Voting Record — Harry Cohen MP, Leyton and Wanstead (10123)

Harry Cohen

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	32 votes out of 940, 3.4%	940 votes out of 1288, 73.0%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	31 votes out of 767, 4.0%	767 votes out of 1246, 61.6%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	16 votes out of 738, 2.2%	738 votes out of 1273, 58.0%	3 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	Harry Cohen	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Work and Pensions Committee
Commons	29 Apr 2009	Gurkha Settlement Rights — Government defeat	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2009	Iraq War Inquiry — No reasonable impediment — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2009	Heathrow Third Runway — rethink the plans — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Cannabis — reclassification from class C back to class B	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of Maximim Period of Police Detention Without Charge in Terror Cases from 28 to 42 Days	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — National Planning Policy Statement To Include Policies Which Help Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2008	Energy Bill — Renewable energy feed-in tariff — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2008	Iraq Inquiry — Not the right time	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2008	Iraq Inquiry — Call rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2007	Opposition Day — Iraq Inquiry	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2007	Opposition Day — Iraq Inquiry	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Feb 2007	Delegated Legislation — merchant shipping	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Nov 2006	Animal Welfare Bill (Programme) (No. 3) — Schedule 14 — Extradition	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2006	Iraq — Select committee inquiry — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2006	Iraq — Select committee inquiry — to be set up	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2006	Police and Justice Bill — Repeals of amendments	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Oct 2006	Points of Order — Gambling Act 2005 (Amendment)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Jul 2006	UK-US Extradition Treaty	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 May 2006	Armed Forces Bill — Clause 8 — Desertion — Life imprisonment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Mar 2006	Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill — Allow failed asylum seekers to be given cash rather than vouchers — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 28 Days — but not 60	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 90 Days	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Clause 1 — Offence of Encouragement of Terrorism — "intends"	minority	no	Rebel
14 Jul 2005	Became Member, Work and Pensions Committee
House	Date	Subject	Harry Cohen	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	9 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Rejection of New Lords' Amendment — Sunset Clause	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Rejection of Lords' Amendment to Clause 3 — Balance of Probability	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Jul 2004	Iraq — Adjournment Debate	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Mar 2004	Iraq — Attorney-General's Advice	minority	no	Rebel
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	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Asylum appeals should be referred to a higher court — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to failed asylum seekers and their families — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Jan 2004	Higher Education Bill — Second Reading — Increase in University Tuition Fees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2003	Iraq — Foreign Affairs Committee Report	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Jun 2003	Iraq — Weapons of Mass Destruction Inquiry	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jun 2003	Fire Services Bill — Title	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Apr 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 85 — Defendant's Bad Character	minority	no	Rebel
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	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 11 — Repeal of Section 2A of Local Government Act 1986	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	25 Nov 2002	Iraq — UN Security Council Resolution 1441 — Second resolution necessary — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Nov 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers can be placed in accommodation centres even if there is no local school pace for dependent children	minority	aye	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	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Feb 2002	Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2002	Identity Card	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jan 2002	National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill — New Clause 5 — Establishment of Patients' Councils	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Harry Cohen	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jul 2000	Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Apr 2000	Freedom of Information Bill — Discretionary disclosures	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2000	Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2000	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	24 Jan 2000	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill - Statement of compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Immigration and Asylum Bill - New Clause	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1999	Access to Justice Bill [Lords] - Community Legal Service: excluded services.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Feb 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Jul 1998	Competition Bill [Lords] - Abuse of dominant position	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Feb 1998	Iraq	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In	minority	no	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
5%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Assisted Dying
58%	Asylum System - More strict
87%	Ban fox hunting
47%	Business and community control of schools: For
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
31%	Control Orders
100%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Easier access to abortion
93%	European Union Integration - For
90%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
87%	Fox hunting - Ban
26%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
77%	Fully Elected House of Lords
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
25%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
100%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
77%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
83%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
0%	Increase VAT
0%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
85%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
59%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
100%	Minimum Wage
71%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
41%	No detention without charge or trial
100%	Nuclear power - For
34%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
98%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
2%	Post office closures - against
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
58%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
83%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Right to strike
0%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0%	Same Sex Marriage - for
24%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
75%	Smoking ban - In favour
79%	Stop climate change
0%	Support current and former armed service members
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Trade Unions - Restrict
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
27%	Transparency of Parliament
0%	Trident replacement - In favour
62%	University education fees - Should be free
53%	University Tuition Fees - For
8%	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
98.9%	Robin Cook	Livingston	Lab
95.8%	Chris Mullin	Sunderland South	Lab
95.0%	Dai Havard	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Lab
94.9%	Michael Meacher	Oldham West and Royton	Lab
94.9%	Paul Truswell	Pudsey	Lab

Voting Record — Harry Cohen MP, Leyton and Wanstead (10123)

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