Voting Record — Alan Williams MP, Swansea West (10639)

Alan Williams

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 8 votes out of 1002, 0.8% 1002 votes out of 1288, 77.8% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 22 votes out of 904, 2.4% 904 votes out of 1246, 72.6% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 5 votes out of 924, 0.5% 924 votes out of 1273, 72.6% 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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HouseDateSubjectAlan WilliamsLab VoteRôle
11 May 2010Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being Chairman, Liaison Committee
Commons30 Apr 2009MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament minorityaye Rebel
Commons8 Dec 2008Review of House of Commons Proceedures Police Raid of Damian Green MP's Office — Committee to Investigate Immediately — rejected 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
Commons17 Oct 2006Points of Order — Gambling Act 2005 (Amendment) Majorityaye Rebel
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons28 Feb 2006Government of Wales Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 75 — Business Organisations minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2006Government of Wales Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 102 — Referendum about commencement of Assembly Act provisions minorityno Rebel
1 Nov 2005Became Chairman, Liaison Committee
14 Jul 2005Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
HouseDateSubjectAlan WilliamsLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Chairman, Liaison Committee
Commons28 Feb 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Feb 2005Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Feb 2005Serious Organized Crime and Police Bill -- Demonstrating without authorisation in a designated area minorityaye Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Car Mileage Allowance minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2005Gambling Bill — Clause 170 — Casino premises licence: overall limits minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Oct 2004Programming of Bills minorityno Rebel
Commons28 Jun 2004Human Tissue Bill — New Clause 1 — Determination of consent for removal, storage and use of organs from Adults for purpose of transplantation minorityno Rebel
28 May 2004Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
28 May 2004Became Chairman, Liaison Committee
Commons31 Mar 2004Higher Education Bill — Third Reading 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
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Feb 2003Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityaye 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
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectAlan WilliamsLab VoteRôle
Commons25 Apr 2001Deferred Division - Road Traffic (S.I., 2001, No. 561) minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons28 Jun 2000House of Commons (Reserved Matters) minorityno Rebel
Commons2 Nov 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) 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
5% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
75% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
94% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
87% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Easier access to abortion
98% European Union Integration - For
70% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
32% Fully Elected House of Lords
39% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
100% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
82% Homosexuality - Equal rights
67% Human Rights and Equality
100% Identity cards - For introduction
0% Increase VAT
35% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
4% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
91% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Mass Retention of Communications Data
100% Minimum Wage
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
1% No detention without charge or trial
100% Nuclear power - For
39% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50% Pension auto-enrolment - For
99% Post office - in favour of Government policy
1% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
32% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
72% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
47% Schools - Greater Autonomy
92% Smoking ban - In favour
37% Stop climate change
0% Support current and former armed service members
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100% Trade Unions - Restrict
46% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
65% University education fees - Should be free
58% University Tuition Fees - For
21% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% 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 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% Gordon BrownKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLab
99.1% Sandra OsborneAyr, Carrick and CumnockLab
98.9% Robin CookLivingstonLab
98.5% Stephen ByersNorth TynesideLab
98.2% Stephen HesfordWirral WestLab

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