Voting Record — Helen Southworth MP, Warrington South (10557)

Helen Southworth

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 3 votes out of 966, 0.3% 966 votes out of 1288, 75.0% 1 time
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 5 votes out of 857, 0.6% 857 votes out of 1246, 68.8% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 2 votes out of 845, 0.2% 845 votes out of 1273, 66.4% 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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HouseDateSubjectHelen SouthworthLab VoteRôle
11 May 2010Stopped being Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee
10 Aug 2009Stopped being Member, Culture, Media & Sport Committee
10 Aug 2009Became Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Jul 2006Prayers tellayeno Rebel Teller
14 Jul 2005Became Member, Culture, Media & Sport Committee
HouseDateSubjectHelen SouthworthLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being PPS (Rt Hon Paul Boateng, Chief Secretary), HM Treasury
Commons26 Oct 2004Removal of References to Strangers minorityaye Rebel
13 May 2004Became PPS (Rt Hon Paul Boateng, Chief Secretary), HM Treasury
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1) Majorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Members' Pay (Expression of Opinion) minorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectHelen SouthworthLab VoteRôle
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityaye 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.

AgreementPolicy
10% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
83% Asylum System - More strict
86% Ban fox hunting
82% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100% 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
89% European Union Integration - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
86% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
1% Fully Elected House of Lords
8% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
82% Homosexuality - Equal rights
67% Human Rights and Equality
100% Identity cards - For introduction
0% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
27% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
97% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Mass Retention of Communications Data
50% Minimum Wage
85% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
3% No detention without charge or trial
100% Nuclear power - For
36% 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
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
63% 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
50% Schools - Greater Autonomy
80% Smoking ban - In favour
70% Stop climate change
0% Support current and former armed service members
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50% Trade Unions - Restrict
29% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
7% University education fees - Should be free
98% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
99.5% Robin CookLivingstonLab
98.5% Anne BeggAberdeen SouthLab
98.4% Ken PurchaseWolverhampton North EastLab
98.2% Russell BrownDumfries and GallowayLab
98.2% Sandra OsborneAyr, Carrick and CumnockLab

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