Voting Record — Don Touhig MP, Islwyn (10600)

Don Touhig

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

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
House of Lords	30 Jun 2010	still in office	Lab	10 votes out of 1060, 0.9%	1060 votes out of 1460, 72.6%	0 times
Islwyn	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	19 votes out of 1065, 1.8%	1065 votes out of 1288, 82.7%	0 times
Islwyn	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	8 votes out of 974, 0.8%	974 votes out of 1246, 78.2%	0 times
Islwyn	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	2 votes out of 1112, 0.2%	1112 votes out of 1273, 87.4%	83 times

External Links

See Don Touhig's Parliamentary speeches at: TheyWorkForYou.com
Contact your MP for free at: WriteToThem.com
Form a long term relationship with your MP: HearFromYourMP.com
Search for local party donations declared to the Electoral Commission

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).

See also all votes... attended | possible

House	Date	Subject	Lord Touhig	Lab Vote	Rôle
9 Jan 2023	Stopped being Chair, Services Committee
9 Jan 2023	Stopped being Chair, Services Committee
9 Jan 2023	Stopped being Member, Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee
9 Jan 2023	Stopped being Member, House of Lords Commission
17 Oct 2022	Became Member, Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee
Lords	12 Jul 2022	Schools Bill [HL] - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 30	Majority	aye	Rebel
Lords	16 Mar 2022	Health and Care Bill - Report (4th Day) — Amendment 170	Majority	aye	Rebel
Lords	9 Feb 2022	Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill - Report — Amendment 5	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	17 Jan 2022	Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - Report (6th Day) — Amendment 148	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	13 Jul 2021	Procedure and Privileges - Motion to Agree — Amendment to the Motion	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	13 Jul 2021	Procedure and Privileges - Motion to Agree — Amendment to the Motion	Majority	aye	Rebel
Lords	6 Jul 2021	Conduct - Motion to Agree	minority	aye	Rebel
17 May 2021	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Defence),
28 Jan 2021	Became Chair, Services Committee
28 Jan 2021	Became Chair, Services Committee
28 Jan 2021	Stopped being Member, Services Committee
28 Jan 2021	Became Member, House of Lords Commission
15 Apr 2020	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Defence),
6 Dec 2018	Became Member, Services Committee
17 Oct 2017	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Defence),
1 Sep 2016	Stopped being Opposition Whip (Lords),
12 May 2016	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Lords)
18 Sep 2015	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Defence),
18 Sep 2015	Became Opposition Whip (Lords),
Lords	24 Feb 2015	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 — Motion to Approve	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	16 Jan 2015	Assisted Dying Bill [HL] — Committee (2nd Day)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	8 Jul 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Report (1st Day)	minority	no	Rebel
4 Jul 2013	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Lords)
8 Nov 2012	Stopped being Member, Public Service and Demographic Change Committee
29 May 2012	Became Member, Public Service and Demographic Change Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being Chairman, Members' Allowances Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Chair, Members' Allowances Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Chair, Members' Allowances Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
House	Date	Subject	Don Touhig	Lab Vote	Rôle
28 Oct 2009	Became Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
27 Oct 2009	Became Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
4 Mar 2009	Became Member, Liaison Committee
3 Mar 2009	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
11 Feb 2009	Became Chairman, Members' Allowances Committee
11 Feb 2009	Stopped being Member, Members' Allowances Committee
10 Feb 2009	Became Member, Members' Allowances Committee
10 Feb 2009	Became Chair, Members' Allowances Committee
10 Feb 2009	Became Chair, Members' Allowances Committee
10 Feb 2009	Stopped being Member, Members' Allowances Committee
9 Feb 2009	Became Member, Members' Allowances Committee
27 Nov 2008	Stopped being Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
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
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	minority	no	Rebel
6 Jun 2006	Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
6 Jun 2006	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Veterans), Ministry of Defence
5 Jun 2006	Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
9 May 2006	Stopped being Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee
5 May 2006	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Veterans),
20 Dec 2005	Became Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee
19 Dec 2005	Became Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee
17 Jun 2005	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Veterans), Ministry of Defence
17 Jun 2005	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence
11 May 2005	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence
11 May 2005	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales), Department for Constitutional Affairs
10 May 2005	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Veterans),
10 May 2005	Stopped being The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales,
10 May 2005	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Constitutional Affairs) (also in Wales Office),
House	Date	Subject	Don Touhig	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2004	Removal of References to Strangers	minority	aye	Rebel
13 Jun 2003	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Welsh Office
13 Jun 2003	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales), Department for Constitutional Affairs
12 Jun 2003	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Constitutional Affairs) (also in Wales Office),
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — 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	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
11 Jun 2001	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Welsh Office
11 Jun 2001	Stopped being Assistant Whip, HM Treasury
11 Jun 2001	Became The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales,
7 Jun 2001	Stopped being Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
House	Date	Subject	Don Touhig	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	1 May 2001	Social Security Fraud Bill - New Clause 2	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Apr 2001	Rural Economy	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Apr 2001	International Development Bill (Programme) (No. 2)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	2 Apr 2001	Armed Forces Bill - Extension of jurisdiction	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Mar 2001	Social Security Fraud Bill [Lords] (Programme) - Lords messages	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2001	Criminal Justice and Police Bill - Exclusion of prisoners convicted of assaulting police officers, other emergency service workers and NHS staff from power to release short-term prisoners on licence	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Mar 2001	Criminal Justice and Police Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Feb 2001	Hunting Bill (Programme) - Lords Amendments and Messages	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	26 Feb 2001	Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill [Lords] (Programme) - Lords messages	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Feb 2001	Health and Social Care Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Feb 2001	Health and Social Care Bill - Independent advocacy services	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Feb 2001	Health and Social Care Bill - Community health councils: scheme for reform	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Feb 2001	Capital Allowances Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Feb 2001	Capital Allowances Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Feb 2001	Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill (Programme) (No. 2) - Consideration of Lords Amendments and further messages from the Lords	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Jan 2001	Criminal Justice and Police Bill (Programme) - Lords amendments and further messages from the Lords	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Jan 2001	Public Health	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Jan 2001	Public Health	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Jan 2001	Teacher Supply	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Jan 2001	Teacher Supply	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Jan 2001	Health and Social Care Bill [Money]	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Jan 2001	Health and Social Care Bill (Programme)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Hunting Bill [Money]	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Hunting Bill (Programme)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Hunting Bill (Programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Supplementary Estimates, 2000-01 - Consolidated Fund Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Supplementary Estimates, 2000-01	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Urban Regeneration	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Dec 2000	Vehicles (Crime) Bill [Ways and Means]	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Nov 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — Remaining Lords amendments	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Nov 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — New Bodies — National Assembly for Wales	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Nov 2000	Millennium Dome	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Nov 2000	Millennium Dome	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Nov 2000	Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Nov 2000	Pensions and Pensioners	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	6 Nov 2000	Pensions and Pensioners	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Jul 2000	Utilities Bill - Licence enforcement	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Jul 2000	Local Government Bill - Prohibition on promotion of homosexuality: bullying	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Jul 2000	Government Resources and Accounts Bill - Amendments and repeals	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Jul 2000	Government Resources and Accounts Bill - Comptroller and Auditor General: access to information	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Jul 2000	Finance Bill - Repeals	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Jul 2000	Finance Bill - Married couples allowances	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Jul 2000	Football (Disorder) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2000	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill - District policing partnership sub-groups for Belfast	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 Jul 2000	Local Government Bill [Lords] — Proportional representation for local elections in England and Wales	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Jul 2000	Prisoners (Early Release)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Jul 2000	Prisoners (Early Release)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Jun 2000	Learning and Skills Bill [Lords] - Sex education	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Jun 2000	Census (Amendment) Bill [Lords]	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Jun 2000	Countryside and Rights of Way Bill - Definition of legally relevant objection	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Jun 2000	Countryside and Rights of Way Bill - Driving of Mechanically Propelled Vehicles Elsewhere than on Roads	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Jun 2000	Countryside and Rights of Way Bill - Rights of public in relation to access land	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Jun 2000	Pensions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 May 2000	Nuclear Safeguards Bill [Lords] - Rights of searching persons	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 May 2000	Transport Bill - Repeals and Revocations	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 May 2000	Transport Bill - Road traffic reduction strategy	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 May 2000	Transport Bill - Orders for possession of aerodromes, etc.	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 May 2000	Transport Bill - Parliamentary approval of transfer scheme	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 May 2000	Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill - Offences	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 May 2000	Finance Bill - Provision of services through intermediary	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Apr 2000	Standing Committee on Regional Affairs	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Apr 2000	Standing Committee on Regional Affairs	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Apr 2000	Patten Report	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Apr 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — Exception from duty to comply with decision notice or enforcement notice	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Apr 2000	Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Contributions in Respect of Benefits in Kind: Great Britain	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Mar 2000	Learning and Skills Bill [Lords]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Mar 2000	Delegated Legislation - Local Government Finance	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 2000	Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill - Education about electoral and democratic systems	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Mar 2000	Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Mar 2000	Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Mar 2000	Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Feb 2000	Armed Forces Discipline Bill [Lords]	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Feb 2000	Armed Forces Discipline Bill [Lords]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Feb 2000	Postal Services Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Feb 2000	Postal Services Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Feb 2000	Local Government Finance	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2000	Disqualifications Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2000	Disqualifications Bill - Salaries	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2000	Disqualifications Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2000	Disqualifications Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Dec 1999	Terrorism Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Nov 1999	The Economy	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Nov 1999	The Economy	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Nov 1999	The Economy	tellno	no	Teller
17 Nov 1999	Became Assistant Whip, HM Treasury
17 Nov 1999	Became Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
21 Mar 1997	Stopped being Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
15 Jan 1996	Became Member, Welsh Affairs Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this person and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
84%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Assisted Dying
93%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Ban fox hunting
94%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
99%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
8%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
93%	European Union Integration - For
90%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
50%	Fully Elected House of Lords
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
100%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
82%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
67%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
0%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	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
98%	Nuclear power - For
39%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
96%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
4%	Post office closures - against
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
54%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
0%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Right to strike
0%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50%	Same Sex Marriage - for
43%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
80%	Smoking ban - In favour
63%	Stop climate change
0%	Support current and former armed service members
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
98%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100%	Trade Unions - Restrict
26%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7%	University education fees - Should be free
66%	University Tuition Fees - For
92%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
42%	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
100.0%	Tony Blair	Sedgefield	Lab
100.0%	Gordon Brown	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Lab
99.5%	Robin Cook	Livingston	Lab
99.4%	Edward O'Hara	Knowsley South	Lab
99.3%	Alistair Darling	Edinburgh South West	Lab

Voting Record — Don Touhig MP, Islwyn (10600)

External Links

Interesting Votes

Policy Comparisons

Possible Friends (more...)

About the Project

The Whip on the Web

Help keep PublicWhip alive