Voting Record — Christine Russell MP, City of Chester (10522)

Christine Russell

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 4 votes out of 1037, 0.4% 1037 votes out of 1288, 80.5% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 4 votes out of 876, 0.5% 876 votes out of 1246, 70.3% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 0 votes out of 890, 0.0% 890 votes out of 1273, 69.9% 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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HouseDateSubjectChristine RussellLab VoteRôle
11 May 2010Stopped being Member, Advisory Committee on Works of Art
16 Jan 2009Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Beverley Hughes, Minister of State), Department for Children, Schools and Families
28 Jun 2007Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Beverley Hughes, Minister of State), Department for Education and Skills
28 Jun 2007Became PPS (Rt Hon Beverley Hughes, Minister of State), Department for Children, Schools and Families
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
10 Nov 2005Became PPS (Rt Hon Beverley Hughes, Minister of State), Department for Education and Skills
1 Nov 2005Became Member, Advisory Committee on Works of Art
HouseDateSubjectChristine RussellLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
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
Commons14 May 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1) Majorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectChristine RussellLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller

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
17% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
96% Asylum System - More strict
83% Ban fox hunting
94% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
99% European Union Integration - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
83% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
47% Fully Elected House of Lords
0% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
86% Homosexuality - Equal rights
67% Human Rights and Equality
83% Identity cards - For introduction
0% Increase VAT
98% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
99% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% 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
33% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100% Pension auto-enrolment - For
97% Post office - in favour of Government policy
3% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
54% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
85% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
43% Schools - Greater Autonomy
46% Smoking ban - In favour
72% Stop climate change
0% Support current and former armed service members
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100% Trade Unions - Restrict
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
46% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
7% University education fees - Should be free
99% University Tuition Fees - For
99% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
42% 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
98.9% Robin CookLivingstonLab
97.6% John HealeyWentworthLab
97.6% Denis MurphyWansbeckLab
97.5% Jon CruddasDagenhamLab
97.5% Michael FosterWorcesterLab

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