Voting Record — John Butterfill MP, Bournemouth West (10082)

John Butterfill

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 Con 12 votes out of 754, 1.6% 754 votes out of 1288, 58.5% 1 time
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Con 6 votes out of 745, 0.8% 745 votes out of 1246, 59.8% 1 time
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Con 2 votes out of 685, 0.3% 685 votes out of 1273, 53.8% 1 time

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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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HouseDateSubjectJohn ButterfillCon VoteRôle
11 May 2010Stopped being Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons22 Oct 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading Majorityno Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement Majorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin Majorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] Majorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] Majorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Oct 2008Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2) Majorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected Majorityno Rebel
Commons19 Oct 2007Prayers tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2006Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — as amended Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration Majorityno Rebel
1 Nov 2005Became Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee
1 Nov 2005Became Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
HouseDateSubjectJohn ButterfillCon VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Court of Referees Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons26 Jan 2005Car Mileage Allowance minorityno Rebel
28 May 2004Became Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel) Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Court of Referees Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons12 May 2004Deferred Division — Visitor Facilities minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Ministerial Statements proposals Majorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityaye Rebel
Commons19 Apr 2002Industrial and Provident Societies Bill — New Clause 3 — Annual fees tellayeaye Teller
Commons29 Nov 2001Human Reproductive Cloning Bill[Lords] Majorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectJohn ButterfillCon VoteRôle
Commons13 Dec 2000Deferred Divisions - Fisheries: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2001 bothno Rebel
Commons16 Nov 2000Insolvency Bill [Lords] - Section 309(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 to apply to nominees tellayeaye Teller
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno 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
50% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
61% Asylum System - More strict
13% Ban fox hunting
72% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
6% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Crossrail - In favour
2% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
8% European Union Integration - For
10% Foundation hospitals - In favour
13% Fox hunting - Ban
79% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
10% Fully Elected House of Lords
92% Gambling - Against permissiveness
50% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
29% Homosexuality - Equal rights
33% Human Rights and Equality
11% Identity cards - For introduction
100% Increase VAT
97% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
97% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
17% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0% Mass Retention of Communications Data
0% Minimum Wage
1% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
86% No detention without charge or trial
50% Nuclear power - For
50% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50% Pension auto-enrolment - For
6% Post office - in favour of Government policy
94% Post office closures - against
100% Privatise Royal Mail
42% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
68% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
67% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
98% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
92% Schools - Greater Autonomy
70% Smoking ban - In favour
77% Stop climate change
100% Support current and former armed service members
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
75% Termination of pregnancy - against
100% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100% Trade Unions - Restrict
50% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
18% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
92% University education fees - Should be free
6% University Tuition Fees - For
90% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
17% 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
100.0% John HowellHenleyCon
97.5% Liam FoxWoodspringCon
97.0% David WillettsHavantCon
96.8% David DavisHaltemprice and HowdenCon
96.7% George OsborneTattonCon

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