Voting Record — Martin Caton MP, Gower (10096)

Martin Caton

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
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	5 votes out of 786, 0.6%	786 votes out of 1239, 63.4%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	29 votes out of 1040, 2.8%	1040 votes out of 1288, 80.7%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	26 votes out of 1002, 2.6%	1002 votes out of 1246, 80.4%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	14 votes out of 964, 1.5%	964 votes out of 1273, 75.7%	1 time

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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	Martin Caton	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
Commons	27 Oct 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Sep 2014	UK Air Strikes Against ISIL in Iraq	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jun 2013	Energy Bill — Clause 11 — Subsidy of Nuclear Power Generation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Oct 2011	House of Commons Recess Dates — Winter 2011-12	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Mar 2011	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Clause 152 — Director of Public Prosecution's Consent — Universal Jurisdiction Arrest Warrants in Private Prosecutions	minority	no	Rebel
6 Dec 2010	Became Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
House	Date	Subject	Martin Caton	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	10 Nov 2009	Welfare Reform Bill — Financial penalties should not apply to single parents of under-fives — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2009	Coroners and Justice Bill — Enable Minister to Replace Inquest With Inquiry — Incercept Evidence in Inquests	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Jul 2009	Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry — New Clause 1 — Implementation of section 1	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 1 — Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: "work for your benefit" schemes etc.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — New Clause 1 — Jobseeker's allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — National Planning Policy Statement To Include Policies Which Help Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2008	Energy Bill — Renewable energy feed-in tariff — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Apr 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 16 — Earnings link	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2008	Housing and Regeneration Bill — Subsidy arrangements: formula and exclusions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2008	Housing and Regeneration Bill — Code of practice for consultations — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Mar 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Parliamentary control of decisions made at the European Union level — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Preventing prison officers from taking industrial action	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 May 2007	Orders of the Day — Clause 81 — "Local improvement targets": interpretation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — New Clause 11 — Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3(2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Dec 2006	Orders of the Day — Offender Management Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Mar 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 28 Days — but not 60	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Clause 1 — Offence of Encouragement of Terrorism — "intends"	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Oct 2005	Identity Cards Bill — Compulsory registration when applying for a Passport	minority	no	Rebel
17 Jul 2005	Stopped being Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
12 Jul 2005	Became Member, Environmental Audit Committee
House	Date	Subject	Martin Caton	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	8 Nov 2004	Housing Bill — Decent Homes Standard for Social Housing	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Nov 2004	Housing Bill — Improvements in Energy Efficiency — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Powers of consideration and representation by Children's Commissioner for Wales	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Children's Commissioner: functions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Mar 2004	Higher Education Bill — New Clause 5 — Abolition of tuition fees chargeable to qualifying student	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to asylum seekers even when they make a late claim — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Asylum appeals should be referred to a higher court — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to failed asylum seekers and their families — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Jan 2004	Higher Education Bill — Second Reading — Increase in University Tuition Fees	minority	aye	Rebel
16 Dec 2003	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS foundation trusts	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Jul 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — NHS Foundation Trusts	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Declaration of War	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Endorse UN Security Council Resolution 1441 — Final Opportunity for Iraq to Disarm	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Nov 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers can be placed in accommodation centres even if there is no local school pace for dependent children	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Feb 2002	Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
12 Dec 2001	Became Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Business of the House	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Parliamentary Pensions	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Martin Caton	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2000	Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill - Annual increase in basic retirement pension	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: reduction for pension payments	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - New allowances for bereaved spouses	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Jul 1999	Employment Relations Bill - New Clause	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	20 May 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Feb 1999	House of Lords Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Sep 1998	Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill - Evidence and inferences: Great Britain	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Social Security Bill - Power to reduce child benefit for lone parents	minority	no	Rebel
14 Jul 1997	Became Member, Welsh Affairs Committee

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
38%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
34%	Academy Schools - for
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
0%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
72%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Ban fox hunting
92%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
32%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
20%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
91%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
0%	Cull Badgers
62%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
25%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
50%	Easier access to abortion
20%	Employee Shareholder Status
0%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
94%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
50%	Environmental water quality
6%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
76%	European Union Integration - For
12%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
29%	Fixed Term Parliaments
40%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
91%	Fully Elected House of Lords
55%	Further devolution to Scotland
60%	Further devolution to Wales
57%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
75%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
93%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
24%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
14%	Higher taxes on banks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
92%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
50%	HS2 - In Favour
61%	Human Rights and Equality
83%	Identity cards - For introduction
80%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
22%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
11%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
10%	Increase VAT
0%	Inheritance Tax
2%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
28%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
94%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
35%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
60%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
95%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
12%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
89%	Minimum Wage
38%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
56%	More powers for local councils
24%	No detention without charge or trial
92%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
99%	Nuclear power - For
51%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Police and Crime Commissioners
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
35%	Promote Occupational Pensions
56%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
83%	Reduce capital gains tax
13%	Reduce central funding for local government
0%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
9%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
6%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
27%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
31%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
62%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
67%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
87%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
83%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
50%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
16%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
58%	Right to strike
38%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
96%	Same Sex Marriage - for
22%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
84%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	State control of bus services
55%	Stop climate change
94%	Support current and former armed service members
60%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8%	Trade Unions - Restrict
29%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
17%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
68%	University education fees - Should be free
31%	University Tuition Fees - For
30%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
83%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Martin Caton MP, Gower (10096)

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