Voting Record — Frank Cook MP, Stockton North (10129)

Frank Cook

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	35 votes out of 586, 6.0%	586 votes out of 1288, 45.5%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	20 votes out of 518, 3.9%	518 votes out of 1246, 41.6%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	23 votes out of 652, 3.5%	652 votes out of 1273, 51.2%	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	Frank Cook	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons	2 Mar 2010	Major Capital Contracts (Skills Training Requirements) — Schedule 9 — Amendment to Part 2 of the Public Order Act 1986 etc	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2010	Control Orders — Annual Renewal 2010	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Feb 2010	Energy Bill — Emissions performance standard — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Dec 2009	Equality Bill — Schedule 9 — Work: exceptions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Dec 2009	Equality Bill — New Clause 3 — Mandatory pay audits	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 2 — Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 1 — Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: "work for your benefit" schemes etc.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — New Clause 1 — Jobseeker's allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Feb 2009	Prayers — Autism Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Dec 2008	Review of House of Commons Proceedures Police Raid of Damian Green MP's Office — Committee to Investigate Immediately — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Nov 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 2 — Employer's duties in relation to industrial action ballots	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jul 2008	Intelligence and Security Committee — Should belong to the House — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of period of detention to 42 days — Order	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of Maximim Period of Police Detention Without Charge in Terror Cases from 28 to 42 Days	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — National Planning Policy Statement To Include Policies Which Help Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2008	Energy Bill — Renewable energy feed-in tariff — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Apr 2008	Northern Rock plc Transfer Order 2008 — Not annulled	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 32 — Definition of 'community land trust'	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2008	Housing and Regeneration Bill — Subsidy arrangements: formula and exclusions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2008	Housing and Regeneration Bill — Code of practice for consultations — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Referendum (No. 2) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Referendum — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Mar 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Apr 2007	Pensions Bill — Pensions Protection Lifeboat Fund	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Mar 2007	Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
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	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — New Clause 11 — Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3(2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2006	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2006	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
1 Nov 2005	Became Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Liaison Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Term Limits for Chairmen of Select Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Timetable	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Frank Cook	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Advisory Committee on Works of Art
Commons	28 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2005	Belmarsh Judgment	both	no	Rebel
10 Jan 2005	Became Member, Advisory Committee on Works of Art
10 Jan 2005	Stopped being Member, Advisory Committee of Works of Art
28 May 2004	Became Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
28 May 2004	Became Member, Advisory Committee of Works of Art
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to asylum seekers even when they make a late claim — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to failed asylum seekers and their families — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 3 — General Duty of Regulator	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	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial 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	19 May 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 29 — Rules of Court	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 29 — Rules of Court	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Apr 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 85 — Defendant's Bad Character	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Apr 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 85 — Defendant's Bad Character	both	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Nov 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers can be placed in accommodation centres even if there is no local school pace for dependent children	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jun 2002	Enterprise Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — Clause 21 — Duty to make references in relation to completed mergers	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Do not allow appeals against rejected asylum claims from within the UK if the claim is unfounded	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Apr 2002	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Property	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
House	Date	Subject	Frank Cook	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	7 Nov 2000	Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 May 2000	Armed Forces (Minimum Age of Recruitment)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Apr 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — Exception from duty to comply with decision notice or enforcement notice	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Apr 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — Harm from disclosure must be substantial — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Apr 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — Formulation of government policy	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Apr 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — Investigations and proceedings conducted by public authorities	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Apr 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — Discretionary disclosures	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2000	Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Annual increase in basic retirement pension	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2000	Terrorism Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1999	Access to Justice Bill [Lords] - Community Legal Service: excluded services.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Feb 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 1998	Modernisation of the House	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Social Security Bill - Power to reduce child benefit for lone parents	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Competition Pistols	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Disabled persons: exemption.	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Prohibition of small-calibre pistols	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	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
55%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Assisted Dying
68%	Asylum System - More strict
87%	Ban fox hunting
50%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
83%	Control Orders
100%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
72%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Easier access to abortion
77%	European Union Integration - For
60%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
87%	Fox hunting - Ban
60%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
41%	Fully Elected House of Lords
34%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
75%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
100%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
53%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
83%	Human Rights and Equality
78%	Identity cards - For introduction
0%	Increase VAT
50%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
33%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
80%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
100%	Minimum Wage
50%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50%	No detention without charge or trial
100%	Nuclear power - For
61%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
88%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
12%	Post office closures - against
2%	Privatise Royal Mail
58%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
7%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
100%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
66%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Right to strike
28%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0%	Same Sex Marriage - for
48%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
72%	Smoking ban - In favour
65%	Stop climate change
0%	Support current and former armed service members
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
33%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Trade Unions - Restrict
29%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54%	Transparency of Parliament
0%	Trident replacement - In favour
8%	University education fees - Should be free
97%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
42%	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
87.6%	David Winnick	Walsall North	Lab
87.4%	Gordon Banks	Ochil and South Perthshire	Lab
86.4%	John MacDougall	Glenrothes	Lab
86.3%	Albert Owen	Ynys Môn	Lab
86.1%	Stephen Hesford	Wirral West	Lab

Voting Record — Frank Cook MP, Stockton North (10129)

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