Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
| House | Date | Subject | Chris Grayling | Policy vote |
| Commons | 11 Jun 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Only allow destitute asylum seekers and those under residence restrictions to live in accommodation centres for a maximum of 10 weeks — rejected |
minority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 11 Jun 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Do not allow appeals against rejected asylum claims from within the UK if the claim is unfounded |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 11 Jun 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Allow earlier rights of appeal — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Commons | 12 Jun 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Allow the withdrawal of support from immigrants and asylum seekers in certain circumstances |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 12 Jun 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Do not penalise those who bring passengers to the UK without the necessary authority — rejected |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 12 Jun 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Third Reading |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 5 Nov 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers can be placed in accommodation centres even if there is no local school pace for dependent children |
absent | Majority |
| Commons | 5 Nov 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Refuse support to asylum seekers who make a late claim |
absent | Majority |
| Commons | 17 Mar 2003 | Asylum (Designated States) Order 2003 |
absent | Majority |
| Commons | 16 Jul 2003 | Asylum (Designated States) (No. 2) Order 2003 |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 17 Dec 2003 | Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Decline to give a Second Reading — rejected |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 17 Dec 2003 | Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Second Reading |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 1 Mar 2004 | Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Burden of proof on prosecution rather than defendant in cases where immigrants to not have travel documents — rejected |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 1 Mar 2004 | Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to failed asylum seekers and their families — rejected |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 1 Mar 2004 | Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Asylum appeals should be referred to a higher court — rejected |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 1 Mar 2004 | Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to asylum seekers even when they make a late claim — rejected |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 1 Mar 2004 | Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Third Reading |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| House | Date | Subject | Chris Grayling | Policy vote |
| Commons | 16 Nov 2005 | Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill — Excuse employers who employed illegal immigrants but took reasonable steps to comply with the necessary requirements — rejected |
minority | Majority |
| Commons | 16 Nov 2005 | Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill — Prevent the government from interpreting the Geneva Convention so that terrorism can be used as grounds to dismiss asylum claims — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Commons | 16 Nov 2005 | Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill — Third Reading |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 29 Mar 2006 | Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill — Allow failed asylum seekers to be given cash rather than vouchers — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Commons | 25 Jul 2007 | The Asylum (Designated States) Order 2007 |
absent | Majority |
| House | Date | Subject | Chris Grayling | Policy vote |
| Commons | 17 Jan 2014 | Benefit Entitlement (Restriction) Bill |
absent | minority (strong) |
| House | Date | Subject | Chris Grayling | Policy vote |
| Commons | 9 Sep 2015 | Opposition Day — Assistance for Middle East Refugees |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 13 Oct 2015 | Immigration Bill — Decline Second Reading |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 13 Oct 2015 | Immigration Bill — Second Reading |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 1 Dec 2015 | Immigration Bill — Clause 8 — Offence of Illegal Working |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 1 Dec 2015 | Immigration Bill — Clauses 13-16 — Residential Tenancies |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 1 Dec 2015 | Immigration Bill — Support for Failed Asylum Seekers and Illegal Migrants |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 1 Dec 2015 | Immigration Bill — Clause 34 — Human Rights Appeals within the United Kingdom |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 1 Dec 2015 | Immigation Bill — Third Reading |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 14 Dec 2015 | European Union Documents — Relocation of Migrants in need of International Protection |
Majority | minority (strong) |
| Commons | 25 Apr 2016 | Immigration Bill — Immigration Detention of Those Who Are Pregnant and Vulnerable People |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 25 Apr 2016 | Immigration Bill — Asylum Seekers: Permission to Work after Six Months |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 15 Jun 2016 | European Union Membership |
absent | minority (strong) |
| Commons | 6 Jul 2016 | EU Nationals Currently Living in the UK — Right to Remain |
absent | minority (strong) |
| Commons | 14 Sep 2016 | UK Withdrawal from Membership of the European Union |
absent | minority (strong) |
| Commons | 19 Oct 2016 | Rights for EU Nationals if the UK Leaves the EU |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 7 Dec 2016 | The United Kingdom Leaving the European Union |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 7 Dec 2016 | The United Kingdom Leaving the European Union |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 14 Dec 2016 | Draft Immigration Act 2014 (Current Accounts) (Excluded Accounts and Notification Requirements) Regulations 2016 |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 1 Feb 2017 | European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Decline Second Reading |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 1 Feb 2017 | European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Second Reading |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 6 Feb 2017 | European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 26 — Agreement of Representatives of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Administrations |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 7 Feb 2017 | European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 180 — UK To Remain EU Member Unless UK Parliament Agrees Terms for Leaving |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 7 Feb 2017 | European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 143 — Financial Liability of the UK towards the EU |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 8 Feb 2017 | European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 2 — Undertakings Prior to Giving Notice of the UK's Intention to Leave the EU |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 8 Feb 2017 | European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — Northern Ireland |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 8 Feb 2017 | European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — All Clauses Stand Part |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 8 Feb 2017 | European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 57 — Protection of EU Citizens' UK Residence Rights |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 8 Feb 2017 | European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 192 — Nuclear Collaboration — Euratom |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 8 Feb 2017 | European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 13 Mar 2017 | European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — EU Derived Rights and Potential to Aquire Residency Rights for EU and EEA Citizens |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| House | Date | Subject | Chris Grayling | Policy vote |
| Commons | 29 Jun 2017 | Queen's Speech — Energy Prices — Europe — Tuition Fees — Public Sector Pay — Minimum Wage — Student Grants |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 29 Jun 2017 | Queen's Speech — European Union Negiotiations |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 11 Sep 2017 | European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Decline Second Reading |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 11 Sep 2017 | European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Second Reading |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 14 Nov 2017 | European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — Repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 17 Jan 2018 | European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Reject Third Reading — Membership of the European Union |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 17 Jan 2018 | European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading — Membership of the European Union |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 13 Jun 2018 | European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Seek Participation in European Economic Area via EU Withdrawal Agreement Negotiations |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 13 Jun 2018 | European Union (Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — Make Withdrawal Conditional on Statement on Negotiations to Retain UK Participation in EU Customs Union |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 28 Jan 2019 | Immigration and Social Security Co-Ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — Second Reading — UK Immigration Controls for EU Citizens |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 13 Mar 2019 | UK Withdrawal from the European Union |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 27 Mar 2019 | EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (B) — Leave Without a Deal on 12 April 2019 |
absent | minority (strong) |
| Commons | 29 Mar 2019 | UK Withdrawal from the European Union — Withdrawal — Withdrawal Agreement |
minority | minority (strong) |
| Commons | 3 Apr 2019 | European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — No Delay to Withdrawal Beyond 22 May 2019 |
Majority | minority |
| Commons | 8 Apr 2019 | European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — Length of Delay to the UK Leaving the EU |
absent | minority |
| Commons | 9 Apr 2019 | Exiting the European Union — Delay Until 30 June 2019 |
absent | minority |
| House | Date | Subject | Chris Grayling | Policy vote |
| Commons | 7 Jan 2020 | European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — New Clause 5 — Protecting EU Citizens’ Rights — Automatic Right of Permanent UK Residence for Certain EU Citizens |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 7 Jan 2020 | European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — New Clause 18 — Fee Levels and Exemptions — Limitations on Fees |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 8 Jan 2020 | European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — Clause 37 — Arrangements with EU About Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 22 Jan 2020 | European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — Clause 7 — Physical Proof of Right of Permanant Residence in the UK |
absent | Majority |
| Commons | 22 Jan 2020 | European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — Clause 37 — Arrangements with EU about Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 18 May 2020 | Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — Second Reading |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 30 Jun 2020 | Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 7 — Time Limit on Immigration Detention for EEA and Swiss Nationals |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 30 Jun 2020 | Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 13 — Recourse to Public Funds — Ending of Freedom of Movement |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 30 Jun 2020 | Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 29 — Family Reunion and Settlement |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 30 Jun 2020 | Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 30 Sep 2020 | Draft Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2020 |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 19 Oct 2020 | Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause — Children in Care and Children Entitled to Care Leaving Support: Entitlement to Remain |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 19 Oct 2020 | Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause — Leave to Enter: Family Unity and Claims for Asylum |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 19 Oct 2020 | Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause 4 — EU Settlement Scheme: Physical Documented Proof |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 19 Oct 2020 | Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill — New Clause — Time Limit on Immigration Detention for EEA and Swiss Nationals |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 28 Apr 2021 | Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2021 — Motion to Revoke |
Majority | minority (strong) |
| Commons | 7 Jul 2021 | EU Settlement Scheme — Immigration Powers for the Scottish Government |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 20 Jul 2021 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Decline Second Reading |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 20 Jul 2021 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Second Reading |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 7 Dec 2021 | Nationality and Borders Bill — New Clause 8 — Children Registering as British Citizens: Fees |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 7 Dec 2021 | Nationality and Borders Bill — New Clause 50 — Advertising Assistance for Unlawful Immigration to the United Kingdom |
Majority | minority (strong) |
| Commons | 7 Dec 2021 | Nationality and Borders Bill — New Clause 52 — Non-UK Service Personnel: Waiver of Fees |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 7 Dec 2021 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 39 — Illegal Entry and Similar Offences — Exemptions |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 7 Dec 2021 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Schedule 6 — Maritime Enforcement — Use of Powers to Endanger Life at Sea |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 8 Dec 2021 | Nationality and Borders Bill — New Clause 6 — Exemptions for Child Victims of Modern Slavery, Exploitation or Trafficking |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 8 Dec 2021 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 58 — Late Compliance with Slavery or Trafficking Information Notice: Damage to Credibility |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 8 Dec 2021 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Third Reading |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 22 Mar 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — New Clause — Compliance with the Refugee Convention |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 22 Mar 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 11 — Differential Treatment of Refugees |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 22 Mar 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 12 — Changes to the Immigration Act 1971 — Asylum Seekers' — Employment |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 22 Mar 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 28 — Removal of Asylum Seeker to Safe Country |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 22 Mar 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 37 — Immigration Rules: Entry to Seek Asylum and Join Family |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 22 Mar 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 37 — Refugee Resettlement Schemes — 10,000 Refugees Per Year |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 22 Mar 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 39 — Illegal Entry and Similar Offences |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 22 Mar 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 58 — Late Compliance with Slavery or Trafficking Information Notice: Damage to Credibility |
Majority | Majority |
| Commons | 22 Mar 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 62 — Identified Potential Victims etc: Disqualification from Protection |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 20 Apr 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Before Clause 11 — Interpretation of Part 2 — Compliance with International Agreements |
absent | Majority |
| Commons | 20 Apr 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 12 — Changes to the Immigration Act 1971 — Asylum Applicants — Right to Work |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 20 Apr 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Schedule 3 — Removal of Asylum Seeker to Safe Country |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 20 Apr 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 37 — Immigration Rules: Entry to seek Asylum And Join Family |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 20 Apr 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 39 — Illegal Entry and Similar Offences |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 20 Apr 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 40 — Offence of Assisting an Asylum Seeker |
absent | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 26 Apr 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Before Clause 11 — Compliance with the Refugee Convention |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
| Commons | 26 Apr 2022 | Nationality and Borders Bill — Before Clause 11 — Compliance with the Refugee Convention — Direct Travel and Prompt Presentation Assessments |
Majority | Majority (strong) |
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.
