Voting Record — David Wright MP, Telford (11340)

David Wright

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 30 Mar 2015 Lab 6 votes out of 964, 0.6% 964 votes out of 1239, 77.8% 12 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 8 votes out of 1169, 0.7% 1169 votes out of 1288, 90.8% 18 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 9 votes out of 1100, 0.8% 1100 votes out of 1246, 88.3% 4 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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HouseDateSubjectDavid WrightLab VoteRôle
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
Commons27 Oct 2014Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP minorityno Rebel
1 Jul 2013Became Member, Administration Committee
16 Oct 2012Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons11 Jul 2012House of Commons to Sit on Tuesdays from 7pm until 10pm to Consider Private Members' Bills Majorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012Thursdays minorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays minorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays minorityno Rebel
Commons12 Mar 2012Backbench Business Committee — Election of Members and Chair — Operation of Committee minorityaye Rebel
Commons6 Sep 2011Health and Social Care Bill (Programme) (No. 3) tellnono Teller
Commons14 Jul 2011Sovereign Grant Bill — Clause 7 — Review Sovereign Grant Caluculation If Crown Estate Income Rises Faster than GDP tellayeaye Teller
Commons18 May 2011Localism Bill — Clause 130 — Flexible Tenancies — Safeguards for Exsiting Secure Tenancies tellayeaye Teller
Commons18 May 2011Localism Bill — Clause 130 — Flexible Tenancies tellayeaye Teller
Commons4 May 2011Finance Bill — Clause 10 — Report on Capital Allowance Changes tellayeaye Teller
Commons3 May 2011Finance Bill — Clause 7 — Report on Impact of System of Taxation of Oil and Gas Production on Investment and Sustainability Particularly of North Sea Operations tellayeaye Teller
Commons31 Mar 2011Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Third Reading tellnono Teller
8 Mar 2011Stopped being Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee
Commons18 Jan 2011Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Third Reading tellnono Teller
17 Jan 2011Became Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee
Commons19 Oct 2010Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 7 — Defining the Alternative Vote System tellnono Teller
8 Oct 2010Became Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons26 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Requirement for Foundation Schools to Consult on Application for Academy Order tellayeaye Teller
Commons26 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Referendum of Parents If Governor Objects to Application for Academy Status -rejected tellayeaye Teller
Commons21 Jul 2010Child Trust Funds Regulations tellnono Teller
6 May 2010Stopped being Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
HouseDateSubjectDavid WrightLab VoteRôle
Commons1 Mar 2010Opposition Day — Defence — Military Covenant — Military Funding tellnono Teller
Commons25 Jan 2010Financial Services Bill — New Clause 14 — Store cards and consumer credit agreements tellnono Teller
Commons25 Jan 2010Financial Services Bill — New Clause 14 — Store cards and consumer credit agreements tellnono Teller
Commons11 Jan 2010Defence — Children, Schools and families bill (Programme) tellayeaye Teller
Commons11 Jan 2010Defence — Children, Schools and Families Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons11 Jan 2010Defence — Children, Schools and Families Bill tellnono Teller
Commons8 Dec 2009Opposition Day — [1st allotted day] — Disability Benefits for the Elderly tellnono Teller
Commons30 Nov 2009Financial Services Bill — Financial Services Bill (Programme) tellayeaye Teller
Commons10 Nov 2009Welfare Reform Bill — Financial penalties should not apply to single parents of under-fives — rejected tellayeaye Teller
Commons28 Oct 2009Strengthen local spending reports — rejected tellnono Teller
Commons19 Oct 2009Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day] — Economic Recovery and Welfare tellayeaye Teller
Commons19 Oct 2009Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day] — Economic Recovery and Welfare tellnono Teller
Commons15 Jul 2009Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day] — US-UK Extradition Treaty tellnono Teller
13 Jul 2009Stopped being Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
Commons6 Jul 2009Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day] — Identity Cards tellayeaye Teller
Commons6 Jul 2009Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day] — Identity Cards tellnono Teller
Commons3 Jul 2009[Mr. Speaker in the Chair] tellnono Teller
Commons30 Jun 2009Parliamentary Standards Bill — Clause 5 — MPs' financial interests rules tellnono Teller
Commons30 Jun 2009Parliamentary Standards Bill — Clause 5 — MPs' financial interests rules tellayeaye Teller
10 Jun 2009Became Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
9 Mar 2009Became Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret minorityaye Rebel
16 Jan 2009Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Jane Kennedy, Minister of State), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
16 Oct 2008Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Jane Kennedy, Financial Secretary), HM Treasury
16 Oct 2008Became PPS (Rt Hon Jane Kennedy, Minister of State), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
6 Nov 2007Stopped being Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
28 Jun 2007Became PPS (Rt Hon Jane Kennedy, Financial Secretary), HM Treasury
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
15 Jan 2007Became Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
6 Sep 2006Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon John Hutton, Secretary of State), Department for Work and Pensions
8 May 2006Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon David Miliband, Minister of State (Cabinet)), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
8 May 2006Became PPS (Rt Hon John Hutton, Secretary of State), Department for Work and Pensions
10 Nov 2005Became PPS (Rt Hon David Miliband, Minister of State (Cabinet)), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Commons21 Oct 2005Armed Forces (Parliamentary Approval for Participation in Armed Conflict) Bill minorityaye Rebel
12 Jul 2005Stopped being Member, Procedure Committee
12 Jul 2005Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
HouseDateSubjectDavid WrightLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being PPS (Ms Rosie Winterton, Minister of State), Department of Health
10 Apr 2005Became PPS (Ms Rosie Winterton, Minister of State), Department of Health
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
Commons26 Oct 2004Removal of References to Strangers minorityaye Rebel
Commons15 Oct 2004Sex Discrimination (Clubs and Other Private Associations) Bill — Discrimination: Private Clubs tellnono Teller
Commons15 Oct 2004New Clause 1 — Appeals tellnono Teller
Commons15 Oct 2004Petition — Fisheries tellnono Teller
Commons14 May 2004[Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] tellayeno Rebel Teller
28 Nov 2003Stopped being Member, Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (Joint Committee)
10 Jul 2003Became Member, Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Case for war not established — 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
Commons29 Oct 2002Parliamentary Questions minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1) Majorityaye Rebel
14 Jan 2002Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
16 Jul 2001Became Member, Procedure Committee
16 Jul 2001Became Member, Environmental Audit Committee
16 Jul 2001Became Member, Administration Committee
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno 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
0% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Academy Schools - for
92% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67% Apprenticeships
100% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
92% Bankers' Bonus Tax
81% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16% Closed Material Proceedure
17% Coalition Programme for Government - For
100% Control Orders
100% Crossrail - In favour
0% Cull Badgers
77% Delegate more powers to government ministers
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0% Employee Shareholder Status
0% Encourage and incentivise saving
0% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
100% Energy Prices - More Affordable
0% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
78% European Union Integration - For
4% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
29% Fixed Term Parliaments
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
75% Fully Elected House of Lords
30% Further devolution to Scotland
55% Further devolution to Wales
45% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% GP Commissioning in the NHS
93% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
24% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
14% Higher taxes on banks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
82% Homosexuality - Equal rights
90% HS2 - In Favour
74% Human Rights and Equality
100% Identity cards - For introduction
80% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100% Incentivise membership of press regulator
22% Increase Air Passenger Duty
0% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
10% Increase VAT
0% Inheritance Tax
42% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0% Localise Council Tax Support
35% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
62% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100% Mansion Tax
95% Mass Retention of Communications Data
12% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
88% Minimum Wage
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
62% More powers for local councils
20% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100% Nuclear power - For
63% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83% Pension auto-enrolment - For
0% Police and Crime Commissioners
100% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Post office closures - against
75% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0% Privatise Royal Mail
35% Promote Occupational Pensions
56% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100% Public Ownership of Railways
100% Rail Fares - Lower
15% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
83% Reduce capital gains tax
13% Reduce central funding for local government
7% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
6% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
8% Reducing the number of MPs - for
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
31% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29% Register of Lobbyists
100% Regulate letting agent fees
33% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
16% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
12% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42% Right to strike
23% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
86% Same Sex Marriage - for
16% Schools - Greater Autonomy
0% Sell England's Public Forests
77% Smoking ban - In favour
100% State control of bus services
63% Stop climate change
78% Support current and former armed service members
44% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92% Trade Unions - Restrict
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
27% Transparency of Parliament
83% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
8% University education fees - Should be free
58% University Tuition Fees - For
59% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
42% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2010-2015, 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.

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