Voting Record — Martin Smyth MP, Belfast South (10553)

Martin Smyth

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
9 Jan 2004	11 Apr 2005	UUP	2 votes out of 250, 0.8%	250 votes out of 471, 53.1%	0 times
23 Jun 2003	8 Jan 2004	Independent Ulster Unionist	no whip	81 votes out of 171, 47.4%	1 time
7 Jun 2001	22 Jun 2003	UUP	3 votes out of 322, 0.9%	322 votes out of 604, 53.3%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	UUP	0 votes out of 423, 0.0%	423 votes out of 1273, 33.2%	24 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 Smyth	UUP Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Commons	8 Mar 2005	Road Safety Bill — New Clause 21 — outlaws modifications to vehicles that could increase injury	minority	no	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Commons	12 May 2004	Deferred Division — Visitor Facilities	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Martin Smyth	Independent Ulster Unionist Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Jan 2004	Care Homes	minority	none	Free
Commons	7 Jan 2004	NHS Performance Indicators	minority	none	Free
Commons	6 Jan 2004	National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill (Programme)	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Dec 2003	Deferred Division — Extradition	minority	none	Free
Commons	16 Dec 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — Clause 4 — Electoral Commission report	minority	none	Free
Commons	16 Dec 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — Clause 1 — Piloting conduct at european and local elections	minority	none	Free
Commons	16 Dec 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — Clause 1 — Piloting conduct at european and local elections	minority	none	Free
Commons	16 Dec 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — New Clause 4 — Conduct of elections under a pilot order	minority	none	Free
Commons	16 Dec 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — New Clause 2 — Additional provisions in respect of postal voting	minority	none	Free
Commons	9 Dec 2003	Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 10 — Local Development Plan	minority	none	Free
Commons	9 Dec 2003	Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 10 — Local Development Plan	minority	none	Free
Commons	3 Dec 2003	Public Services, Health and Education	minority	none	Free
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 15 — Private Health Care	minority	none	Free
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 15 — Private Health Care	minority	none	Free
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 3 — General Duty of Regulator	minority	none	Free
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS foundation trusts	minority	none	Free
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (Programme) (No. 3)	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — New Clause	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 78 — Authorisation of Investigations	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 43 — Application by Prosecution for Trial to be Conducted without Jury where Danger of Jury Tampering	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 42 — Applications by Prosecution for Certain Complex or Lengthy Trials to be Conducted without Jury	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be conducted without Jury	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill (Programme)	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Sexual Offences Bill [Lords] — New Clause	minority	none	Free
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Grammar Schools (Ballots and Consultation)	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Nov 2003	Taxes — Taxes	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Nov 2003	Taxes	minority	none	Free
Commons	12 Nov 2003	Constitution for Europe (Referendum)	minority	none	Free
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies	minority	none	Free
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	minority	none	Free
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 11 — Consultation On The Cost Of Environmental Protection Measures	minority	none	Free
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — Schedule 1 — The Water Services Regulation Authority	minority	none	Free
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Commencement and Expiry of Licences	minority	none	Free
Commons	5 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 3)	minority	none	Free
Commons	5 Nov 2003	Decommissioning (Northern Ireland)	minority	none	Free
Commons	29 Oct 2003	Mersey Tunnels Bill — Schedule 1 — Amendment of the 1980 Act: Levying, Revision and Application of Tolls	Majority	none	Free
Commons	29 Oct 2003	Cannabis — reclassification from class B to class C	minority	none	Free
Commons	28 Oct 2003	Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords] — New Clause 17 — Directions to Waste Disposal Authorities	minority	none	Free
Commons	28 Oct 2003	Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords] — New Clause 5 — Environmental impact assessment of incineration	minority	none	Free
Commons	22 Oct 2003	Deferred Division — Recovery Plan for Cod and the Recovery of the Northern Hake Stock	minority	none	Free
Commons	22 Oct 2003	Iraq — Judicial Inquiry — Not necessary	minority	none	Free
Commons	22 Oct 2003	Iraq — Set up of judicial inquiry — rejected	minority	none	Free
Commons	21 Oct 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill (Carry-over)	minority	none	Free
Commons	21 Oct 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill (Programme)	minority	none	Free
Commons	21 Oct 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill	minority	none	Free
Commons	20 Oct 2003	Courts Bill [Lords] — Clause 4 — Establishment of Courts Boards	minority	none	Free
Commons	20 Oct 2003	Courts Bill [Lords] — Clause 1 — The General Duty	minority	none	Free
Commons	20 Oct 2003	Courts Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Judicial Independence	minority	none	Free
Commons	14 Oct 2003	Crime (International Co-operation) Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Driver Licensing Information — Clause 27 — Exercise of Powers by Others	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Sep 2003	Deferred Division — Implementation and Compliance of the Common Fisheries Policy	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Sep 2003	Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission Etc.) Bill [Lords] [Ways and Means] — Clause 12 — Short Title, Commencement and Repeals	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Sep 2003	Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission Etc.) Bill [Lords] [Ways and Means] — Clause 4 — Resolutions About Exclusion	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Sep 2003	Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission Etc.) Bill [Lords] [Ways and Means] — [Sir Michael Lord in the Chair] — Clause 1 — The Monitoring Commission	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Sep 2003	Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission Etc.) Bill [Lords] [Ways and Means] — [Sir Michael Lord in the Chair] — Clause 1 — The Monitoring Commission	tellaye	none	Free Teller
Commons	17 Sep 2003	Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Bill [Lords]	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Sep 2003	Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Bill (Allocation of Time)	minority	none	Free
Commons	16 Sep 2003	EU Constitution	minority	none	Free
Commons	16 Sep 2003	EU Constitution	minority	none	Free
Commons	16 Jul 2003	Deferred Divisions — Immigration — Social Security	minority	none	Free
Commons	16 Jul 2003	Asylum (Designated States) (No. 2) Order 2003	minority	none	Free
Commons	16 Jul 2003	Iraq — Foreign Affairs Committee Report	minority	none	Free
Commons	15 Jul 2003	Sexual Offences Bill	minority	none	Free
Commons	14 Jul 2003	Communications Bill — Clause 340 — Modification of Disqualification Provisions	minority	none	Free
Commons	14 Jul 2003	Communications Bill (Programme) (No. 3)	minority	none	Free
Commons	9 Jul 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 1 — Compensation	minority	none	Free
Commons	9 Jul 2003	Convention on the Future of Europe	minority	none	Free
Commons	9 Jul 2003	Convention on the Future of Europe	minority	none	Free
Commons	8 Jul 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Schedule 13 — Repeals and Revocations	minority	none	Free
Commons	8 Jul 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — New Clause 2 — Duty of The CHAI to Prepare Standards Guidance Relating to Health Care	minority	none	Free
Commons	8 Jul 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — New Clause 9 — Foundation Patients' Fora	minority	none	Free
Commons	8 Jul 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — NHS Community Trusts	minority	none	Free
Commons	8 Jul 2003	Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (Programme) (No. 2)	minority	none	Free
Commons	8 Jul 2003	House of Lords Reform — Exclusion of remaining Hereditary Peers	minority	none	Free
Commons	2 Jul 2003	Road and Rail Transport	minority	none	Free
Commons	25 Jun 2003	Deferred Division — Sexual Orientation Discrimination	Majority	none	Free
Commons	25 Jun 2003	Fair Trade	minority	none	Free
Commons	25 Jun 2003	Tuition Fees	minority	none	Free
Commons	24 Jun 2003	Licensing Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 3)	minority	none	Free
Commons	24 Jun 2003	Anti-social Behaviour Bill — third reading—	Majority	none	Free
Commons	24 Jun 2003	Anti-social Behaviour Bill — Clause 29 — Dispersal of Groups and Removal of Persons Under 16 to Their Place of Residence	Majority	none	Free
Commons	24 Jun 2003	Anti-social Behaviour Bill (Programme) (No. 2)	minority	none	Free
House	Date	Subject	Martin Smyth	UUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	25 Mar 2003	Extradition Bill — Clause 63 — Extradition Offences: Person Not Sentenced for Offence	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Apr 2002	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	28 Jan 2002	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Bodies	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	21 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Amendment to Clause 109 — Implementation of the third pillar	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Martin Smyth	UUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 May 2000	Northern Ireland (Flags)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Apr 2000	Medical Treatment (Prevention of Euthanasia) Bill — Continuation of Debate	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	6 Apr 2000	Patten Report	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	27 Mar 2000	"Table - 12. Amusement machine licence duty (rates of duty)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Mar 2000	"Table	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	8 Feb 2000	Northern Ireland Bill - Ending suspension	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Jan 2000	Medical Treatment (Prevention of Euthanasia) Bill — Second Reading	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2000	Disqualifications Bill - Disqualification from ministerial office in United Kingdom	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 Jan 2000	Disqualifications Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Jul 1999	Northern Ireland Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Jul 1999	Northern Ireland Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 May 1999	Northern Ireland (Location of Victims' Remains) Bill - Funeral expenses	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Dec 1998	Decommissioning and Prisoner Releases	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Oct 1998	Working Time	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	31 Jul 1998	Northern Ireland Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Jul 1998	Northern Ireland Bill - Transferred, excepted and reserved matters	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	15 Jun 1998	Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Jun 1998	Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Apr 1998	Northern Ireland (Elections) Bill - The Assembly	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 1998	Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 1998	Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill — Secretary of State's Powers to Prohibit Public Processions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 1998	Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] - Functions of the Commission	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 1998	Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] - Prohibition orders	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 Feb 1998	Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] - The Commission's powers to impose conditions on public processions	tellaye	aye	Teller

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
79%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Assisted Dying
47%	Asylum System - More strict
30%	Ban fox hunting
0%	Business and community control of schools: For
32%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
60%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
30%	Fox hunting - Ban
61%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
50%	Fully Elected House of Lords
88%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
41%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
72%	Identity cards - For introduction
100%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
92%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
40%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Minimum Wage
17%	No detention without charge or trial
100%	Nuclear power - For
50%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
29%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
71%	Post office closures - against
0%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
93%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
1%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
50%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
96%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	Stop climate change
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
71%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
92%	University education fees - Should be free
3%	University Tuition Fees - For
92%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, Westminster Parliament (whilst UUP). 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
100.0%	Mr Howard Flight	Arundel and South Downs	whilst Independent
93.8%	Mr Jonathan Sayeed	Mid Bedfordshire	whilst Independent
87.2%	Ann Winterton	Congleton	whilst Con
83.3%	Ann Winterton	Congleton	whilst Independent Conservative
78.2%	Mr Andrew Hunter	Basingstoke	whilst DUP

Voting Record — Martin Smyth MP, Belfast South (10553)

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