Voting Record — Desmond Turner MP, Brighton, Kemptown (10608)

Desmond Turner

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

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	19 votes out of 998, 1.9%	998 votes out of 1288, 77.5%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	28 votes out of 965, 2.9%	965 votes out of 1246, 77.4%	1 time
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	19 votes out of 949, 2.0%	949 votes out of 1273, 74.5%	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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House	Date	Subject	Desmond Turner	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Commons Science and Technology Committee
7 Oct 2009	Stopped being Member, Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee
7 Oct 2009	Became Member, Commons Science and Technology Committee
20 Jan 2009	Became Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Modernisation of the House of Commons (Standing Orders)	Majority	no	Rebel
20 Aug 2008	Stopped being Member, Science and Technology Committee
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
3 Jun 2008	Stopped being Member, Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	30 Apr 2008	Energy Bill — Renewable energy feed-in tariff — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
18 Apr 2008	Became Member, Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee
18 Apr 2008	Stopped being Member, Innovation, Universities and Skills Committee
Commons	14 Mar 2008	Orders of the Day — Animals Act 1971 (Amendment) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Preventing prison officers from taking industrial action	minority	aye	Rebel
7 Nov 2007	Became Member, Innovation, Universities and Skills Committee
27 Apr 2007	Became Member, Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — New Clause 11 — Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3(2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2007	Orders of the Day — Energy Saving (Daylight) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Requirements as to composition of governing bodies — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
20 Jul 2005	Became Member, Science and Technology Committee
14 Jul 2005	Became Member, Environmental Audit Committee
House	Date	Subject	Desmond Turner	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Science and Technology Committee
Commons	28 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
11 Jun 2004	Stopped being Member, Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004	Became Member, Science and Technology Committee
28 May 2004	Became Member, Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	27 Jan 2004	Higher Education Bill — Second Reading — Increase in University Tuition Fees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS Foundation Trusts	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS foundation trusts	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Jul 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — NHS Foundation Trusts	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 May 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 May 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	2 Apr 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 85 — Defendant's Bad Character	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Declaration of War	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Endorse UN Security Council Resolution 1441 — Final Opportunity for Iraq to Disarm	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Nov 2002	Iraq — UN Security Council Resolution 1441 — Second resolution necessary — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Parliamentary Questions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Parliamentary Pensions	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Desmond Turner	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	28 Nov 2000	Transport Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Nov 2000	Transport Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Nov 2000	Transport Bill - Transfer schemes made by CAA	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Nov 2000	Genetically Modified Food and Producer Liability (No. 2)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2000	Stem Cell Research	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 May 2000	Transport Bill - Parliamentary approval of transfer scheme	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 May 2000	Transport Bill - Transfer to be to not for profit company	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 May 2000	Transport Bill - Transfer to be to company owned by Crown	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2000	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: reduction for pension payments	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - New allowances for bereaved spouses	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In	minority	no	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.

Agreement	Policy
5%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Assisted Dying
96%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Ban fox hunting
28%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
55%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
92%	Easier access to abortion
88%	European Union Integration - For
0%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
32%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
26%	Fully Elected House of Lords
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
100%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
68%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
67%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
0%	Increase VAT
0%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
80%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
100%	Minimum Wage
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	No detention without charge or trial
100%	Nuclear power - For
52%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
98%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
96%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Right to strike
50%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0%	Same Sex Marriage - for
11%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
75%	Smoking ban - In favour
70%	Stop climate change
0%	Support current and former armed service members
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2%	Termination of pregnancy - against
33%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
0%	Trade Unions - Restrict
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
31%	Transparency of Parliament
0%	Trident replacement - In favour
65%	University education fees - Should be free
58%	University Tuition Fees - For
8%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
83%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
99.7%	Ian McCartney	Makerfield	Lab
99.2%	Stephen Byers	North Tyneside	Lab
99.2%	David Blunkett	Sheffield, Brightside	Lab
99.1%	Margaret Beckett	Derby South	Lab
99.1%	Kim Howells	Pontypridd	Lab

Voting Record — Desmond Turner MP, Brighton, Kemptown (10608)

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