Voting Record — John Denham MP, Southampton, Itchen (10167)

John Denham

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 5 votes out of 771, 0.6% 771 votes out of 1239, 62.2% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 7 votes out of 951, 0.7% 951 votes out of 1288, 73.8% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 6 votes out of 855, 0.7% 855 votes out of 1246, 68.6% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 4 votes out of 912, 0.4% 912 votes out of 1273, 71.6% 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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HouseDateSubjectJohn DenhamLab VoteRôle
Commons11 Jul 2012Thursdays minorityaye 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
7 Oct 2011Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills,
Commons24 Nov 2010Draft Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the AP1000 Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010 minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 Nov 2010Draft Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the EPR Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010 minorityaye Rebel
8 Oct 2010Became Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills,
8 Oct 2010Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government,
12 May 2010Became Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government,
6 May 2010Stopped being The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government,
HouseDateSubjectJohn DenhamLab VoteRôle
6 Jun 2009Became The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government,
5 Jun 2009Stopped being Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills,
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret minorityaye Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected minorityaye Rebel
25 Jul 2007Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
25 Jul 2007Stopped being Chair, Home Affairs Committee
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Member, Home Affairs Committee
28 Jun 2007Became Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills,
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
Commons14 Jun 2006Parliamentary and Local Elections (Choice of Electoral Systems) minorityno Rebel
11 Jul 2005Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
HouseDateSubjectJohn DenhamLab VoteRôle
Commons2 Nov 2004Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment minorityno Rebel
15 Jul 2003Became Chair, Home Affairs Committee
14 Jul 2003Became Member, Home Affairs Committee
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Declaration of War minorityaye Rebel
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected minorityno Rebel
18 Mar 2003Stopped being Minister (Home Office) (Police and Crime Reduction),
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
11 Jun 2001Became Minister (Home Office) (Police and Crime Reduction),
7 Jun 2001Stopped being Minister of State (Department of Health),
HouseDateSubjectJohn DenhamLab VoteRôle
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
30 Dec 1998Became Minister of State (Department of Health),
30 Dec 1998Stopped being Minister of State (Department of Social Security),
1 Jun 1998Became Minister of State (Department of Social Security),
1 Jun 1998Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security),
1 May 1997Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security),

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
0% Academy Schools - for
84% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67% Apprenticeships
50% Assisted Dying
83% Asylum System - More strict
87% Ban fox hunting
92% Bankers' Bonus Tax
69% 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
14% Coalition Programme for Government - For
100% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
13% Cull Badgers
71% Delegate more powers to government ministers
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0% Employee Shareholder Status
0% Encourage and incentivise saving
0% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
89% Energy Prices - More Affordable
0% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
79% European Union Integration - For
15% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
25% Fixed Term Parliaments
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
87% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
95% Fully Elected House of Lords
55% Further devolution to Scotland
55% Further devolution to Wales
42% Gambling - Against permissiveness
7% GP Commissioning in the NHS
93% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
34% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
21% Higher taxes on banks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
79% Homosexuality - Equal rights
50% HS2 - In Favour
82% Human Rights and Equality
100% Identity cards - For introduction
70% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100% Incentivise membership of press regulator
22% Increase Air Passenger Duty
6% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
10% Increase VAT
0% Inheritance Tax
23% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
20% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
98% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
93% 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
95% Mass Retention of Communications Data
12% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
78% Minimum Wage
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
63% More powers for local councils
20% No detention without charge or trial
58% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
91% Nuclear power - For
46% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83% Pension auto-enrolment - For
9% Police and Crime Commissioners
97% Post office - in favour of Government policy
3% Post office closures - against
100% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0% Privatise Royal Mail
47% Promote Occupational Pensions
56% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
98% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50% Public Ownership of Railways
100% Rail Fares - Lower
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
83% 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
77% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
27% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
12% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
50% Right to strike
29% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
78% Same Sex Marriage - for
24% Schools - Greater Autonomy
0% Sell England's Public Forests
68% Smoking ban - In favour
50% State control of bus services
60% Stop climate change
94% Support current and former armed service members
35% 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
50% Trade Unions - Restrict
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
61% Transparency of Parliament
83% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
8% University education fees - Should be free
62% University Tuition Fees - For
50% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
42% 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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