Voting Record — John Penrose MP, Weston-Super-Mare (11924)

John Penrose is currently The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office,

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
9 Jun 2017	still in office	Con	1 vote out of 251, 0.4%	251 votes out of 274, 91.6%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	0 votes out of 424, 0.0%	424 votes out of 467, 90.8%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	5 votes out of 1024, 0.5%	1024 votes out of 1239, 82.6%	13 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	27 votes out of 908, 3.0%	908 votes out of 1288, 70.5%	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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House	Date	Subject	John Penrose	Con Vote	Rôle
16 Nov 2018	Became The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office,
Commons	24 Oct 2018	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill — New Clause 7 — Equal Rights for People of Northern Ireland	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	John Penrose	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
17 Jul 2016	Stopped being The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office,
17 Jul 2016	Stopped being The Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury,
8 May 2015	Became The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office,
House	Date	Subject	John Penrose	Con Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Committee of Selection
Commons	11 Feb 2015	Offence of Failing to Prevent Smoking In an Enclosed Vehicle in the Presence of Someone Under 18	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Feb 2015	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Jan 2015	Motion to Sit in Private	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Nov 2014	Modern Slavery Bill — New Clause 1 — Protection of overseas domestic workers from slavery	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Nov 2014	Modern Slavery Bill — New Clause 1 — Expanding The Role of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Oct 2014	Motion to Sit in Private	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Sep 2014	Clinical Commissioning Groups — Ability to Carry Out Commissioning Jointly With Other Clinical Commissioning Groups and NHS England	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Sep 2014	Affordable Homes Bill — Commit to a Select Committee Rather than Public Bill Committee	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Sep 2014	Affordable Homes Bill — Second Reading — Housing Benefit Penalty for Those Deemed to Have Excess Bedrooms — Exemptions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Sep 2014	Affordable Homes Bill — Move to A Vote on Second Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Sep 2014	Motion to Sit in Private	tellno	no	Teller
17 Jul 2014	Became Member, Committee of Selection
Commons	16 Jul 2014	Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill — Programme	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Jun 2014	Queen's Speech — Note of Thanks — Legislatative Programme	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Jun 2014	Queen's Speech — The Economy and Living Standards	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Feb 2014	Children and Families Bill — Offence of Smoking in a Private Vehicle When A Person Under 18 is Present	minority	aye	Rebel
8 Feb 2014	Became The Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury,
8 Feb 2014	Stopped being Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
28 Oct 2013	Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
7 Oct 2013	Became Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
Commons	21 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2013	Reduce Voting Age to 16	Majority	no	Rebel
3 Dec 2012	Became Member, Administration Committee
6 Sep 2012	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport),
17 May 2010	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport),
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
House	Date	Subject	John Penrose	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	6 Jan 2010	Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) — Sittings of the House	Majority	aye	Rebel
27 Jul 2009	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
29 Jun 2009	Stopped being Member, Work and Pensions Committee
29 Jun 2009	Became Member, Regulatory Reform Committee
Commons	1 Apr 2009	Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (May Day)	Majority	no	Rebel
19 Jan 2009	Became Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 May 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Blasphemy	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Remove Hereditary Places	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	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
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2006	Deferred Divisions — adjournment (summer)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — as amended	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Oct 2005	Motion to sit in private	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Jul 2005	Crossrail Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
12 Jul 2005	Became Member, Work and Pensions 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.

Agreement	Policy
20%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
87%	Asylum System - More strict
19%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Crossrail - In favour
10%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
95%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
26%	European Union - For
96%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
83%	Fixed Term Parliaments
9%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
12%	Further devolution to Wales
28%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
93%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
42%	Higher taxes on banks
92%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
93%	HS2 - In Favour
42%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
77%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
34%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
7%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
88%	Localise Council Tax Support
0%	Mansion Tax
100%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
16%	Minumum Wage
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
0%	More Generous Benefits for Ill and Disabled
34%	More powers for local councils
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
26%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
99%	Privatise Royal Mail
84%	Promote Occupational Pensions
100%	Reduce central funding for local government
97%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
94%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
85%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
71%	Referendum on the UK's membership of the EU - For
71%	Register of Lobbyists
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
25%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
90%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
88%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
85%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
44%	Smoking ban - In favour
9%	State control of bus services
17%	Stronger Military Covenant
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
100%	Trade Union Regulation
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	University Tuition Fees - For
87%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
8%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices

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Voting Record — John Penrose MP, Weston-Super-Mare (11924)

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