Voting Record — Gordon Brown MP, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (10068)

Gordon Brown

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
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	0 votes out of 152, 0.0%	152 votes out of 1239, 12.3%	0 times
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	1 vote out of 164, 0.6%	164 votes out of 1288, 12.7%	0 times
Dunfermline East	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	0 votes out of 138, 0.0%	138 votes out of 1246, 11.1%	0 times
Dunfermline East	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	0 votes out of 212, 0.0%	212 votes out of 1273, 16.7%	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	Gordon Brown	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
6 May 2010	Stopped being The Prime Minister,
6 May 2010	Stopped being Leader of the Labour Party,
House	Date	Subject	Gordon Brown	Lab Vote	Rôle
28 Jun 2007	Became The Prime Minister,
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being The Chancellor of the Exchequer,
24 Jun 2007	Became Leader of the Labour Party,
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Gordon Brown	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	Gordon Brown	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
2 May 1997	Became The Chancellor of the Exchequer,
1 May 1997	Stopped being Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer,
10 Apr 1992	Became Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer,
9 Apr 1992	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry),
1 Jan 1989	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry),
1 Jan 1989	Stopped being Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
12 Jun 1987	Became Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
1 Jun 1987	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry),
1 Jun 1985	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry),

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
15%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
42%	Academy Schools - for
61%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
60%	Asylum System - More strict
70%	Ban fox hunting
56%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
76%	Business and community control of schools: For
50%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50%	Closed Material Proceedure
41%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
78%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Cull Badgers
52%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
92%	Easier access to abortion
50%	Employee Shareholder Status
50%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
58%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
50%	Environmental water quality
38%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
53%	European Union Integration - For
27%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
38%	Fixed Term Parliaments
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
70%	Fox hunting - Ban
32%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
82%	Fully Elected House of Lords
50%	Further devolution to Scotland
50%	Further devolution to Wales
46%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
36%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
75%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
86%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
26%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
36%	Higher taxes on banks
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
61%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
50%	HS2 - In Favour
50%	Human Rights and Equality
87%	Identity cards - For introduction
70%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
50%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
36%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
50%	Increase the state pension age
44%	Increase VAT
50%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
34%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
56%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
73%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
71%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
50%	Localise Council Tax Support
35%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
63%	Mansion Tax
50%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
50%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
67%	Minimum Wage
69%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
48%	More powers for local councils
27%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
52%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
42%	Police and Crime Commissioners
80%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
20%	Post office closures - against
75%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
31%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
42%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
62%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50%	Reduce capital gains tax
38%	Reduce central funding for local government
50%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
31%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
38%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
24%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
28%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
33%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
50%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
50%	Register of Lobbyists
66%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
60%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
50%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
45%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
36%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
50%	Right to strike
48%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
60%	Same Sex Marriage - for
50%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
61%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	State control of bus services
51%	Stop climate change
50%	Support current and former armed service members
59%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2%	Termination of pregnancy - against
50%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
83%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
10%	University education fees - Should be free
58%	University Tuition Fees - For
77%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
42%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
70%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
50%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Gordon Brown MP, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (10068)

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