Voting Record — Lord Sheldon (10535)

Lord Sheldon

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

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
House of Lords	27 Jun 2001	18 May 2015	Lab	36 votes out of 696, 5.2%	696 votes out of 1666, 41.8%	0 times
Ashton-under-Lyne	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	12 votes out of 805, 1.5%	805 votes out of 1273, 63.2%	0 times

External Links

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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).

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House	Date	Subject	Lord Sheldon	Lab Vote	Rôle
Lords	18 Jun 2012	Financial Services Bill — Committed to Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
Lords	14 Mar 2011	National Insurance Contributions Bill — Report	Majority	aye	Rebel
6 May 2008	Stopped being Member, Economic Affairs Committee
Lords	5 Feb 2007	Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill — extending measures to those in custody	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	30 Oct 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Faith schools must accept pupils from outside the faith — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	2 May 2006	Speakership: House Committee Report	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	6 Mar 2006	Identity Cards Bill — Voluntary registration when applying for a passport — insisted	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	28 Feb 2006	Motion A	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	28 Feb 2006	Motion A	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	1 Feb 2006	Terrorism Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	25 Jan 2006	Terrorism Bill — Consent to prosecution for terrorism in other countries	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	17 Jan 2006	Terrorism Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	16 Jan 2006	Identity Cards Bill — Report of Costs and Benefits	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	9 Nov 2005	Equality Bill [HL]	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	8 Nov 2005	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	25 Oct 2005	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	10 Mar 2005	(Lords Amendments Nos. 38, 39, 40)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	10 Mar 2005	(Lords Amendments Nos. 38, 39, 40)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	10 Mar 2005	(Lords Amendment 33D)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	10 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	10 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	10 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	10 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	8 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	8 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	7 Mar 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	26 Oct 2004	Hunting Bill: amendment — registered hunting	minority	aye	Rebel
Lords	5 Jul 2004	Children Bill [HL]	minority	no	Rebel
2 Dec 2003	Became Member, Economic Affairs Committee
Lords	4 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	15 Jul 2003	Criminal Justice Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
Lords	8 Jul 2003	Communications Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	23 Jun 2003	Communications Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	9 Jun 2003	Sexual Offences Bill [HL]	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	2 Jun 2003	Sexual Offences Bill [HL]	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	19 Mar 2002	Hunting with dogs: Hunting under Licence	minority	aye	Rebel
Lords	10 Dec 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	23 Jul 2001	House of Lords' Offices: Select Committee Report	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Robert Sheldon	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 May 2001	Stopped being Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
11 May 2001	Stopped being Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
11 May 2001	Stopped being Chair, Liaison Committee (Commons)
11 May 2001	Stopped being Chair, Liaison Committee (Commons)
Commons	22 Mar 2001	Election of a Speaker — Election of Speaker by secret ballot	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Nov 2000	Genetically Modified Food and Producer Liability (No. 2)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2000	Stem Cell Research	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 1998	Modernisation of the House	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In	minority	no	Rebel
14 Jul 1997	Became Chair, Liaison Committee (Commons)
14 Jul 1997	Became Chair, Liaison Committee (Commons)
14 Jul 1997	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
25 Jun 1997	Became Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
25 Jun 1997	Became Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
21 Mar 1997	Stopped being Chair, Public Accounts Committee
21 Mar 1997	Stopped being Chair, Public Accounts Committee
1 Jul 1983	Stopped being Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
9 Jun 1983	Became Chair, Public Accounts Committee
9 Jun 1983	Became Chair, Public Accounts Committee
9 Jun 1983	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
9 Jun 1983	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
1 Jul 1981	Became Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
4 May 1979	Stopped being The Financial Secretary to the Treasury,
1 Nov 1978	Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
17 Jun 1975	Became The Financial Secretary to the Treasury,
17 Jun 1975	Stopped being Minister of State (HM Treasury),
18 Oct 1974	Became Minister of State (HM Treasury),
18 Oct 1974	Stopped being Minister of State (Civil Service Department),
7 Apr 1974	Became Minister of State (Civil Service Department),

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
26%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
83%	Assisted Dying
90%	Asylum System - More strict
50%	Business and community control of schools: For
2%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
86%	Control Orders
100%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
33%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
70%	European Union Integration - For
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
32%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
86%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
62%	Identity cards - For introduction
100%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Minimum Wage
50%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	No detention without charge or trial
54%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
0%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
32%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Smoking ban - In favour
31%	Stop climate change
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
62%	University Tuition Fees - For

Shows which Lords voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, 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.

Agreement	Name	Party
100.0%	Lord Bradley	Lab
100.0%	Baroness Chapman	Crossbench
100.0%	The Bishop of Chelmsford	Bishop
100.0%	Baroness Fritchie	Crossbench
100.0%	Baroness Hale of Richmond	Judge

(21 MPs voted exactly the same as this one)

Voting Record — Lord Sheldon (10535)

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