Voting Record — Mr George Robertson MP, Hamilton South (10504)

Mr George Robertson

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	29 Jan 2004	still in office	Lab	6 votes out of 529, 1.1%	529 votes out of 2346, 22.5%	0 times
House of Lords	3 Feb 2000	28 Jan 2004	Crossbench	0 votes out of 0	0 votes out of 629, 0.0%	0 times
House of Lords	24 Aug 1999	2 Feb 2000	Other	no whip	0 votes out of 8, 0.0%	0 times
Hamilton South	1 May 1997	23 Aug 1999	Lab	0 votes out of 278, 0.0%	278 votes out of 650, 42.8%	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	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, International Relations and Defence Committee
31 Jan 2023	Became Member, International Relations and Defence Committee
31 Jan 2023	Stopped being Member, Constitution Committee
Lords	5 Jul 2022	Sitting Times - Motion to Resolve — Amendment to the Motion	Majority	no	Rebel
2 Feb 2022	Became Member, Constitution Committee
Lords	17 Jan 2022	Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - Report (6th Day) — Amendment 148	minority	no	Rebel
24 Nov 2021	Stopped being Member, Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee
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	30 Dec 2020	Business of the House - Motion on Standing Orders — Amendment to the Motion	Majority	aye	Rebel
15 Oct 2020	Became Member, Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee
Lords	26 Oct 2015	Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 — Motion to Approve	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen	Crossbench Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
5 Jan 2004	Stopped being Secretary General of NATO,
House	Date	Subject	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen	Other Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
11 Oct 1999	Stopped being Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
11 Oct 1999	Became Secretary General of NATO,
11 Oct 1999	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Defence,
House	Date	Subject	Mr George Robertson	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
3 May 1997	Became Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
3 May 1997	Became The Secretary of State for Defence,
1 May 1997	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State,
1 Jul 1993	Became Shadow Secretary of State,

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
50%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Assisted Dying
50%	Asylum System - More strict
50%	Business and community control of schools: For
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50%	Control Orders
50%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
50%	European Union Integration - For
50%	Fox hunting - Ban
50%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
71%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
50%	Identity cards - For introduction
50%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Minimum Wage
50%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
50%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
47%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
8%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	Stop climate change
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
58%	University Tuition Fees - For

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 1997-2001, 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
88.8%	Clare Short	Birmingham, Ladywood	Lab
87.3%	Mr Peter Temple-Morris	Leominster	whilst Independent Conservative
87.2%	Mr Brian Wilson	Cunninghame North	Lab
87.2%	Mr Chris Smith	Islington South and Finsbury	Lab
86.8%	Geoffrey Robinson	Coventry North West	Lab

Voting Record — Mr George Robertson MP, Hamilton South (10504)

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