Craig Whittaker MP, Calder Valley
voted strongly for the policy
Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
by scoring 84.2% compared to the votes below
Someone who believes that prior to the 2016 referendum, a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union should have been held would cast votes described by the policy.
European Union Bill — New Clause 11 — Referendum on EU Membership If Referendum Opposes Transfer of Powers - 1 Feb 2011 - Division No. 186 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The majority of MPs voted against a proposal that if a proposed transfer of powers from the UK to the EU was rejected in a referendum a subsequent, binding, referendum ought be held on the UK's membership of the EU. MPs were debating the European Union Bill[1]. The text of the clause MPs rejected was:
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National Referendum on the United Kingdom's Membership of the European Union - 24 Oct 2011 - Division No. 372 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The majority of MPs voted against a proposal to call upon the Government to hold a referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union. The defeated motion was moved by David Nuttall MP[1], it read:
Despite the majority of MPs not supporting this motion Parliament did eventually consider a European Union (Referendum) Bill introduced as a private members bill by James Wharton MP[2]. |
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Queen's Speech — EU Referendum - 15 May 2013 - Division No. 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The majority of MPs voted not to express regret that the Government had not included proposals for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU in their legislative programme. The proposed text which MPs decided not to include in their response to the Queen's speech was:
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European Union (Referendum) Bill — Second Reading - 5 Jul 2013 - Division No. 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The majority of MPs voted in favour of holding a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union before the end of 2017. The referendum question included in the bill is:
The vote was on the second reading of the European Union (Referendum) Bill[1]. The bill requires a referendum to take place and includes arrangements for it, a vote in favour of a second reading can be seen as support for the general principle of the bill (opportunities to amend the details follow). The motion MPs technically voted on was: "That the Bill be now read a Second time" |
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European Union (Referendum) Bill — Clause 1 — Referendum on the UK's Membership of the EU on 23 October 2014 - 22 Nov 2013 - Division No. 134 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The majority of MPs voted against a proposal to hold a referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union on the 23rd of October 2014. The rejected amendment was proposed by Adam Afriyie MP and stated[2]:
The European Union (Referendum) Bill[1] remained unchanged and continued to require a referendum be held before 31 December 2017. |
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European Union (Referendum) Bill - 17 Oct 2014 - Division No. 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The majority of MPs voted for a referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union to be held before 31 December 2017. The motion supported by the majority of MPs taking part in the vote was:
The subject of the motion was the European Union (Referendum) Bill[1][2], the support of the majority of MPs at its second reading allowed it to continue on its path to becoming law. |
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European Union Referendum Bill — Decline Second Reading - 9 Jun 2015 - Division No. 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The majority of MPs voted in favour of a referendum, to be held before the end of 2017, on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union. MPs were considering the European Union Referendum Bill[1] The motion being considered was:
In this vote an amendment which would have replaced the text of the motion was rejected. The rejected text stated:
Had the amended motion been passed the Bill would have made no further progress towards becoming law. |
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European Union Referendum Bill — Second Reading - 9 Jun 2015 - Division No. 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The majority of MPs voted in favour of a referendum, to be held before the end of 2017, on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union. MPs were considering the European Union Referendum Bill[1] The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
The support for the motion means the Bill can continue on its path to becoming law. |
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European Union Referendum Bill — Third Reading - 7 Sep 2015 - Division No. 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The majority of MPs voted for a referendum to be held on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union. MPs were considering the European Union Referendum Bill.[1] The Bill provided for a referendum to be held before 31 December 2017 and set the question for the referendum as being:
The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
The support of the majority of MPs meant this Bill could continue on the path towards becoming law. |
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Referendum on the UK's Membership of the European Union — Dates - 29 Feb 2016 - Division No. 201 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The majority of MPs voted to set the date of the referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union as the 23rd of June 2016, and to set other dates relevant to the regulation of the referendum. The motion approved by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:
The regulations set the date of the referendum on if the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union as 23rd June 2016. (The European Union Referendum Act 2015 required the referendum be held before 31 December 2017). The regulations also set[1]:
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How the number is calculated
The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.
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No of votes | Points | Out of | |
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Most important votes (50 points) | |||
MP voted with policy | 6 | 300 | 300 |
MP voted against policy | 1 | 0 | 50 |
MP absent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Less important votes (10 points) | |||
MP voted with policy | 2 | 20 | 20 |
MP voted against policy | 1 | 0 | 10 |
Less important absentees (2 points) | |||
MP absent* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total: | 320 | 380 | |
*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference. |
total points
380