Voting Record — Ken Purchase MP, Wolverhampton North East (10492)

Ken Purchase

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
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	17 votes out of 980, 1.7%	980 votes out of 1288, 76.1%	2 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	16 votes out of 1011, 1.6%	1011 votes out of 1246, 81.1%	2 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	1 vote out of 1014, 0.1%	1014 votes out of 1273, 79.7%	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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House	Date	Subject	Ken Purchase	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Foreign Affairs Committee
Commons	17 Dec 2008	Consolidated Fund Bill — Electoral Commission (Remuneration of Chairman)	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2006	Orders of the Day — Clause 70 — LEAs in England: provision of travel arrangements etc for children	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Oct 2006	Points of Order — Gambling Act 2005 (Amendment)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Regulate schools' admissions policies — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Requirements as to composition of governing bodies — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
14 Jul 2005	Became Member, Foreign Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Ken Purchase	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2004	Gambling Bill — 2nd reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS foundation trusts	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Jul 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — NHS Foundation Trusts	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 May 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Ken Purchase	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	1 Nov 1999	Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum — rejected	minority	no	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.

Agreement	Policy
10%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Assisted Dying
100%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Ban fox hunting
28%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100%	Control Orders
100%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Easier access to abortion
95%	European Union Integration - For
20%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
12%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
47%	Fully Elected House of Lords
55%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
75%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
100%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
87%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
67%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
0%	Increase VAT
42%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
99%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
100%	Minimum Wage
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
1%	No detention without charge or trial
72%	Nuclear power - For
34%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
98%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
2%	Post office closures - against
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
96%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Right to strike
0%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0%	Same Sex Marriage - for
11%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
75%	Smoking ban - In favour
63%	Stop climate change
0%	Support current and former armed service members
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100%	Trade Unions - Restrict
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
27%	Transparency of Parliament
0%	Trident replacement - In favour
8%	University education fees - Should be free
99%	University Tuition Fees - For
29%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
100.0%	Robin Cook	Livingston	Lab
99.5%	Sandra Osborne	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Lab
99.3%	Alistair Darling	Edinburgh South West	Lab
99.1%	Anne Begg	Aberdeen South	Lab
99.0%	Gordon Brown	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Lab

Voting Record — Ken Purchase MP, Wolverhampton North East (10492)

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