Lord Steel of Aikwood

voted ambiguously on the policy

Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for

by scoring 58.3% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
HouseDateSubjectLord Steel of AikwoodPolicy vote
Lords19 Jan 2011Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Special Case for Isle of Wight Constituency Majorityminority (strong)
Lords26 Jan 2011Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Minimum of 35 MPs for Wales MajorityMajority (strong)
Lords9 Feb 2011Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Allowing Greater Variation from Mean Number of Electors in MP Constituency in Exceptional Circumstances minorityminority (strong)
Lords9 Feb 2011Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Special Case for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly minorityMajority (strong)
Lords9 Feb 2011Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Limit Reduction of MPs from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland MajorityMajority (strong)
Lords9 Feb 2011Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Reduce Number of Members of the House of Lords Before Reducing Number of MPs absentMajority
Lords16 Feb 2011Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Allowing Greater Variation from Mean Number of Electors in MP Constituency in Exceptional Circumstances absentMajority (strong)

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.

Questions about this formula can be discussed on the forum.

No of votesPointsOut of
Most important votes (50 points)   
MP voted with policy3150150
MP voted against policy20100
MP absent12550
Less important votes (10 points)   
MP voted with policy000
MP voted against policy000
Less important absentees (2 points)   
MP absent*112
Total:176302

*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.

agreement score
MP's points
total points
 = 
176
302
 = 58.3 %.


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