Voting Record — Mrs Gillian Shephard MP, South West Norfolk (10536)

Mrs Gillian Shephard is currently Member, Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

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 Jun 2005	still in office	Con	2 votes out of 958, 0.2%	958 votes out of 1991, 48.1%	0 times
South West Norfolk	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	2 votes out of 713, 0.3%	713 votes out of 1246, 57.2%	0 times
South West Norfolk	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	2 votes out of 596, 0.3%	596 votes out of 1273, 46.8%	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	Baroness Shephard of Northwold	Con Vote	Rôle
24 Jan 2024	Became Member, Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
27 Nov 2023	Stopped being Member, Integration of Primary and Community Care Committee
31 Jan 2023	Became Member, Integration of Primary and Community Care Committee
21 Nov 2022	Stopped being Member, Adult Social Care Committee
19 Jan 2022	Became Member, Adult Social Care Committee
14 Jan 2016	Stopped being Chair, Leader's Group on Governance Committee
14 Jan 2016	Stopped being Chair, Leader's Group on Governance Committee
23 Mar 2015	Became Chair, Leader's Group on Governance Committee
23 Mar 2015	Became Chair, Leader's Group on Governance Committee
11 Feb 2015	Stopped being Member, Affordable Childcare Committee
12 Jun 2014	Became Member, Affordable Childcare Committee
25 Feb 2014	Stopped being Member, Mental Capacity Act 2005 Committee
16 May 2013	Became Member, Mental Capacity Act 2005 Committee
Lords	24 Apr 2013	Procedure of the House — Motion to Resolve	minority	no	Rebel
5 Mar 2013	Stopped being Member, Public Service and Demographic Change Committee
29 May 2012	Became Member, Public Service and Demographic Change Committee
Lords	26 Mar 2012	Procedure of the House — Motion to Agree	minority	aye	Rebel
26 Mar 2012	Stopped being Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
5 Sep 2011	Stopped being Member, Committee of Selection (Lords)
6 Jul 2011	Became Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
8 Apr 2010	Stopped being Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee
27 Nov 2006	Became Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee
20 Nov 2006	Became Member, Committee of Selection (Lords)
12 Jul 2005	Stopped being Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Mrs Gillian Shephard	Con Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Categories of civil partners other than same sex couples	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2004	Human Tissue Bill — New Clause 1 — Determination of consent for removal, storage and use of organs from Adults for purpose of transplantation	minority	no	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
16 Jul 2001	Became Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Mrs Gillian Shephard	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	20 Nov 2000	Sittings in Westminster Hall	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	Majority	aye	Rebel
15 Jun 1999	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State,
2 Jun 1998	Became Shadow Secretary of State,
2 Jun 1998	Stopped being Shadow Leader of the House of Commons,
11 Jun 1997	Became Shadow Leader of the House of Commons,
1 May 1997	Stopped being Secretary of State for Education and Employment,
5 Jul 1995	Became Secretary of State for Education and Employment,
5 Jul 1995	Stopped being Secretary of State for Education and Science,
20 Jul 1994	Became Secretary of State for Education and Science,
19 Jul 1994	Stopped being Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food,
27 May 1993	Became Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food,
26 May 1993	Stopped being Secretary of State for Employment,
11 Apr 1992	Became Secretary of State for Employment,
10 Apr 1992	Stopped being Minister of State (HM Treasury),
28 Nov 1990	Became Minister of State (HM Treasury),
28 Nov 1990	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security),
25 Jul 1989	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security),

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
75%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
17%	Assisted Dying
54%	Asylum System - More strict
13%	Ban fox hunting
64%	Business and community control of schools: For
96%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
1%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
0%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
92%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
36%	European Union Integration - For
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
13%	Fox hunting - Ban
75%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
50%	Fully Elected House of Lords
80%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
34%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
38%	Identity cards - For introduction
97%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
100%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
13%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Minimum Wage
50%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	Nuclear power - For
55%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
1%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
99%	Post office closures - against
0%	Promote Occupational Pensions
46%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
84%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
100%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
50%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
14%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50%	Same Sex Marriage - for
77%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Smoking ban - In favour
70%	Stop climate change
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
26%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93%	University education fees - Should be free
39%	University Tuition Fees - For
90%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, 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
96.5%	Mr Jonathan Sayeed	Mid Bedfordshire	whilst Independent
93.9%	Peter Tapsell	Louth and Horncastle	Con
93.7%	Keith Simpson	Mid Norfolk	Con
93.3%	Caroline Spelman	Meriden	Con
93.3%	Gary Streeter	South West Devon	Con

Voting Record — Mrs Gillian Shephard MP, South West Norfolk (10536)

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