Voting Record — Lord Watson of Invergowrie (12893)

Lord Watson of Invergowrie is currently Shadow Spokesperson (Education),

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 1996 still in office Lab 4 votes out of 872, 0.5% 872 votes out of 2263, 38.5% 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 Watson of InvergowrieLab VoteRôle
18 Sep 2015Became Shadow Spokesperson (Education),
Lords26 Mar 2012Scotland Bill — Report (1st Day) Majorityaye Rebel
Lords15 Nov 2011Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill — Report minorityno Rebel
Lords14 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Fully Elected — rejected minorityno Rebel
Lords14 Mar 2007House of Lords: Reform (Fully Appointed) minorityaye Rebel
21 Mar 1997Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
20 Jan 1995Became Member, Public Accounts Committee

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
23% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
76% Asylum System - More strict
50% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
86% Control Orders
0% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
84% European Union Integration - For
60% Fox hunting - Ban
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
95% Homosexuality - Equal rights
50% Identity cards - For introduction
100% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50% No detention without charge or trial
0% Reducing the number of MPs - for
50% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
22% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Smoking ban - In favour
3% Stop climate change
50% 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 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%Lord Bradley Lab
100.0%Baroness Jones of WhitchurchLab
100.0%Lord Malloch-Brown Lab
100.0%Lord Neuberger of AbbotsburyJudge
100.0%Lord Pannick Crossbench
(6 MPs voted exactly the same as this one)

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