 Jun 1997Firearms (Amendment) Bill tellnono Teller
Commons18 Jun 1997Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Consequential amendments and repeals tellnono Teller
Commons18 Jun 1997Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Prohibition of small-calibre pistols tellayeaye Teller
Commons17 Jun 1997Local Government Finance (Supplementary Credit Approvals) Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons5 Jun 1997Education (Schools) Bill tellnono Teller
Commons5 Jun 1997Education (Schools) Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons5 Jun 1997Education (Schools) Bill - Transitional arrangements for existing assisted pupils tellayeaye Teller
Commons5 Jun 1997Education (Schools) Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons3 Jun 1997Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill - Referendum in Scotland tellnono Teller
1 Jun 1997Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Northern Ireland),
Commons19 May 1997Home Affairs tellnono Teller
8 May 1997Became The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
1 Jun 1995Became Shadow Spokesperson (Northern Ireland),
1 Jun 1995Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
1 Jun 1993Became Opposition Whip (Commons),

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
4% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
6% Academy Schools - for
17% Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
84% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
36% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
53% Apprenticeships
25% Assisted Dying
79% Asylum System - More strict
0% Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
100% Ban fox hunting
88% Bankers' Bonus Tax
50% Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
76% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
42% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16% Closed Material Proceedure
11% Coalition Programme for Government - For
100% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
0% Cull Badgers
91% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25% Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
58% Do more to help refugees inclding children
100% Easier access to abortion
0% Employee Shareholder Status
15% Encourage and incentivise saving
0% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
94% Energy Prices - More Affordable
50% English Votes on English Laws etc.
100% Environmental water quality
21% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
80% European Union Integration - For
8% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
3% Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
25% Fixed Term Parliaments
93% For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
17% Fully Elected House of Lords
60% Further devolution to Scotland
69% Further devolution to Wales
49% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% GP Commissioning in the NHS
100% Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
93% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
22% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
30% Higher taxes on banks
25% Higher taxes on sugary drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
89% Homosexuality - Equal rights
25% HS2 - In Favour
63% Human Rights and Equality
93% Identity cards - For introduction
67% In Favour of Mass Surveillance
70% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
67% Incentivise membership of press regulator
22% Increase Air Passenger Duty
4% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0% Increase the state pension age
13% Increase VAT
67% Inheritance Tax
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
15% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
89% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
25% Localise Council Tax Support
35% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
10% Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
60% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88% Mansion Tax
81% Mass Retention of Communications Data
46% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Member trustees on pension boards
0% Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
86% Minimum Wage
71% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100% More funds for social care
66% More powers for local councils
18% No detention without charge or trial
57% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
98% Nuclear power - For
46% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
42% Pension auto-enrolment - For
10% Phase out of Tenancies for Life
0% Police and Crime Commissioners
100% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Post office closures - against
100% Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
15% Privatise Royal Mail
21% Promote Occupational Pensions
65% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
84% Public Ownership of Railways
100% Rail Fares - Lower
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
21% Reduce capital gains tax
0% Reduce central funding for local government
0% Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
7% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
8% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
16% Reducing the number of MPs - for
13% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
46% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
25% Register of Lobbyists
99% Regulate letting agent fees
38% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
75% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
6% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100% Retain funds from council house sales locally
12% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
96% Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
82% Right to strike
23% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
96% Same Sex Marriage - for
26% Schools - Greater Autonomy
0% Sell England's Public Forests
75% Smoking ban - In favour
75% State control of bus services
67% Stop climate change
78% Support current and former armed service members
44% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
0% Tougher on illegal immigration
40% Trade Unions - Restrict
10% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
11% Transparency of Parliament
71% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7% University education fees - Should be free
61% University Tuition Fees - For
95% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
73% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
92% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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
100.0% Tony BlairSedgefieldLab
100.0% Gordon BrownKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLab
99.7% Shaun WoodwardSt Helens SouthLab
99.6% Alistair DarlingEdinburgh South WestLab
99.6% Anne McGuireStirlingLab

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