Voting Record — MPs for Normanton

Edward Balls

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...)
Edward Balls (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	8 votes out of 1048, 0.8%	1048 votes out of 1288, 81.4%
Mr Bill O'Brien (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	13 votes out of 828, 1.6%	828 votes out of 1246, 66.5%
Mr Bill O'Brien (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	7 votes out of 906, 0.8%	906 votes out of 1273, 71.2%

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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 Edward Balls MP
House	Date	Subject	Edward Balls	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Election of Committee Chairs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Mr Bill O'Brien MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Bill O'Brien	Lab Vote	Rôle
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	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Nov 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters	minority	aye	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	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2002	Mersey Tunnels Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Jul 2002	Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order)	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2002	Identity Card	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2001	Relationships (Civil Registration)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Parliamentary Pensions	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by Mr Bill O'Brien MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Bill O'Brien	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill - Defences available to persons who are under age	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Feb 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Clause 1 — Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Jan 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill — Reduction of Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts to 16	minority	aye	Rebel

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
6%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
8%	Academy Schools - for
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67%	Apprenticeships
99%	Asylum System - More strict
92%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
80%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
14%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
97%	Control Orders
100%	Crossrail - In favour
13%	Cull Badgers
77%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
92%	Easier access to abortion
30%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
83%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
75%	European Union Integration - For
16%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
25%	Fixed Term Parliaments
73%	Fully Elected House of Lords
50%	Further devolution to Scotland
60%	Further devolution to Wales
66%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
7%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
93%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
24%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
14%	Higher taxes on banks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
70%	HS2 - In Favour
56%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
70%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
28%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
3%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
14%	Increase VAT
0%	Inheritance Tax
8%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
99%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
86%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
25%	Localise Council Tax Support
34%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88%	Mansion Tax
88%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
26%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
94%	Minimum Wage
85%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
64%	More powers for local councils
31%	No detention without charge or trial
58%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
62%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
42%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Police and Crime Commissioners
100%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
0%	Post office closures - against
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
16%	Promote Occupational Pensions
56%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
83%	Reduce capital gains tax
25%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
13%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
9%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
8%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
31%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
99%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
16%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
24%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42%	Right to strike
23%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
24%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
64%	Smoking ban - In favour
100%	State control of bus services
60%	Stop climate change
78%	Support current and former armed service members
48%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
2%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
40%	Transparency of Parliament
83%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
79%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100%	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%	Tony Blair	Sedgefield	Lab
100.0%	Gordon Brown	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Lab
99.5%	Charles Clarke	Norwich South	Lab
99.3%	Yvette Cooper	Pontefract and Castleford	Lab
99.3%	David Lammy	Tottenham	Lab

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