Voting Record — Greg Pope MP, Hyndburn (10483)

Greg Pope

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	18 votes out of 929, 1.9%	929 votes out of 1288, 72.1%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	13 votes out of 873, 1.5%	873 votes out of 1246, 70.1%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	6 votes out of 1162, 0.5%	1162 votes out of 1273, 91.3%	125 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	Greg Pope	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Foreign Affairs Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons	1 Jul 2009	Parliamentary Standards Bill — Clause 10 — Proceedings in Parliament	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Mar 2009	Pension Credit and Personal Expense Allowance (Duty of Consultation and Review) — New Clause 11 — Guidance on offences that involve hatred on grounds of sexual orientation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Business of the House — Regional Accountability	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Protection of freedom of expression (sexual orientation)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Nov 2005	Became Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
14 Jul 2005	Became Member, Foreign Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Greg Pope	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Foreign Affairs Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 2 — Excluded decisions (No. 2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became Member, Foreign Affairs Committee
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Parliamentary Pensions	Majority	no	Rebel
11 Jun 2001	Stopped being Assistant Whip, HM Treasury
House	Date	Subject	Greg Pope	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	24 Apr 2001	Finance Bill - Rates of duty on hydrocarbon oil	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Apr 2001	Elections Bill and Election Publications Bill [Lords] (Allocation of Time)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 Apr 2001	Elections Bill and Election Publications Bill [Lords] (Allocation of Time) - Miscellaneous	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Apr 2001	Business of the House	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Feb 2001	Health and Social Care Bill (Programme)(No.2) - Consideration of Lords Amendments and further messages from the Lords	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Feb 2001	Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill — Prohibition or Restriction of use of Symbol, Name or Emblem	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Feb 2001	Homes Bill (Programme) (No. 2) - Consideration of Lords Amendments and further messages from the Lords	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	31 Jan 2001	Welsh Grand Committee	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Jan 2001	Armed Forces Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Jan 2001	Armed Forces Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Jan 2001	Armed Forces Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Nov 2000	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill (Supplemental Allocation of Time) - Miscellaneous	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Nov 2000	Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill - Definitions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Nov 2000	Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Jul 2000	Care Standards Bill [Lords] - Statement of national minimum standards	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Jun 2000	Financial Services and Markets Bill - Power to impose penalties in cases of market abuse	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 May 2000	UK Manufacturing and Enterprise	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 May 2000	Common Agricultural Policy	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 May 2000	Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill - Offences	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Apr 2000	Sub-post Offices	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Apr 2000	Sub-post Offices	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Apr 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — The Information Commissioner or Ombudsman	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Apr 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — Discretionary disclosures	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Apr 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — Ministerial orders for exemption	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Apr 2000	Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Rate of Introduction of State Second Pension	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Apr 2000	Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Age additions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Mar 2000	"Table - 21. Income tax (charge and rates for 2000-01)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Mar 2000	"Table - 20. Climate change levy	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Mar 2000	"Table - 12. Amusement machine licence duty (rates of duty)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 2000	Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill - Tax relief for donations to political parties	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Mar 2000	The National Health Service	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Feb 2000	Education	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Feb 2000	Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill - Permitted Participants	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Feb 2000	Northern Ireland Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Feb 2000	Police	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Feb 2000	Financial Services and Markets Bill - Reviews	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Feb 2000	Financial Services and Markets Bill - Judicial review	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Jan 2000	Financial Services and Markets Bill - The Financial Services Authority	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2000	Disqualifications Bill - Disqualification from ministerial office in United Kingdom	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Jan 2000	Pensioners	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Dec 1999	Fisheries	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Dec 1999	Fisheries	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Dec 1999	Freedom of Information Bill — Committee of the whole House	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Dec 1999	Freedom of Information Bill — Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: reduction for pension payments	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - New Clause	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Nov 1999	Delegated Legislation - Legal Services	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Nov 1999	Delegated Legislation - Northern Ireland	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Nov 1999	Table - Miscellaneous	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Nov 1999	Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Oct 1999	Food and Farming	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Jul 1999	Food Standards Agency Bill and Employment Relations Bill (Allocation of Time) - Interpretation	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jul 1999	Post Office	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jul 1999	Post Office	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Jun 1999	Tax Credits Bill - Payment of tax credit by employers etc	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 May 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Extension of entitlement to state maternity allowance	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 May 1999	Pensions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 May 1999	Greater London Authority Bill — Enforcing no smoking signs in London taxis	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 1999	Finance Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 1999	Finance Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Apr 1999	Road Haulage Industry	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	21 Apr 1999	Road Haulage Industry	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Mar 1999	Local Government Bill - Finance	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 1999	Local Government Bill - Requirement for overriding order	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Mar 1999	Tax Credits Bill - Payment of tax credits to agricultural employees	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Mar 1999	Tax Credits Bill - Housing costs	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Mar 1999	European Community Documents - Treatment of End of Life Vehicles	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Feb 1999	Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Bill - Information	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Feb 1999	Employment Relations Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Feb 1999	Pensions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Jan 1999	Terrorist Mutilations (Northern Ireland)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jan 1999	Rating (Valuation) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Dec 1998	Greater London Authority Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Dec 1998	Decommissioning and Prisoner Releases	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Dec 1998	Decommissioning and Prisoner Releases	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Dec 1998	European Parliamentary Elections Bill [Money] - Minor and consequential amendments	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Nov 1998	Scotland Bill - Scrutiny of Bills by the Presiding Officer.	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Oct 1998	Working Time	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Sep 1998	Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill - England and Wales	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Sep 1998	Business of the House (Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Jul 1998	Government Policy (Presentation)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Jul 1998	Government and Parliament	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Jul 1998	Competition Bill [Lords]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Jul 1998	Finance (No. 2) Bill - Repeals	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Jun 1998	Human Rights Bill [Lords]	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Jun 1998	Human Rights Bill [Lords] - Proceedings	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Jun 1998	Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill - Sentences passed outside Northern Ireland	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Jun 1998	Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill - Applications	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Jun 1998	Hospital Waiting Lists	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Jun 1998	Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Jun 1998	Teaching and Higher Education Bill [Lords] - New arrangements for giving financial support to students	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 May 1998	Social Security Bill - New clause	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 1998	Finance (No. 2) Bill - Rates of duties and rebates	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Apr 1998	Finance (No. 2) Bill - Rate of duty on beer	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Apr 1998	Northern Ireland (Elections) Bill (Programme) - Miscellaneous	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Mar 1998	Scotland Bill - Reserved Matters	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Mar 1998	National Minimum Wage Bill - Company directors	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Feb 1998	European Parliamentary Elections Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Feb 1998	European Parliamentary Elections Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Feb 1998	European Parliamentary Elections Bill - Number of MEPs, electoral regions and electoral system	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Feb 1998	European Parliamentary Elections Bill - Number of MEPs, electoral regions and electoral system	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Feb 1998	Scotland Bill - Exercise of functions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Feb 1998	Scotland Bill - Ministers	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Feb 1998	Scotland Bill - The Scottish Executive	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Jan 1998	Bank of England Bill - Confirmation hearings for Bank appointments	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Nov 1997	Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill - Form of ballot paper	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Nov 1997	Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Nov 1997	Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill - Referendum	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Nov 1997	Public Services	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Nov 1997	Public Services	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Nov 1997	Education (Student Loans) Bill - Regulations to prescribe certain terms of student loan agreements	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Jul 1997	Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Jul 1997	Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill - Referendum in Scotland	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Jul 1997	Education (Schools) Bill - Transitional arrangements for existing assisted pupils	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Jul 1997	Council Tax	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 Jul 1997	Local Government Finance (Supplementary Credit Approvals) Bill - Duty of Secretary of State to have regard to accessibility standards	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Jun 1997	London Underground	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Consequential amendments and repeals	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Prohibition of small-calibre pistols	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Jun 1997	Education (Schools) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Jun 1997	Education (Schools) Bill - Abolition of assisted places scheme in England and Wales	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Jun 1997	Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill - Referendum in Scotland	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Jun 1997	M66 - 3 Jun 1997 : Column 187 Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill (Allocation of Time)	tellaye	aye	Teller
6 May 1997	Became Assistant Whip, HM Treasury

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
61%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Assisted Dying
93%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Ban fox hunting
94%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
90%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
72%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
67%	Easier access to abortion
95%	European Union Integration - For
90%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
42%	Fully Elected House of Lords
16%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
100%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
86%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
67%	Human Rights and Equality
96%	Identity cards - For introduction
50%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
18%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
90%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
100%	Minimum Wage
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
1%	No detention without charge or trial
63%	Nuclear power - For
33%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
97%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
3%	Post office closures - against
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
58%	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
51%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
92%	Smoking ban - In favour
74%	Stop climate change
0%	Support current and former armed service members
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
33%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100%	Trade Unions - Restrict
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
8%	University education fees - Should be free
99%	University Tuition Fees - For
92%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
42%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	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%	Gordon Brown	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Lab
99.1%	Stephen Byers	North Tyneside	Lab
98.9%	David Blunkett	Sheffield, Brightside	Lab
98.9%	Robin Cook	Livingston	Lab
98.9%	Shaun Woodward	St Helens South	Lab

Voting Record — Greg Pope MP, Hyndburn (10483)

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