Voting Record — Jim Sheridan MP, West Renfrewshire (11221)

Jim Sheridan

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

ConstituencyFromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
Paisley and Renfrewshire North 6 May 2010 30 Mar 2015 Lab 11 votes out of 754, 1.5% 754 votes out of 1239, 60.9% 1 time
Paisley and Renfrewshire North 5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 12 votes out of 1146, 1.0% 1146 votes out of 1288, 89.0% 6 times
West Renfrewshire 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 12 votes out of 1086, 1.1% 1086 votes out of 1246, 87.2% 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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HouseDateSubjectJim SheridanLab VoteRôle
30 Mar 2015Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
Commons3 Feb 2015Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 minorityaye Rebel
Commons15 Jul 2014Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons15 Jul 2014Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Clause 6 — Date of Repeal — Sunset Clause minorityno Rebel
Commons15 Jul 2014Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Mar 2014Same Sex Marriage — Enabling Courts to Deal with Divorce or Annulment Proceedings minorityaye Rebel
Commons23 Jan 2014Shrewsbury 24 — Release of Papers tellayeaye Teller
Commons5 Feb 2013Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons28 Jan 2013Succession to the Crown Bill — New Clause 1 — Remove Requement for Monarch to be Member of the Church of England minorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays minorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays minorityno Rebel
Commons13 Oct 2011Use of Hand-held Electronic Devices and Social Media in the Chamber (Backbench Business) minorityno Rebel
Commons18 Oct 2010Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 2 — Entitlement to vote in the referendum Majorityaye Rebel
26 May 2010Became Member, Panel of Chairs
6 May 2010Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
HouseDateSubjectJim SheridanLab VoteRôle
Commons16 Oct 2009Clause 4 — Commencement and retrospective effect tellayeaye Teller
Commons16 Oct 2009Clause 4 — Commencement and retrospective effect tellnono Teller
9 Mar 2009Stopped being Member, International Development Committee
12 Jan 2009Became Member, Panel of Chairs
Commons4 Nov 2008Orders of the Day — New Clause 2 — Employer's duties in relation to industrial action ballots minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons25 Apr 2008Prayers tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons9 Jan 2008Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Preventing prison officers from taking industrial action minorityaye Rebel
19 Nov 2007Became Member, International Development Committee
Commons18 May 2007Motion to sit in private tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Nov 2006September Sittings minorityno Rebel
14 Aug 2006Stopped being PPS (Team PPS), Ministry of Defence
Commons12 May 2006[Sir Michael Lord in the Chair] tellayeno Rebel Teller
9 May 2006Stopped being Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee
19 Dec 2005Became Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee
Commons29 Nov 2005Representation of the People (Reduction of Voting Age) Majorityaye Rebel
10 Nov 2005Became PPS (Team PPS), Ministry of Defence
12 Jul 2005Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
1 Jun 2005Stopped being Member, Broadcasting Committee
HouseDateSubjectJim SheridanLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Broadcasting Committee
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
14 Dec 2004Stopped being Member, Information Committee
13 Dec 2004Stopped being Member, Information (C) Committee
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment minorityno Rebel
28 May 2004Became Member, Information Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Broadcasting Committee
Commons4 May 2004Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Bill — [Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] — Clause 1 — Constituencies and Regions minorityno Rebel
Commons10 Nov 2003Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies minorityno Rebel
Commons10 Nov 2003Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2003Cannabis — reclassification from class B to class C minorityaye Rebel
10 Sep 2003Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
1 Jun 2003Became Member, Broadcasting Committee
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityno Rebel
Commons9 Jul 2002Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Jul 2002Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) minorityaye Rebel
Commons20 May 2002Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc. minorityno Rebel
19 Nov 2001Became Member, Information (C) Committee

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
0% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Academy Schools - for
84% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67% Apprenticeships
97% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
92% Bankers' Bonus Tax
81% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
33% Closed Material Proceedure
22% Coalition Programme for Government - For
100% Control Orders
100% Crossrail - In favour
25% Cull Badgers
77% Delegate more powers to government ministers
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
10% Employee Shareholder Status
0% Encourage and incentivise saving
0% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
94% Energy Prices - More Affordable
6% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
78% European Union Integration - For
4% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
29% Fixed Term Parliaments
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
36% Fully Elected House of Lords
34% Further devolution to Scotland
50% Further devolution to Wales
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
7% GP Commissioning in the NHS
100% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
35% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
21% Higher taxes on banks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
58% Homosexuality - Equal rights
70% HS2 - In Favour
67% Human Rights and Equality
100% Identity cards - For introduction
80% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100% Incentivise membership of press regulator
28% Increase Air Passenger Duty
6% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
12% Increase VAT
0% Inheritance Tax
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0% Localise Council Tax Support
44% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
52% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100% Mansion Tax
25% Mass Retention of Communications Data
12% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
88% Minimum Wage
85% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
65% More powers for local councils
18% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100% Nuclear power - For
59% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83% Pension auto-enrolment - For
8% Police and Crime Commissioners
98% Post office - in favour of Government policy
2% Post office closures - against
100% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0% Privatise Royal Mail
35% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50% Public Ownership of Railways
100% Rail Fares - Lower
85% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
83% Reduce capital gains tax
0% Reduce central funding for local government
14% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
12% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
8% Reducing the number of MPs - for
14% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
33% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
8% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
50% Register of Lobbyists
84% Regulate letting agent fees
33% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
83% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
83% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
41% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
43% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
100% Right to strike
23% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
69% Same Sex Marriage - for
21% Schools - Greater Autonomy
0% Sell England's Public Forests
92% Smoking ban - In favour
100% State control of bus services
68% Stop climate change
78% Support current and former armed service members
40% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
0% Trade Unions - Restrict
32% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
23% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
8% University education fees - Should be free
58% University Tuition Fees - For
84% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
70% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
88% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, 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
98.4% Robert JacksonWantagewhilst Lab
98.3%Mr Brian WilsonCunninghame NorthLab
97.8% Liam ByrneBirmingham, Hodge HillLab
97.4%Mr David StewartInverness East, Nairn and LochaberLab
97.3% Michael WillsNorth SwindonLab

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