Voting Record — George Galloway MP, Bethnal Green and Bow (10218)

George Galloway

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Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
Rochdale	1 Mar 2024	30 May 2024	Workers Party	0 votes out of 37, 0.0%	37 votes out of 76, 48.7%	0 times
Bradford West	30 Mar 2012	30 Mar 2015	Respect	0 votes out of 82, 0.0%	82 votes out of 733, 11.2%	2 times
Bethnal Green and Bow	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Respect	0 votes out of 98, 0.0%	98 votes out of 1288, 7.6%	0 times
Glasgow Kelvin	24 Oct 2003	11 Apr 2005	Independent	no whip	19 votes out of 549, 3.5%	0 times
Glasgow Kelvin	7 Jun 2001	23 Oct 2003	Lab	27 votes out of 209, 12.9%	209 votes out of 697, 30.0%	0 times
Glasgow Kelvin	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	5 votes out of 665, 0.8%	665 votes out of 1273, 52.2%	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	George Galloway	Workers Party Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	George Galloway	Respect Vote	Rôle
Commons	16 Mar 2015	Transport for London Bill — New Clause 1 — Disposal of TfL Assets for Development (Disclosure)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Mar 2015	Procedural Motion — Transport for London Bill — Curtail John McDonnell MP's Speech on The Disposal of TfL Assets	tellno	no	Teller
House	Date	Subject	George Galloway	Respect Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	George Galloway	Independent Vote	Rôle
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Weak Sunset Clause	minority	none	Free
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Insisted Amendment — Courts and Control Orders	minority	none	Free
Commons	23 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Second Reading	minority	none	Free
Commons	23 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Second Reading — Amendment	minority	none	Free
Commons	10 Feb 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Clause 31 — Tampering with the Register etc.	minority	none	Free
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	none	Free
Commons	20 Dec 2004	Identity Cards Bill	minority	none	Free
Commons	20 Dec 2004	Identity Cards Bill — Second Reading	minority	none	Free
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Schedule 3 — Property and affairs: supplementary provisions	minority	none	Free
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 31 — Requirements for approval	minority	none	Free
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 4 — Best interests	minority	none	Free
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 2 — Excluded decisions (No. 2)	minority	none	Free
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 1 — Excluded decisions	minority	none	Free
Commons	11 Nov 2004	Family Doctor Services	minority	none	Free
Commons	31 Mar 2004	Higher Education Bill — New Clause 5 — Abolition of tuition fees chargeable to qualifying student	minority	none	Free
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Third Reading	minority	none	Free
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	none	Free
Commons	27 Jan 2004	Higher Education Bill — Second Reading — Increase in University Tuition Fees	minority	none	Free
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS foundation trusts	minority	none	Free
House	Date	Subject	George Galloway	Lab Vote	Rôle
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	13 Jun 2002	Enterprise Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — Clause 21 — Duty to make references in relation to completed mergers	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Jun 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Jun 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 126 — Power to search for evidence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Jun 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 10 — Withholding and withdrawal of support	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Jun 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Allow the withdrawal of support from immigrants and asylum seekers in certain circumstances	minority	aye	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	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	15 Apr 2002	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Property	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Dec 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Removal of Sunset Clause — Insistence	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Dec 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Removal of Sunset Clause	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Dec 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Reinstating Clause 39 — Religious hatred offences	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Dec 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Government Amendments	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Dec 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Lords' Amendment No. 6	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Amendment to Clause 89 — Identification at a Police Station	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Clauses 79 to 87 — Fissile Nuclear Material, Aviation Security	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Special Immigration Appeals Commission	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Indefinite detention of suspected terrorists	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Terrorist certification by Home Secretary	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — New Clause 6 — Sunset Clause	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Programme — Committee of the Whole House	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2001	Coalition Against International Terrorism — Deployment of UK Forces to Afghanistan	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Parliamentary Pensions	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	George Galloway	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2000	Northern Ireland Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2000	Northern Ireland Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Feb 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Feb 1998	Iraq	minority	aye	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
62%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
56%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
30%	Asylum System - More strict
70%	Ban fox hunting
60%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
34%	Business and community control of schools: For
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50%	Closed Material Proceedure
44%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
44%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
0%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Cull Badgers
65%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
0%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
50%	Easier access to abortion
40%	Employee Shareholder Status
50%	Encourage and incentivise saving
50%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
50%	Environmental water quality
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
49%	European Union Integration - For
19%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
50%	Fixed Term Parliaments
40%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
70%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
95%	Fully Elected House of Lords
100%	Further devolution to Scotland
50%	Further devolution to Wales
54%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
54%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
50%	Higher taxes on banks
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
68%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
50%	HS2 - In Favour
50%	Human Rights and Equality
5%	Identity cards - For introduction
33%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
44%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
42%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
50%	Increase VAT
0%	Inheritance Tax
1%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
75%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
58%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
30%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50%	Localise Council Tax Support
34%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
50%	Mansion Tax
50%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
22%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
56%	Minimum Wage
50%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50%	More powers for local councils
95%	No detention without charge or trial
63%	Nuclear power - For
46%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
50%	Police and Crime Commissioners
74%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
26%	Post office closures - against
50%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
2%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
92%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
50%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50%	Reduce capital gains tax
25%	Reduce central funding for local government
50%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
40%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
40%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
0%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
61%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
50%	Register of Lobbyists
50%	Regulate letting agent fees
83%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
80%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
36%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
20%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
50%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
50%	Right to strike
35%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
60%	Same Sex Marriage - for
36%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
48%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	State control of bus services
58%	Stop climate change
50%	Support current and former armed service members
36%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
50%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
79%	Transparency of Parliament
0%	Trident replacement - In favour
76%	University education fees - Should be free
36%	University Tuition Fees - For
1%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
98%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
50%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
50%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices

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
90.0%	Willie Rennie	Dunfermline and West Fife	LDem
75.0%	Peter Law	Blaenau Gwent	Independent
72.2%	Pete Wishart	Perth and North Perthshire	SNP
71.1%	Alex Salmond	Banff and Buchan	SNP
71.1%	Charles Kennedy	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	LDem

Voting Record — George Galloway MP, Bethnal Green and Bow (10218)

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