Voting Record — Hugo Swire MP, East Devon (11265)

Hugo Swire

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	1 Nov 2022	still in office	Con	0 votes out of 203, 0.0%	203 votes out of 254, 79.9%	1 time
East Devon	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	7 votes out of 414, 1.7%	414 votes out of 463, 89.4%	0 times
East Devon	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	0 votes out of 360, 0.0%	360 votes out of 467, 77.1%	0 times
East Devon	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	3 votes out of 704, 0.4%	704 votes out of 1239, 56.8%	0 times
East Devon	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	17 votes out of 797, 2.1%	797 votes out of 1288, 61.9%	0 times
East Devon	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	10 votes out of 864, 1.2%	864 votes out of 1246, 69.3%	50 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	Lord Swire	Con Vote	Rôle
Lords	12 Sep 2023	Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill - Committee — Amendment 5	tellaye	aye	Teller
House	Date	Subject	Hugo Swire	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	9 Apr 2019	Exiting the European Union — Delay Until 30 June 2019	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — Alternative Date for the UK Leaving the EU	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — Length of Delay to the UK Leaving the EU	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — No Delay to Withdrawal Beyond 22 May 2019	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (B) — Leave Without a Deal on 12 April 2019	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union — Delay Withdrawal if MPs Agree Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Jan 2019	European Union Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Hugo Swire	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
17 Jul 2016	Stopped being The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
House	Date	Subject	Hugo Swire	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Feb 2015	Serious Crime Bill — New Clause 1 — Making Clear Sex-Selective Abortion is Illegal	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
6 Sep 2012	Became The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
6 Sep 2012	Stopped being The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office,
Commons	9 Sep 2011	Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill — Third Reading — Impact of Bills on Each Part of the United Kingdom	Majority	aye	Rebel
13 May 2010	Became The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office,
House	Date	Subject	Hugo Swire	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	16 Mar 2009	Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill — Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Mar 2009	Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill — Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Mar 2009	Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Bill — Use of the Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Jun 2008	Counter Terrorism Bill — Lord Chief Justice to appoint "special coroners" — rejected	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
3 Jul 2007	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,
Commons	5 Jun 2007	Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Mar 2007	Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Legislative Process (Notice for Amendments in Public Bill Committee)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
12 Jul 2005	Stopped being Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
10 May 2005	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,
10 May 2005	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport),
House	Date	Subject	Hugo Swire	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Nov 2004	Civil Contingencies Bill — Clause 34 — Commencement	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Nov 2004	Civil Contingencies Bill (Programme) (No. 2)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Nov 2004	Family Doctor Services	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Nov 2004	Family Doctor Services	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Oct 2004	School Transport Bill (Carry-Over)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Oct 2004	School Transport Bill (Programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	28 Oct 2004	School Transport Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Oct 2004	New Clause 10 — Victims of persons subject to hospital order with restriction order: representations — Clause 22 — Procedure for determining fitness to plead: England and Wales	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	27 Oct 2004	New Clause 10 — Victims of persons subject to hospital order with restriction order: representations — Clause 17 — Application by prosecution for certain counts to be tried without a jury	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Oct 2004	New Clause 10 — Victims of persons subject to hospital order with restriction order: representations — Clause 16 — Higher fixed penalty for repeated road traffic offences	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Oct 2004	EU Justice and Home Affairs	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Oct 2004	EU Justice and Home Affairs	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Oct 2004	Pensions and Welfare Reform	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Oct 2004	Pensions and Welfare Reform	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Sep 2004	Children Bill [Lords] (Programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Jul 2004	Traffic Management Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Jul 2004	Traffic Management Bill (Programme) (No. 2)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Jul 2004	Traffic Management Bill [Ways and Means] [No.2]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Jul 2004	Finance Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — New Clause 7 — Application of sections 298 to 301	tellaye	aye	Teller
1 Jun 2004	Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons	17 May 2004	Local Government Finance	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 May 2004	Child Trust Funds Bill (Programme) (No. 3)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 May 2004	Age-Related Payments Bill (Programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 May 2004	Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill — Schedule 3 — Repeals	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 May 2004	Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill — New Clause 7 — Widow's Pensions for Life	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	6 May 2004	Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill — New Clause 3 — Burden of Proof	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 May 2004	Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Bill — [Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] — Clause 1 — Constituencies and Regions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Apr 2004	Animal and Plant Diseases	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Apr 2004	Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill — New Clause — Application of Part 1	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	29 Apr 2004	Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill — New Clause — Application of Part 1	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Apr 2004	Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — Schedule 3 — Court Security	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	31 Mar 2004	Higher Education Bill — Third Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Mar 2004	Employment Relations Bill (Programme) (No. 3)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2004	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — 36. Construction industry scheme	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Mar 2004	Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] (Programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Feb 2004	Employment Relations Bill [Money]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Feb 2004	Pension Scheme Wind-ups	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Feb 2004	Regional Assemblies	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Jan 2004	Iraq — National Audit Office Report on Operation Telic	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	7 Jan 2004	Care Homes	tellaye	aye	Teller
1 Jan 2004	Became Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport),
Commons	4 Dec 2003	The Economy	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Dec 2003	Public Services, Health and Education	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Nov 2003	Sittings of the House	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be Conducted without Jury	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be Conducted without Jury	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Jul 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 1 — Compensation	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Jul 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 1 — Compensation	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 14 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Mink	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes	tellno	no	Teller
1 Jun 2003	Became Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
2 Dec 2002	Became Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel

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
47%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
94%	Academy Schools - for
33%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
24%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
64%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
35%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
67%	Asylum System - More strict
77%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
5%	Ban fox hunting
21%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
87%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100%	Closed Material Proceedure
81%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
3%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
0%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
78%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
45%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
55%	Easier access to abortion
80%	Employee Shareholder Status
100%	Employment rights
85%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
33%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
50%	Environmental water quality
89%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
28%	European Union Integration - For
73%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
71%	Fixed Term Parliaments
15%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
5%	Fox hunting - Ban
38%	Fully Elected House of Lords
27%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
20%	Further devolution to Scotland
24%	Further devolution to Wales
59%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
81%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
13%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
69%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
42%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
55%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
88%	HS2 - In Favour
41%	Human Rights and Equality
11%	Identity cards - For introduction
100%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
33%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
33%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
79%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
86%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
79%	Increase the state pension age
81%	Increase VAT
17%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
72%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
11%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
17%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
14%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
75%	Localise Council Tax Support
62%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
90%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
33%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
25%	Mansion Tax
66%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
72%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Member trustees on pension boards
50%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
17%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
0%	More funds for social care
37%	More powers for local councils
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
35%	No detention without charge or trial
7%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
29%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
58%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
100%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
68%	Police and Crime Commissioners
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
0%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
69%	Privatise Royal Mail
78%	Promote Occupational Pensions
33%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
46%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
31%	Public Ownership of Railways
38%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
73%	Reduce capital gains tax
94%	Reduce central funding for local government
100%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
86%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
85%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
95%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
57%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
100%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
62%	Register of Lobbyists
15%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
38%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
67%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
25%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
91%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
79%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
25%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
90%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
17%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
36%	Right to strike
20%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
84%	Same Sex Marriage - for
91%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
48%	Smoking ban - In favour
55%	State control of bus services
34%	Stop climate change
38%	Support current and former armed service members
49%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
25%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
56%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100%	Tougher on illegal immigration
95%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
46%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93%	University education fees - Should be free
48%	University Tuition Fees - For
88%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
16%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
0%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
21%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Hugo Swire MP, East Devon (11265)

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