Denis MacShane compared to 'Stop climate change'

voted ambiguously on the policy

by scoring 56.4% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Denis MacShane	Policy vote
Commons	10 Mar 2000	Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Bill	absent	Majority
Commons	27 Mar 2000	"Table - 20. Climate change levy	Majority	Majority
House	Date	Subject	Denis MacShane	Policy vote
Commons	8 Nov 2004	Housing Bill — Improvements in Energy Efficiency — rejected	Majority	minority
House	Date	Subject	Denis MacShane	Policy vote
Commons	8 May 2007	Climate Change — new sense of urgency — rejected	absent	minority
Commons	30 Apr 2008	Energy Bill — Renewable energy feed-in tariff — rejected	Majority	minority
Commons	2 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — National Planning Policy Statement To Include Policies Which Help Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change	absent	minority
Commons	9 Jun 2008	Climate Change Bill — Second Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	28 Oct 2008	Climate Change Bill — Electricity generating station performance standards — rejected	absent	minority
Commons	28 Oct 2008	Climate Change Bill — International aviation and shipping emission projections — rejected	absent	minority
Commons	28 Oct 2008	Climate Change Bill — Report on the civil estate	absent	Majority
Commons	28 Oct 2008	Climate Change Bill — Third Reading (and other amendments)	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	21 Oct 2009	Government to sign up to 10:10 climate change campaign — rejected	Majority	minority
House	Date	Subject	Denis MacShane	Policy vote
Commons	14 Sep 2011	Energy Bill — Clause 42 — Bring Forward Date Landlords of Private Rented Homes Must Follow Domestic Energy Efficiency Regulations	minority	minority
Commons	11 Jun 2012	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	17 Oct 2012	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — New Clause 22 — UK Green Investment Bank — Duty to Support Climate Change Act Targets	minority	minority (strong)
Commons	17 Oct 2012	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Third Reading	minority	Majority (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 votes	Points	Out of
Most important votes (50 points)
MP voted with policy	2	100	100
MP voted against policy	1	0	50
MP absent	2	50	100
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	2	20	20
MP voted against policy	3	0	30
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	6	6	12
Total:		176	312
*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

312

= 56.4 %.

How the number is calculated

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