Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
| House | Date | Subject | Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach | Policy vote |
| Lords | 10 Jul 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Government must make food and other services available to people living in accommodation centres — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 17 Jul 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — The government must refund the travel expenses of asylum seekers who are required to travel |
absent | minority |
| Lords | 17 Jul 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers should have early access to full legal advice and representation — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 9 Oct 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers with children of school age should be placed in accommodation centres only if no places are available in local schools |
absent | minority |
| Lords | 9 Oct 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — The government must continue supporting asylum seekers if they are likely to become destitute — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 10 Oct 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Do not detain asylum seekers under the age of 18 — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 17 Oct 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Refuse support to asylum seekers who make a late claim |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 17 Oct 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Refuse support to asylum seekers if they provide false or incomplete information |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 24 Oct 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Remove the government's power to remove subsistence-only support from all asylum seekers — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 24 Oct 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Burden of proof should be on the government not the asylum seeker when the issue of a late claim arises — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 31 Oct 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers residing in accommodation centres must be provided with legal advice from qualified advisors |
Majority | minority |
| Lords | 31 Oct 2002 | Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Do not detain asylum seekers under the age of 18 — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 18 May 2004 | Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Only withdraw support from failed asylum seekers after an independent evaluation — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 7 Jun 2004 | Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Give asylum seekers more time to appeal — rejected |
absent | minority |
| Lords | 28 Jun 2004 | Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Failed asylum seekers should not have to take part in community service to be provided with accommodation — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 6 Jul 2004 | Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Do not withdraw support from failed asylum seekers who are citizens of Zimbabwe — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 15 Jul 2004 | Children Bill — The National Asylum Support Service and Immigration Centres must ensure the welfare of children — rejected |
minority | Majority |
| Lords | 7 Feb 2006 | Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill — Remove a clause which allows immigrants to be removed on national security grounds — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 9 Oct 2007 | UK Borders Bill — The Border and Immigration Agency must ensure the welfare of children as part of its remit — rejected |
absent | no |
| Lords | 11 Oct 2007 | UK Borders Bill — Give support to failed asylum seekers and their families — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 11 Oct 2007 | UK Borders Bill — Give asylum seekers permission to work — rejected |
absent | Majority |
| Lords | 12 Jan 2010 | European Union Committee report on a Common European Asylum System — Motion to Agree — rejected |
absent | Majority |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MP voted against policy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MP absent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Less important votes (10 points) | | | |
| MP voted with policy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MP voted against policy | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Less important absentees (2 points) | | | |
| MP absent* | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| Total: | 20 | 60 |
*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
=
20
60
= 33.3 %.
