Voting Record — Jack Straw MP, Blackburn (10574)

Jack Straw

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
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	9 votes out of 700, 1.3%	700 votes out of 1239, 56.5%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	8 votes out of 849, 0.9%	849 votes out of 1288, 65.9%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	8 votes out of 242, 3.3%	242 votes out of 1246, 19.4%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	5 votes out of 621, 0.8%	621 votes out of 1273, 48.8%	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	Jack Straw	Lab Vote	Rôle
17 Dec 2014	Stopped being Chair, House of Commons Governance Committee
17 Dec 2014	Stopped being Chair, House of Commons Governance Committee
Commons	27 Oct 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP	minority	no	Rebel
10 Sep 2014	Became Chair, House of Commons Governance Committee
10 Sep 2014	Became Chair, House of Commons Governance Committee
Commons	4 Mar 2013	Justice and Security Bill — Clause 6 — Balance Interests of Justice With Harm to National Security — Closed Material Proceedings	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Mar 2013	Justice and Security Bill — Clause 6 — Closed Material Proceedings Only If Fair Determination Not Possible By Other Means	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2013	Reduce Voting Age to 16	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons to Sit on Tuesdays from 7pm until 10pm to Consider Private Members' Bills	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Thursdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Backbench Business Committee — Election of Members and Chair — Operation of Committee	minority	aye	Rebel
8 Oct 2010	Stopped being Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice,
25 Sep 2010	Stopped being Shadow Deputy Prime Minister,
Commons	14 Jul 2010	Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010	Majority	unknown	Unknown
12 May 2010	Became Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice,
12 May 2010	Became Shadow Deputy Prime Minister,
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
6 May 2010	Stopped being The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice ,
House	Date	Subject	Jack Straw	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being Member, Members Estimate Committee
28 Jun 2007	Became The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice ,
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal,
2 Jun 2007	Became Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	minority	aye	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 — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
5 May 2006	Became Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal,
5 May 2006	Stopped being Foreign Secretary,
House	Date	Subject	Jack Straw	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	no	Rebel
29 Jan 2004	Became Member, Members Estimate Committee
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies	minority	no	Rebel
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 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Ban	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Hunting Under Licence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution)	minority	aye	Rebel
8 Jun 2001	Became Foreign Secretary,
8 Jun 2001	Stopped being The Secretary of State for the Home Department,
House	Date	Subject	Jack Straw	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 1998	Human Rights Bill [Lords] - The Convention and the First Protocol	minority	aye	Rebel
2 May 1997	Became The Secretary of State for the Home Department,
1 May 1997	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State (Home Office),
1 Jul 1995	Stopped being Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee,
28 Jul 1994	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State (Environment),
21 Jul 1994	Became Shadow Secretary of State (Home Office),
1 Jul 1994	Became Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee,
9 Apr 1992	Became Shadow Secretary of State (Environment),
9 Apr 1992	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Education,
11 Jun 1987	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Education,
1 Jun 1987	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
1 Jun 1983	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
1 Jun 1983	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury),
1 Jun 1980	Became Shadow Spokesperson (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
10%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
8%	Academy Schools - for
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
59%	Asylum System - More strict
32%	Ban fox hunting
84%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
69%	Business and community control of schools: For
20%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
44%	Closed Material Proceedure
22%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
85%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
25%	Cull Badgers
81%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
92%	Easier access to abortion
20%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
82%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
6%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
78%	European Union Integration - For
15%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
25%	Fixed Term Parliaments
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
32%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
61%	Fully Elected House of Lords
54%	Further devolution to Scotland
55%	Further devolution to Wales
53%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
7%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
86%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
30%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
21%	Higher taxes on banks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
82%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
80%	HS2 - In Favour
49%	Human Rights and Equality
77%	Identity cards - For introduction
40%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
33%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
17%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
1%	Increase the state pension age
13%	Increase VAT
0%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
89%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
83%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
93%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
39%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
40%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
75%	Mansion Tax
95%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
34%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
83%	Minimum Wage
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
60%	More powers for local councils
5%	No detention without charge or trial
92%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
57%	Nuclear power - For
46%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
8%	Police and Crime Commissioners
91%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
9%	Post office closures - against
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
31%	Promote Occupational Pensions
56%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
54%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100%	Public Ownership of Railways
88%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
83%	Reduce capital gains tax
25%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
18%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
15%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
25%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
13%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
42%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
69%	Regulate letting agent fees
67%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
90%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
83%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
18%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
27%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42%	Right to strike
19%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
24%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Sell England's Public Forests
56%	Smoking ban - In favour
100%	State control of bus services
46%	Stop climate change
94%	Support current and former armed service members
60%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
2%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
61%	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
57%	University Tuition Fees - For
76%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
42%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
80%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
88%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Jack Straw MP, Blackburn (10574)

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