John Stanley compared to 'Regulate nicotine and tobacco sales + advertising'

voted moderately for the policy

Regulate nicotine and tobacco sales + advertising

by scoring 64.2% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	John Stanley	Policy vote
Commons	22 Jan 2001	Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill — Decline Second Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	22 Jan 2001	Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill — Second Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	22 Jan 2001	Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Money]	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	13 Feb 2001	Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill — Prohibition or Restriction of use of Symbol, Name or Emblem	absent	minority
Commons	13 Feb 2001	Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill — Third Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
House	Date	Subject	John Stanley	Policy vote
Commons	29 Apr 2002	Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill — Second Reading	absent	minority (strong)
House	Date	Subject	John Stanley	Policy vote
Commons	10 Feb 2014	Children and Families Bill — Prohibition on Purchasing Tobacco for a Child and Regulation of Tobacco Products	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	11 Mar 2015	Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015	Majority	Majority (strong)

How the number is calculated

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

Questions about this formula can be discussed on the forum.

	No of votes	Points	Out of
Most important votes (50 points)
MP voted with policy	2	100	100
MP voted against policy	0	0	0
MP absent	5	125	250
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	0	0	0
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	1	1	2
Total:		226	352
*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

agreement score =

MP's points

total points

226

352

= 64.2 %.

How the number is calculated

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