Voting Record — Lord Sawyer (13146)

Lord Sawyer

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
30 Nov 1997 still in office Lab 11 votes out of 1576, 0.7% 1576 votes out of 2832, 55.6% 0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this Lord's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this Lord was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

See also all votes... attended | possible

HouseDateSubjectLord SawyerLab VoteRôle
Lords13 Jul 2021Procedure and Privileges - Motion to Agree — Amendment to the Motion minorityno Rebel
31 Aug 2016Stopped being Member, Refreshment Committee (Lords)
8 Jun 2015Became Member, Refreshment Committee (Lords)
11 Feb 2015Stopped being Member, Affordable Childcare Committee
12 Jun 2014Became Member, Affordable Childcare Committee
Lords11 May 2009Postal Services Bill [HL] — Report (1st Day) minorityno Rebel
Lords14 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Fully Elected — rejected minorityno Rebel
Lords14 Mar 2007House of Lords: Reform (80pc elected, 20pc appointed) minorityno Rebel
Lords14 Mar 2007House of Lords: Reform (60pc elected, 40pc appointed) minorityno Rebel
Lords14 Mar 2007House of Lords: Reform (50pc elected, 50pc appointed) minorityno Rebel
Lords14 Mar 2007House of Lords: Reform (Fully Appointed) minorityaye Rebel
Lords8 Jul 2003Communications Bill minorityno Rebel
Lords4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — 50 per cent appointed/50 per cent elected minorityno Rebel
Lords4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — 60 per cent appointed/40 per cent elected minorityno Rebel
Lords4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — 80 per cent appointed/20 per cent elected minorityno Rebel

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this Lord and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

AgreementPolicy
36% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
75% Assisted Dying
97% Asylum System - More strict
53% Business and community control of schools: For
4% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100% Control Orders
0% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
80% European Union Integration - For
50% Fox hunting - Ban
0% Gambling - Against permissiveness
99% Homosexuality - Equal rights
77% Identity cards - For introduction
100% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50% No detention without charge or trial
2% Reducing the number of MPs - for
0% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
26% Schools - Greater Autonomy
100% Smoking ban - In favour
1% Stop climate change
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0% University Tuition Fees - For

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which Lords voted most similarly to this one in the 1997-2001, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both Lords attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between Lords that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

AgreementNameParty
100.0%Baroness Campbell of LoughboroughCrossbench
100.0%Baroness Ford Lab
100.0%Baroness Hale of RichmondJudge
100.0%Lord Kerr of KinlochardCrossbench
100.0%Baroness Kingsmill Lab
(18 MPs voted exactly the same as this one)

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