Voting Record — David Blunkett MP, Sheffield, Brightside (10050)

David Blunkett

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

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	6 votes out of 682, 0.9%	682 votes out of 1288, 53.0%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	6 votes out of 336, 1.8%	336 votes out of 1246, 27.0%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	4 votes out of 472, 0.8%	472 votes out of 1273, 37.1%	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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House	Date	Subject	David Blunkett	Lab Vote	Rôle
31 Jan 2024	Stopped being Member, Justice and Home Affairs Committee
14 Apr 2021	Became Member, Justice and Home Affairs Committee
28 Mar 2018	Stopped being Member, Citizenship and Civic Engagement Committee
29 Jun 2017	Became Member, Citizenship and Civic Engagement Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Election of Committee Chairs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Business of the House — Chair (Terminology)	minority	aye	Rebel
13 Jul 2009	Became Member, Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	minority	no	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 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
2 Nov 2005	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
6 May 2005	Became The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
House	Date	Subject	David Blunkett	Lab Vote	Rôle
15 Dec 2004	Stopped being The Secretary of State for the Home Department,
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 6 — Use of Dogs Below Ground (No. 2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Hunting Under Licence	minority	no	Rebel
8 Jun 2001	Became The Secretary of State for the Home Department,
8 Jun 2001	Stopped being Secretary of State for Education and Employment,
House	Date	Subject	David Blunkett	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
31 Jul 1998	Stopped being Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee,
1 May 1997	Became Secretary of State for Education and Employment,
1 May 1997	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State (Education and Employment),
5 Jul 1995	Became Shadow Secretary of State (Education and Employment),
5 Jul 1995	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Education,
31 Jul 1994	Stopped being Party Chair, Labour Party,
22 Jul 1994	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Education,
22 Jul 1994	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Health,
1 Aug 1993	Became Party Chair, Labour Party,
1 Jul 1992	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Health,
1 Jul 1992	Stopped being Opposition Spokesperson (Local Government & Poll Tax),
1 Jun 1988	Became Opposition Spokesperson (Local Government & Poll Tax),
1 Aug 1983	Became Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee,

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
9%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Academy Schools - for
84%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
33%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
89%	Asylum System - More strict
47%	Ban fox hunting
73%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
67%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
19%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
87%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Cull Badgers
61%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
100%	Easier access to abortion
20%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
88%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
6%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
75%	European Union Integration - For
16%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
29%	Fixed Term Parliaments
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
47%	Fox hunting - Ban
17%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
1%	Fully Elected House of Lords
50%	Further devolution to Scotland
45%	Further devolution to Wales
58%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
93%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
29%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
14%	Higher taxes on banks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
78%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
70%	HS2 - In Favour
56%	Human Rights and Equality
91%	Identity cards - For introduction
50%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
22%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
3%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
19%	Increase VAT
0%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
11%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
78%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
92%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	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
75%	Mansion Tax
73%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
12%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
89%	Minimum Wage
71%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
66%	More powers for local councils
0%	No detention without charge or trial
83%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
57%	Nuclear power - For
45%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
42%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
8%	Police and Crime Commissioners
84%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
16%	Post office closures - against
75%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
15%	Privatise Royal Mail
16%	Promote Occupational Pensions
56%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
54%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
88%	Rail Fares - Lower
5%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
42%	Reduce capital gains tax
0%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
11%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
12%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
27%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
33%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
84%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
61%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
10%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
83%	Right to strike
39%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
71%	Same Sex Marriage - for
23%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
76%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	State control of bus services
46%	Stop climate change
78%	Support current and former armed service members
40%	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
50%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54%	Transparency of Parliament
83%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
10%	University education fees - Should be free
59%	University Tuition Fees - For
84%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
42%	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
97.3%	Gordon Brown	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Lab
90.2%	Michael Wills	North Swindon	Lab
89.6%	Alistair Darling	Edinburgh South West	Lab
89.4%	Douglas Alexander	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Lab
88.7%	Stephen Byers	North Tyneside	Lab

Voting Record — David Blunkett MP, Sheffield, Brightside (10050)

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