Voting Record — Mr Bill O'Brien MP, Normanton (10460)

Mr Bill O'Brien

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 13 votes out of 828, 1.6% 828 votes out of 1246, 66.5% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 7 votes out of 906, 0.8% 906 votes out of 1273, 71.2% 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 Bill O'BrienLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Standing Orders Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
28 May 2004Became Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Standing Orders Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — 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 minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2002Mersey Tunnels Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Jul 2002Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) bothaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2002Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc. minorityno Rebel
Commons16 May 2002Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1) Majorityaye Rebel
Commons23 Jan 2002Identity Card Majorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Oct 2001Relationships (Civil Registration) minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMr Bill O'BrienLab VoteRôle
Commons19 Dec 2000Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Nov 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Mar 1999Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill - Defences available to persons who are under age minorityaye Rebel
Commons10 Feb 1999Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Clause 1 — Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts minorityaye Rebel
Commons25 Jan 1999Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Jun 1998Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords] minorityno Rebel
Commons22 Jun 1998Crime and Disorder Bill — Reduction of Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts to 16 minorityaye 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
98% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Assisted Dying
84% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
100% Business and community control of schools: For
88% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
80% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
35% Fully Elected House of Lords
0% Gambling - Against permissiveness
41% Homosexuality - Equal rights
75% Identity cards - For introduction
98% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
92% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
0% No detention without charge or trial
100% Nuclear power - For
23% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
54% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
82% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
38% Schools - Greater Autonomy
42% Smoking ban - In favour
14% Stop climate change
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
29% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
25% University education fees - Should be free
87% University Tuition Fees - For
99% 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
93.8%Mr Brian WilsonCunninghame NorthLab
92.6% Mark TamiAlyn and DeesideLab
92.6%Mr David StewartInverness East, Nairn and LochaberLab
92.4% Don TouhigIslwynLab
92.4% Bill RammellHarlowLab

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