Voting Record — Miss Melanie Johnson MP, Welwyn Hatfield (10315)

Miss Melanie Johnson

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 2 votes out of 639, 0.3% 639 votes out of 1246, 51.3% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 3 votes out of 993, 0.3% 993 votes out of 1273, 78.0% 3 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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HouseDateSubjectMiss Melanie JohnsonLab VoteRôle
11 May 2005Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health
13 Jun 2003Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry
13 Jun 2003Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
11 Jun 2001Stopped being Economic Secretary, HM Treasury
11 Jun 2001Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry
HouseDateSubjectMiss Melanie JohnsonLab VoteRôle
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
28 Jul 1999Became Economic Secretary, HM Treasury
Commons26 May 1999Line of Route minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Dec 1998Modernisation of the House - MEETINGS OF STANDING COMMITTEES (No. 1) tellayeaye Teller
Commons16 Dec 1998Modernisation of the House tellayeaye Teller
Commons16 Dec 1998Modernisation of the House tellnono Teller
Commons10 Dec 1997Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In minorityno Rebel

Policy Comparisons

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

AgreementPolicy
2% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100% Assisted Dying
84% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
50% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
98% Fully Elected House of Lords
25% Gambling - Against permissiveness
65% Homosexuality - Equal rights
100% Identity cards - For introduction
97% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
90% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
25% No detention without charge or trial
50% Nuclear power - For
23% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
92% Post office - in favour of Government policy
8% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
100% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
7% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
79% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
9% Schools - Greater Autonomy
42% Smoking ban - In favour
95% Stop climate change
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
10% University education fees - Should be free
97% University Tuition Fees - For
90% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, 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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
96.7% Robert JacksonWantagewhilst Lab
94.4% Iain WrightHartlepoolLab
93.6% Liam ByrneBirmingham, Hodge HillLab
89.7% John ReidHamilton North and BellshillLab
89.5% Tessa JowellDulwich and West NorwoodLab

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