Voting Record — Geoff Hoon MP, Ashfield (10286)

Geoff Hoon

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	4 votes out of 945, 0.4%	945 votes out of 1288, 73.4%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	1 vote out of 563, 0.2%	563 votes out of 1246, 45.2%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	0 votes out of 784, 0.0%	784 votes out of 1273, 61.6%	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	Geoff Hoon	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	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 — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 Oct 2005	Armed Forces (Parliamentary Approval for Participation in Armed Conflict) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Geoff Hoon	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Geoff Hoon	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller

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
31%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Assisted Dying
82%	Asylum System - More strict
70%	Ban fox hunting
81%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
82%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
72%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Easier access to abortion
99%	European Union Integration - For
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
70%	Fox hunting - Ban
12%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
61%	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
58%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
67%	Human Rights and Equality
96%	Identity cards - For introduction
0%	Increase VAT
97%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
18%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
82%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
100%	Minimum Wage
85%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
7%	No detention without charge or trial
100%	Nuclear power - For
36%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
94%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
6%	Post office closures - against
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
58%	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
85%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Right to strike
28%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0%	Same Sex Marriage - for
56%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
75%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	Stop climate change
0%	Support current and former armed service members
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100%	Trade Unions - Restrict
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
8%	University education fees - Should be free
99%	University Tuition Fees - For
90%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
42%	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
100.0%	Tony Blair	Sedgefield	Lab
100.0%	David Blunkett	Sheffield, Brightside	Lab
99.8%	Terry Rooney	Bradford North	Lab
99.8%	Angela Smith	Basildon	Lab
99.8%	Peter Hain	Neath	Lab

Voting Record — Geoff Hoon MP, Ashfield (10286)

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