Voting Record — Mark Oaten MP, Winchester (10459)

Mark Oaten

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

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	LDem	6 votes out of 389, 1.5%	389 votes out of 1288, 30.2%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	LDem	24 votes out of 696, 3.4%	696 votes out of 1246, 55.9%	0 times
20 Nov 1997	14 May 2001	LDem	12 votes out of 620, 1.9%	620 votes out of 1182, 52.5%	2 times
1 May 1997	6 Oct 1997	LDem	0 votes out of 39, 0.0%	39 votes out of 76, 51.3%	0 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	Mark Oaten	LDem Vote	Rôle
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee)
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
7 Oct 2009	Became Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee)
7 Oct 2009	Stopped being Member, Committee on Arms Export Controls
7 Oct 2009	Became Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
7 Oct 2009	Stopped being Member, Business and Enterprise Committee
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' financial interests — Full and complete registration	minority	aye	Rebel
29 Sep 2008	Became Member, Committee on Arms Export Controls
Commons	30 Jun 2008	Energy Security — Commends the Government's effort	Majority	aye	Rebel
29 Apr 2008	Became Member, Business and Enterprise Committee
Commons	28 Mar 2007	Communications Allowance — establishment	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2006	Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs — Termination of Pregnancy	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration	minority	aye	Rebel
23 Jan 2006	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Home Affairs
House	Date	Subject	Mark Oaten	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Support For Members Who Have Chosen Not To Take Their Seats	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 2 — Excluded decisions (No. 2)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 1 — Excluded decisions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2004	Human Tissue Bill — New Clause 1 — Determination of consent for removal, storage and use of organs from Adults for purpose of transplantation	Majority	aye	Rebel
11 Jun 2004	Stopped being Member, Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004	Became Member, Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	25 May 2004	Gender Recognition Bill [Lords] — Religion	Majority	aye	Rebel
26 Jan 2004	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Home Affairs
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 14 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Mink	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 6 — Use of Dogs Below Ground (No. 2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Apr 2003	Smoking (Restaurants) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Hunting Under Licence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2002	Identity Card	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Dec 2001	Facilities of the House	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Nov 2001	Human Reproductive Cloning Bill [Lords] (Allocation of Time) — Miscellaneous	both	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Parliamentary Pensions	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution)	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mark Oaten	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	27 Feb 2001	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Feb 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting With Dogs: Prohibition	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Nov 2000	Honours and Decorations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Nov 2000	Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions	minority	no	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	4 Jul 2000	Local Government Bill [Lords] — Proportional representation for local elections in England and Wales	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2000	Disqualifications Bill	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	25 Jan 2000	Parental Authority	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 1999	Health Bill [Lords] - Criteria for appraisals by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Nov 1997	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mark Oaten	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	11 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	minority	unknown	Unknown

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
41%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Assisted Dying
14%	Asylum System - More strict
14%	Ban fox hunting
18%	Business and community control of schools: For
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
0%	Control Orders
0%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
18%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Easier access to abortion
60%	European Union Integration - For
0%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
14%	Fox hunting - Ban
90%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
84%	Fully Elected House of Lords
76%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
25%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
50%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
85%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
50%	Human Rights and Equality
3%	Identity cards - For introduction
100%	Increase VAT
2%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
92%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
100%	Minimum Wage
50%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100%	No detention without charge or trial
6%	Nuclear power - For
77%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
50%	Privatise Royal Mail
58%	Promote Occupational Pensions
100%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
26%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Right to strike
82%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
23%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
22%	Smoking ban - In favour
63%	Stop climate change
100%	Support current and former armed service members
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
50%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100%	Trade Unions - Restrict
0%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
50%	Trident replacement - In favour
92%	University education fees - Should be free
1%	University Tuition Fees - For
1%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
98%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
98%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
90.9%	Charles Kennedy	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	LDem
90.2%	Menzies Campbell	North East Fife	LDem
89.3%	Alistair Carmichael	Orkney and Shetland	LDem
89.2%	David Laws	Yeovil	LDem
88.5%	Alan Reid	Argyll and Bute	LDem

Voting Record — Mark Oaten MP, Winchester (10459)

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