Voting Record — Mr Alan Hurst MP, Braintree (10302)

Mr Alan Hurst

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 31 votes out of 876, 3.5% 876 votes out of 1246, 70.3% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 14 votes out of 1007, 1.4% 1007 votes out of 1273, 79.1% 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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HouseDateSubjectMr Alan HurstLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
Commons18 Nov 2004Hunting Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons1 Nov 2004Gambling Bill — 2nd reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons26 Oct 2004Removal of References to Strangers minorityaye Rebel
28 May 2004Became Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons31 Mar 2004Higher Education Bill — New Clause 5 — Abolition of tuition fees chargeable to qualifying student minorityno Rebel
Commons19 Nov 2003Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be Conducted without Jury minorityaye Rebel
Commons19 Nov 2003Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be Conducted without Jury minorityaye Rebel
Commons19 Nov 2003Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be Conducted without Jury minorityaye Rebel
Commons18 Nov 2003Criminal Justice Bill — New Clause minorityaye Rebel
Commons18 Nov 2003Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 43 — Application by Prosecution for Trial to be Conducted without Jury where Danger of Jury Tampering minorityaye Rebel
Commons18 Nov 2003Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 42 — Applications by Prosecution for Certain Complex or Lengthy Trials to be Conducted without Jury minorityaye Rebel
Commons18 Nov 2003Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be conducted without Jury minorityaye Rebel
Commons10 Nov 2003Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies minorityno Rebel
Commons10 Nov 2003Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2003Cannabis — reclassification from class B to class C minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Jul 2003Hunting Bill — New Clause 1 — Compensation minorityno Rebel
Commons19 May 2003Criminal Justice Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 29 — Rules of Court minorityno Rebel
Commons19 May 2003Criminal Justice Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 29 — Rules of Court minorityno Rebel
Commons2 Apr 2003Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 85 — Defendant's Bad Character minorityno Rebel
Commons2 Apr 2003Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 85 — Defendant's Bad Character minorityno Rebel
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
Commons4 Nov 2002Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters minorityaye 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
Commons16 May 2002Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption minorityaye Rebel
Commons15 Apr 2002City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Property minorityno Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions Majorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs Majorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Business of the House minorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMr Alan HurstLab VoteRôle
Commons27 Feb 2001Hunting Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons19 Dec 2000Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations minorityaye Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons25 Jul 2000Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons3 Apr 2000Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Annual increase in basic retirement pension minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2000Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2000City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2000City of London (Ward Elections) Bill - Statement of compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill - Interpretation minorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Jun 1999Access to Justice Bill [Lords] - Community Legal Service: excluded services. minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Feb 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order) minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Feb 1999House of Lords Bill minorityno 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.

AgreementPolicy
74% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
80% Asylum System - More strict
99% Ban fox hunting
100% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Control Orders
100% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
99% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
0% Fully Elected House of Lords
63% Gambling - Against permissiveness
59% Homosexuality - Equal rights
83% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
96% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
5% No detention without charge or trial
100% Nuclear power - For
23% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
99% Post office - in favour of Government policy
1% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
79% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
93% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
95% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
24% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Smoking ban - In favour
67% Stop climate change
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
16% University education fees - Should be free
94% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, 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
97.8%Mr Raymond PowellOgmoreLab
93.9%Mr Brian WilsonCunninghame NorthLab
92.5% Paul MurphyTorfaenLab
92.5% Gerald KaufmanManchester, GortonLab
92.3% David MarshallGlasgow ShettlestonLab

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