Voting Record — Joan Ruddock MP, Lewisham, Deptford (10519)

Joan Ruddock

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 30 Mar 2015 Lab 1 vote out of 893, 0.1% 893 votes out of 1239, 72.1% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 8 votes out of 1059, 0.8% 1059 votes out of 1288, 82.2% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 12 votes out of 961, 1.2% 961 votes out of 1246, 77.1% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 2 votes out of 1003, 0.2% 1003 votes out of 1273, 78.8% 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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HouseDateSubjectJoan RuddockLab VoteRôle
Commons22 Oct 2014Reappointment of Ian Kennedy as Chair of Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority minorityaye Rebel
8 Oct 2010Stopped being Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change),
12 May 2010Became Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change),
6 May 2010Stopped being Minister of State (Department of Energy and Climate Change),
HouseDateSubjectJoan RuddockLab VoteRôle
9 Jun 2009Became Minister of State (Department of Energy and Climate Change),
9 Jun 2009Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Energy and Climate Change),
5 Oct 2008Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Energy and Climate Change),
5 Oct 2008Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Climate Change, Biodiversity and Waste),
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected minorityaye Rebel
6 Nov 2007Stopped being Member, International Development Committee
2 Jul 2007Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Climate Change, Biodiversity and Waste),
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons28 Feb 2007Offender Management Bill — New Clause 11 — Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3(2) minorityno Rebel
Commons9 Nov 2005Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 28 Days — but not 60 Majorityno Rebel
12 Jul 2005Became Member, International Development Committee
12 Jul 2005Stopped being Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
HouseDateSubjectJoan RuddockLab VoteRôle
Commons8 Nov 2004Housing Bill — Decent Homes Standard for Social Housing minorityaye Rebel
Commons8 Nov 2004Housing Bill — Improvements in Energy Efficiency — rejected minorityaye 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
27 Oct 2003Became Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Feb 2003Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectJoan RuddockLab VoteRôle
Commons22 Mar 2001Election of a Speaker — Election of Speaker by secret ballot Majorityaye Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
28 Jul 1998Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security) (Women),
11 Jun 1997Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security) (Women),

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
5% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
8% Academy Schools - for
92% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
0% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
83% Apprenticeships
50% Assisted Dying
78% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
85% Bankers' Bonus Tax
67% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16% Closed Material Proceedure
18% Coalition Programme for Government - For
88% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
13% Cull Badgers
72% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% 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
77% European Union Integration - For
16% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
29% Fixed Term Parliaments
80% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
31% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
99% Fully Elected House of Lords
46% Further devolution to Scotland
50% Further devolution to Wales
49% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% GP Commissioning in the NHS
93% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
27% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
14% Higher taxes on banks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
84% Homosexuality - Equal rights
70% HS2 - In Favour
74% Human Rights and Equality
100% Identity cards - For introduction
70% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50% Incentivise membership of press regulator
22% Increase Air Passenger Duty
6% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
10% Increase VAT
50% Inheritance Tax
24% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
94% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
94% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0% Localise Council Tax Support
40% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100% Mansion Tax
62% Mass Retention of Communications Data
26% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
95% Minimum Wage
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
66% More powers for local councils
20% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
98% Nuclear power - For
55% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83% Pension auto-enrolment - For
0% Police and Crime Commissioners
99% Post office - in favour of Government policy
1% Post office closures - against
100% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
15% Privatise Royal Mail
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
56% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100% Public Ownership of Railways
100% Rail Fares - Lower
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
98% Reduce capital gains tax
13% Reduce central funding for local government
13% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
12% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
8% Reducing the number of MPs - for
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
31% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29% Register of Lobbyists
100% Regulate letting agent fees
50% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
88% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
83% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
6% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42% Right to strike
28% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
87% Same Sex Marriage - for
20% Schools - Greater Autonomy
0% Sell England's Public Forests
82% Smoking ban - In favour
50% State control of bus services
61% Stop climate change
78% Support current and former armed service members
40% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92% Trade Unions - Restrict
29% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
43% Transparency of Parliament
17% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7% University education fees - Should be free
63% University Tuition Fees - For
48% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
83% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
75% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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