Voting Record — Martin Horwood MP, Cheltenham (11494)

Martin Horwood

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	LDem	45 votes out of 901, 5.0%	901 votes out of 1239, 72.7%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	LDem	13 votes out of 877, 1.5%	877 votes out of 1288, 68.1%	4 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	Martin Horwood	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	25 Mar 2015	Draft Infrastructure Planning (Radioactive Waste Geological Disposal Facilities) Order 2015	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2015	Infrastructure Bill — New Clause 16 — Pubs and Bars — Demolition and Change of Use	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2015	Infrastructure Bill — New Clause 9 — Moratorium on Onshore Unconventional Petroleum — Review Impacts of Exploitation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2014	Transposing European Union Criminal Justice and Data Protection Measures into UK Law — Timetable Motion	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Jun 2014	Queen's Speech — The Economy and Living Standards	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jan 2014	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Schedule 3 — Inclusion of Staff Costs in Controlled Expenditure	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Dec 2013	Energy Bill — Enabling Carbon Dioxide Emissions Limits to be Applied to Stations Which Fit Pollution Abatement Equipment	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Nov 2013	European Union (Referendum) Bill — Clause 1 — Date of Referendum on the UK's Membership of the European Union	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	9 Oct 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 26 — Definition of Controlled Expenditure by Third Parties During Elections	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jun 2013	Opposition Day — Badger Cull	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Jun 2013	Energy Bill — Clause 1 — Requirement to Set a Decarbonisation Target Range	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jun 2013	Energy Bill — Clause 11 — Subsidy of Nuclear Power Generation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jun 2013	Energy Bill — New Clause 5 — Expert Panel To Advise Secretary of State On Using Powers to Regulate Energy Markets	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Apr 2013	Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Employee Shareholder Status — Exemption from Certain Statutory Employment Rights	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Apr 2013	Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Development orders: development within the curtilage of a dwelling house	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Apr 2013	Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Employee Shareholder Status	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Jan 2013	Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Third Reading — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Jan 2013	Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Clauses 1 to 3 and Schedule — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Dec 2012	Charities Act 2011 (Amendment) Bill — Presumption of Charitable Status for Religious Institutions	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Dec 2012	Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Dec 2012	Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Clause 25 — Employee Shareholder Status — Exemption from Certain Statutory Employment Rights	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Dec 2012	Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Clause 1 — Planning Applications Directly to Secretary of State	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Nov 2012	Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2012	Health and Social Care Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2012	Health and Social Care Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Election of Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Election of Backbench Business Committee by Parties	minority	no	Rebel
12 Mar 2012	Stopped being Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
Commons	2 Nov 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — New Clause 17 — Extension of Scope of Legal Aid	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — New Clause 26 — Offence of Squatting in a Residential building	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — New Clause 26 — Exemptions from Offence of Squatting in a Residential Building	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Evidence of Domestic Abuse Used In Relation to Eligibility for Civil Legal Aid	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Definition of Domestic Abuse Used In Relation to Eligibility for Civil Legal Aid	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Oct 2011	Protection of Freedoms Bill — Clause 3 — Retention of DNA and Fingerprint Information	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill — Should Secretary of State for Health "Secure" or "Provide or Secure" Services	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill — Clause 168 — Private Patient Income Cap	minority	no	Rebel
14 Jul 2011	Became Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
Commons	17 May 2011	Localism Bill — New Clause 29 — Retail Diversity Scheme	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 May 2011	Localism Bill — New Clause 15 — Clarification Local Finance Considerations Can Be Taken Into Account When Determining Planning Application	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2010	Superannuation Bill — Clause 3 — Time Limit on Renewal of Cap on Compensation for Civil Service Leavers	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Draft Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the AP1000 Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Draft Justification Decision (Generation of Electricity by the EPR Nuclear Reactor) Regulations 2010	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Superannuation Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2010	Superannuation Bill — Programme	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2010	Superannuation Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Require Impact Assessment of Effect of New Academy —rejected	minority	no	Rebel
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Environmental Audit Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
House	Date	Subject	Martin Horwood	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	8 Feb 2010	Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time) — Clause 1 — Temporary validity of certain Orders in Council	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Feb 2010	Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time) — Clause 1 — Temporary validity of certain Orders in Council	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Nov 2009	Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill — Should apply to GCHQ — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Feb 2009	Opposition Day — [3rd Allotted Day] — Parliamentary Standards (Constitutional Reform)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
19 Nov 2007	Stopped being Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Commons	25 Oct 2007	Modernisation of the House of Commons — Handheld email devices	Majority	unknown	Unknown
12 Jul 2007	Became Member, Environmental Audit Committee
Commons	26 Jun 2007	Deferred Divisions — Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill [Money]	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	Majority	aye	Rebel
27 Jun 2006	Stopped being Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
27 Jun 2006	Became Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — Clause 29 — Imprisonment or Fine	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs	minority	no	Rebel
10 Mar 2006	Became Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
Commons	14 Nov 2005	Violent Crime Reduction Bill — Clause 27 — Prohibition on sale or transfer of air weapons except by registered dealers	both	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Nov 2005	Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill (Programme)	both	aye	Rebel
12 Jul 2005	Became Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions 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
15%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Academy Schools - for
9%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
0%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67%	Apprenticeships
1%	Asylum System - More strict
18%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
19%	Business and community control of schools: For
60%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
98%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
84%	Closed Material Proceedure
81%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
0%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
13%	Cull Badgers
23%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
67%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
0%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
50%	Environmental water quality
88%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
68%	European Union Integration - For
90%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
83%	Fixed Term Parliaments
90%	Fully Elected House of Lords
4%	Further devolution to Scotland
34%	Further devolution to Wales
40%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
43%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
0%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
0%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
79%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
64%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
87%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
100%	HS2 - In Favour
56%	Human Rights and Equality
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
40%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
83%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
89%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
100%	Increase the state pension age
86%	Increase VAT
100%	Inheritance Tax
95%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
17%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
8%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
57%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
50%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
90%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
13%	Mansion Tax
52%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
88%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
18%	Minimum Wage
16%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
48%	More powers for local councils
38%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
0%	Nuclear power - For
48%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
84%	Police and Crime Commissioners
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
25%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
53%	Privatise Royal Mail
69%	Promote Occupational Pensions
38%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
17%	Reduce capital gains tax
100%	Reduce central funding for local government
100%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
84%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
85%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
57%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
32%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
100%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
16%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
100%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
33%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
82%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
44%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
50%	Right to strike
77%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
71%	Same Sex Marriage - for
74%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
100%	Smoking ban - In favour
0%	State control of bus services
81%	Stop climate change
6%	Support current and former armed service members
60%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
33%	Termination of pregnancy - against
67%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Trade Unions - Restrict
61%	Transparency of Parliament
17%	Trident replacement - In favour
50%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
55%	University Tuition Fees - For
94%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
100%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
60%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
0%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Martin Horwood MP, Cheltenham (11494)

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