Voting Record — Margaret Ritchie MP, South Down (13856)

Margaret Ritchie is currently Member, Food, Diet and Obesity Committee and Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

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	16 Oct 2019	still in office	Non-affiliated	63 votes out of 515, 12.2%	515 votes out of 654, 78.7%	0 times
South Down	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	SDLP	0 votes out of 377, 0.0%	377 votes out of 467, 80.7%	4 times
South Down	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	SDLP	0 votes out of 484, 0.0%	484 votes out of 1239, 39.1%	2 times

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Interesting Votes

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

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House	Date	Subject	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick	Non-affiliated Vote	Rôle
Lords	27 Nov 2024	Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 - Motion to Approve — Amendment to the Motion	Majority	aye	Rebel
Lords	20 Nov 2024	Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] - Report — Amendment 10	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	5 Nov 2024	Crown Estate Bill [HL] - Report — Amendment 4	minority	aye	Rebel
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Windsor Framework Sub-Committee
Lords	21 May 2024	Victims and Prisoners Bill - Report (4th Day) — Amendment 132	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	17 Apr 2024	Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - Commons Reasons — Motion B1 (as an amendment to Motion B)	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	16 Apr 2024	Victims and Prisoners Bill - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 5	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	16 Apr 2024	Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - Commons Amendments and Reasons — Motion C1 (as an amendment to Motion C)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	16 Apr 2024	Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - Commons Amendments and Reasons — Motion A1 (as an amendment to Motion A)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	20 Mar 2024	Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - Commons Reasons — Motion E1 (as an amendment to Motion E)	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	20 Mar 2024	Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - Commons Reasons — Motion D1 (as an amendment to Motion D)	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	11 Mar 2024	Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 14	aye	unknown	Unknown
24 Jan 2024	Became Member, Food, Diet and Obesity Committee
31 Dec 2023	Stopped being Member, Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee
Lords	6 Dec 2023	Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023 - Motion to Approve — Amendment to the Motion	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	23 Oct 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Commons Amendments and Reasons — Motion ZE1 (as an amendment to Motion ZE)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	23 Oct 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Commons Amendments and Reasons — Motion B1 (as an amendment to Motion B)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	12 Sep 2023	Energy Bill [HL] - Commons Amendments — Amendment to the Motion on Amendment 187	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	6 Sep 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Report (6th Day) — Amendment 198	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	6 Sep 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Report (6th Day) — Amendment 195	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	6 Sep 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Report (6th Day) — Amendment 193A	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	4 Sep 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Report (5th Day) — Amendment 190	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	13 Jun 2023	Financial Services and Markets Bill - Report (3rd Day) — Amendment 106	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	13 Jun 2023	Financial Services and Markets Bill - Report (3rd Day) — Amendment 104	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	17 Apr 2023	Energy Bill [HL] - Report (2nd Day) — Amendment 131	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	28 Mar 2023	Energy Bill [HL] - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 18	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	7 Feb 2023	Public Order Bill - Report (2nd Day) — Amendment 50	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	7 Feb 2023	Public Order Bill - Report (2nd Day) — Amendment 48	Majority	aye	Rebel
31 Jan 2023	Became Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
Lords	30 Jan 2023	Public Order Bill - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 8	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	25 Jan 2023	Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill - Report — Amendment 22	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	26 Oct 2022	Seafarers’ Wages Bill [HL] - Report — Amendment 5	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	26 Oct 2022	Seafarers’ Wages Bill [HL] - Report — Amendment 2	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	24 Oct 2022	Energy Prices Bill - Committee — Amendment 14	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	5 Jul 2022	Sitting Times - Motion to Resolve — Amendment to the Motion	minority	aye	Rebel
Lords	27 Apr 2022	Elections Bill - Commons Amendments and Reason — Motion B1 (as an amendment to Motion B)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	27 Apr 2022	Elections Bill - Commons Amendments and Reason — Motion A1 (as an amendment to Motion A)	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	27 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill - Commons Reasons — Motion A1 (as an amendment to Motion A)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	26 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill - Commons Amendments — Motion J1 (as an amendment to Motion J)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	26 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill - Commons Amendments — Motion F1 (as an amendment to Motion F)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	25 Apr 2022	Elections Bill - Report (2nd Day) — Amendment 63	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	6 Apr 2022	Elections Bill - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 39	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	5 Apr 2022	Health and Care Bill - Commons Amendments and Reasons — Motion J1 (as an amendment to Motion J)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	5 Apr 2022	Health and Care Bill - Commons Amendments and Reasons — Motion G1 (as an amendment to Motion G)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	5 Apr 2022	Health and Care Bill - Commons Amendments and Reasons — Motion D1 (as an amendment to Motion D)	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	5 Apr 2022	Health and Care Bill - Commons Amendments and Reasons — Motion C1 (as an amendment to Motion C)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	4 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill - Commons Amendments — Motion S1 (as an amendment to Motion S)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	4 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill - Commons Amendments — Motion R1 (as an amendment to Motion R)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	4 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill - Commons Amendments — Motion Q1 (as an amendment to Motion Q)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	4 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill - Commons Amendments — Motion J1 (as an amendment to Motion J)	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	4 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill - Commons Amendments — Motion G1 (as an amendment to Motion G)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	4 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill - Commons Amendments — Motion F1 (as an amendment to Motion F)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	22 Mar 2022	Subsidy Control Bill - Report — Amendment 4	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	15 Dec 2021	Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - Report (3rd Day) — Amendment 78B	aye	no	Rebel
Lords	14 Dec 2021	Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill - Report — Amendment 6	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	8 Dec 2021	Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - Report (1st Day) — Motion	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	16 Nov 2021	Dormant Assets Bill [HL] - Report — Amendment 6	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	19 Oct 2021	Telecommunications (Security) Bill - Report — Amendment 11	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	19 Oct 2021	Telecommunications (Security) Bill - Report — Amendment 8	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	19 Oct 2021	Telecommunications (Security) Bill - Report — Amendment 1	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	12 Oct 2021	Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL] - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 29	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	15 Sep 2021	Environment Bill - Report (4th Day) — Amendment 108A	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	15 Sep 2021	Environment Bill - Report (4th Day) — Amendment 99	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	13 Sep 2021	Environment Bill - Report (3rd Day) — Amendment 60	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	13 Sep 2021	Environment Bill - Report (3rd Day) — Amendment 53	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	13 Sep 2021	Environment Bill - Report (3rd Day) — Amendment 52	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	6 Sep 2021	Environment Bill - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 4	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	20 Jul 2021	Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL] - Report — Amendment 27	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	13 Jul 2021	Procedure and Privileges - Motion to Agree — Amendment to the Motion	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	10 Jun 2021	Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 - Motion to Annul	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	28 Apr 2021	Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 - Motion to Approve — Amendment to the Motion	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	28 Apr 2021	Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 - Motion to Approve — Amendment to the Motion	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	28 Apr 2021	Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 - Motion to Approve — Amendment to the Motion	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	15 Apr 2021	National Security and Investment Bill - Report — Amendment 39	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	14 Apr 2021	Financial Services Bill - Report (2nd Day) — Amendment 15	minority	no	Rebel
14 Apr 2021	Became Member, Windsor Framework Sub-Committee
Lords	25 Mar 2021	Covid-19 Pandemic and the Coronavirus Act 2020 - Motion to Regret	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	17 Mar 2021	Domestic Abuse Bill - Report (4th Day)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	3 Mar 2021	Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill - Report — Amendment 21	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	3 Mar 2021	Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill - Report — Amendment 18	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	3 Mar 2021	Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill - Report — Amendment 1	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	9 Feb 2021	Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill - Commons Reasons and Amendment — Motion E1 (as an amendment to Motion E)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	9 Feb 2021	Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill - Commons Reasons and Amendment — Motion B1 (as an amendment to Motion B)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	21 Jan 2021	Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill - Third Reading — Amendment to the Motion	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	12 Jan 2021	Medicines and Medical Devices Bill - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 7	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	11 Jan 2021	Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 11	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	11 Jan 2021	Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 9	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	11 Jan 2021	Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill - Report (1st Day) — Amendment 1	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	30 Dec 2020	European Union (Future Relationship) Bill - Second Reading (and remaining stages) — Amendment to the Motion	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	30 Dec 2020	Business of the House - Motion on Standing Orders — Amendment to the Motion	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	14 Dec 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - Commons Reasons and Amendments — Motion G1 (as an amendment to Motion G)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	25 Nov 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - Report (3rd Day) — Amendment 62A	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	9 Nov 2020	Agriculture Bill - Commons Amendments — Motion A2 (as an amendment to Motion A)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	22 Oct 2020	Citizens’ Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - Motion to Approve — Amendment to the Motion	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	20 Oct 2020	Agriculture Bill - Commons Reasons — Motion C1 (as an amendment to Motion C)	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	14 Oct 2020	Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL] - Commons Amendments — Motion 4A (as an amendment to the Motion on Amendment 4)	minority	no	Rebel
17 Sep 2020	Became Member, Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee
Lords	20 Jul 2020	Business and Planning Bill - Report — Amendment 40	minority	unknown	Unknown
Lords	1 Jul 2020	Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill - Report — Amendment 3	minority	no	Rebel
23 Jun 2020	Stopped being Member, Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee
Lords	15 Jun 2020	Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 - Motion to Approve — Amendment to the Motion	minority	aye	Rebel
Lords	15 Jun 2020	Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 - Motion to Approve — Amendment to the Motion	minority	no	Rebel
30 Jan 2020	Became Member, Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee
House	Date	Subject	Margaret Ritchie	SDLP Vote	Rôle
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Commons	19 Apr 2017	Early Parliamentary General Election	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	17 Nov 2016	Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit — Postpone Cuts	tellno	unknown	Unknown Teller
Commons	15 Mar 2016	Investigatory Powers Bill — Second Reading — Mass Surveillance	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Nov 2015	Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Bill — New Clause 1 — Report on Impacts	tellaye	aye	Teller
8 Jul 2015	Became Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Margaret Ritchie	SDLP Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow SDLP Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Shadow SDLP Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change),
Commons	9 Jul 2013	Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill — Clause 3 — Disqualification of Members of the House of Lords from Membership of Northern Ireland Assembly	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Jul 2013	Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill — Clause 1 — Transparancy of Political Donations — Start Date	tellaye	aye	Teller
23 Jan 2012	Became Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Commons	29 Nov 2011	Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill — Schedule 8 — Length of Transtional Period During Which Existing Control Orders Remain In Place	both	no	Rebel
6 May 2010	Became Shadow SDLP Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
6 May 2010	Became Shadow SDLP Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change),

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
100%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
37%	Academy Schools - for
67%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
91%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
0%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
29%	Asylum System - More strict
23%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
60%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
100%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
14%	Business and community control of schools: For
30%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
24%	Closed Material Proceedure
42%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
50%	Cull Badgers
75%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
58%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
0%	Easier access to abortion
10%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
71%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
33%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
77%	European Union Integration - For
27%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
50%	Fixed Term Parliaments
100%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
99%	Fully Elected House of Lords
81%	Further devolution to Scotland
79%	Further devolution to Wales
67%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
50%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
87%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
23%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
55%	Higher taxes on banks
0%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
50%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
42%	HS2 - In Favour
65%	Human Rights and Equality
0%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
50%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
17%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
12%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
23%	Increase the state pension age
33%	Increase VAT
83%	Inheritance Tax
100%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
67%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
50%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
38%	Localise Council Tax Support
38%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
10%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
60%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
75%	Mansion Tax
0%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
40%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Member trustees on pension boards
50%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
0%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
57%	Minimum Wage
100%	More funds for social care
58%	More powers for local councils
50%	No detention without charge or trial
71%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
60%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
50%	Police and Crime Commissioners
100%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
50%	Privatise Royal Mail
25%	Promote Occupational Pensions
100%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
84%	Public Ownership of Railways
64%	Rail Fares - Lower
7%	Reduce capital gains tax
33%	Reduce central funding for local government
50%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
10%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
15%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
21%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
34%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
34%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
50%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
38%	Register of Lobbyists
83%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
63%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
13%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
32%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
75%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
48%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
96%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
58%	Right to strike
50%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50%	Same Sex Marriage - for
42%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Sell England's Public Forests
100%	Smoking ban - In favour
75%	State control of bus services
74%	Stop climate change
50%	Support current and former armed service members
39%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
100%	Termination of pregnancy - against
6%	Tougher on illegal immigration
10%	Trade Unions - Restrict
0%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
9%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
100%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
83%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Margaret Ritchie MP, South Down (13856)

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