Voting Record — Nicholas Soames MP, Mid Sussex (10555)

Nicholas Soames is currently Member, International Relations and Defence Committee

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

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
House of Lords	28 Oct 2022	still in office	Con	0 votes out of 193, 0.0%	193 votes out of 314, 61.5%	0 times
Mid Sussex	4 Sep 2019	6 Nov 2019	Independent	no whip	19 votes out of 24, 79.2%	0 times
Mid Sussex	9 Jun 2017	3 Sep 2019	Con	21 votes out of 394, 5.3%	394 votes out of 439, 89.7%	0 times
Mid Sussex	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	1 vote out of 350, 0.3%	350 votes out of 467, 74.9%	0 times
Mid Sussex	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	5 votes out of 841, 0.6%	841 votes out of 1239, 67.9%	0 times
Mid Sussex	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	13 votes out of 682, 1.9%	682 votes out of 1288, 53.0%	0 times
Mid Sussex	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	2 votes out of 580, 0.3%	580 votes out of 1246, 46.5%	0 times
Mid Sussex	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	3 votes out of 626, 0.5%	626 votes out of 1273, 49.2%	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	Lord Soames of Fletching	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
31 Jan 2023	Became Member, International Relations and Defence Committee
House	Date	Subject	Nicholas Soames	Independent Vote	Rôle
Commons	31 Oct 2019	Draft Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 — Data Matching — Paperless Process	Majority	none	Free
Commons	29 Oct 2019	Early Parliamentary General Election Bill — Third Reading	Majority	none	Free
Commons	29 Oct 2019	Early Parliamentary General Election Bill — Clause 1 — Election Date — 9 vs 12 December	Majority	none	Free
Commons	29 Oct 2019	Business of the House — Arrangements for Consideration of the Early Parliamentary General Election Bill — Enable Opposition Amendments to be Made	minority	none	Free
Commons	28 Oct 2019	Early Parliamentary General Election	Majority	none	Free
Commons	24 Oct 2019	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government	Majority	none	Free
Commons	24 Oct 2019	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — Leaving the European Union	Majority	none	Free
Commons	24 Oct 2019	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — The Economy — In the Interest of the Many — Green Industrial Revolution	Majority	none	Free
Commons	23 Oct 2019	Draft Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 3) Regulations 2019	Majority	none	Free
Commons	23 Oct 2019	Draft Statutory Auditors, Third Country Auditors and International Accounting Standards (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	Majority	none	Free
Commons	23 Oct 2019	Draft Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	Majority	none	Free
Commons	23 Oct 2019	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — National Health Service	Majority	none	Free
Commons	22 Oct 2019	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill (Programme) — Completion of Consideration Within Three Sitting Days	minority	none	Free
Commons	22 Oct 2019	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	none	Free
Commons	19 Oct 2019	European Union Withdrawal — Withhold Approval of Withdrawal Agreement Unless and Until it is Implemented in UK Law	minority	none	Free
Commons	17 Oct 2019	Business of the House (Saturday 19 October) — Amendments and Votes	minority	none	Free
Commons	4 Sep 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — Third Reading — Requiring Prime Minister to Seek Delay to Withdrawal	Majority	none	Free
Commons	4 Sep 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — Clause 1 — Purpose of Delaying Withdrawal — Content of Bill to Implement Withdrawl Agreement	Majority	none	Free
Commons	4 Sep 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — Second Reading — Requiring Prime Minister to Seek Delay to Withdrawal	Majority	none	Free
House	Date	Subject	Nicholas Soames	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	1 Apr 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship — Motion (D) Common Market 2.0 — Retain Relatively Free Movement of People and Goods via European Free Trade Association Membership — External Tarriff Alignment with the EU	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Apr 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship — Motion (C) Customs Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Apr 2019	Business of the House — Proceedure for Consideration of the UK's Withdrawal From the EU	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (O) — Seeking Preferential Trade Arrangements To Apply In Absense of Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (J) — Customs Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (D) — Retain Freedom of Movement of People and Goods via European Free Trade Association Membership	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (B) — Leave Without a Deal on 12 April 2019	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	Business of the House — Proceedure for Consideration of the UK's Withdrawal From the EU	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2019	Business of the House — Precedence for Government Business	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2019	Business of the House — Enable MPs to Decide Between Leaving the European Union Without a Withdrawal Agreement and Delaying Withdrawal	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2019	Business of the House — Precedence for Government Business	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union — Delay Withdrawal if MPs Agree Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the EU — Consider Cross Party Proposal To Seek Majority Support in the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the EU — Preventing Delay Withdrawing Continuing Beyond 30 June 2019	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union — Leaving Without a Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Jan 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 — Seek to Delay Withdrawal Until 31 December 2019 if no Withdrawal Agreement by 26 February 2019	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Jan 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 — Prioritising Debate on Withdrawal in the House of Commons — Enabling MPs to Amend Motions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Jan 2019	Finance Bill — Clause 89 — Activing Treasury Powers to Maintain Effective Tax Laws on the UK's Withdrawal from the EU only in Certain Circumstances	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Dec 2018	Consideration of European Union Withdrawal Motions — Allowing Amendments	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Nicholas Soames	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	31 Oct 2016	Committee Appointments — Justice Committee — Kate Green and Keith Vaz	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Nicholas Soames	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Feb 2015	Serious Crime Bill — New Clause 1 — Making Clear Sex-Selective Abortion is Illegal	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 2 — New Election as A Result of Conviction of an MP for An Offence Committed Before Their Election or Before Recall Bill Coming Into Force	minority	aye	Rebel
10 Mar 2014	Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
25 Mar 2013	Became Member, Administration Committee
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Oct 2011	Protection of Freedoms Bill — Amendment to Programme Motion	minority	no	Rebel
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Standards and Privileges Committee
House	Date	Subject	Nicholas Soames	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to continue to be employed by MPs — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — outer-London MPs can no longer claim second home	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Jun 2008	Counter Terrorism Bill — Lord Chief Justice to appoint "special coroners" — rejected	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
31 Jan 2006	Became Member, Standards and Privileges Committee
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
5 May 2005	Stopped being Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
5 May 2005	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Defence,
House	Date	Subject	Nicholas Soames	Con Vote	Rôle
8 Nov 2003	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Defence,
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	aye	Rebel
12 Dec 2001	Became Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
House	Date	Subject	Nicholas Soames	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	27 Feb 2001	Hunting Bill - Disposal of fallen stock	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Deregulation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Apr 2000	Organ Transplants (Presumed Consent)	Majority	no	Rebel
18 Jan 2000	Stopped being Member, Public Administration Committee
2 Jul 1999	Became Member, Public Administration Committee
1 May 1997	Stopped being Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Armed Services),
20 Jul 1994	Became Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Armed Services),
20 Jul 1994	Stopped being Parliamentary Secretary (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food),
14 Apr 1992	Became Parliamentary Secretary (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food),

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
49%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Academy Schools - for
50%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
8%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
64%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
65%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
62%	Asylum System - More strict
77%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
1%	Ban fox hunting
20%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
85%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
84%	Closed Material Proceedure
81%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
13%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
0%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
77%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
50%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
45%	Easier access to abortion
90%	Employee Shareholder Status
100%	Employment rights
99%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
19%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
50%	Environmental water quality
95%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
32%	European Union Integration - For
80%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
71%	Fixed Term Parliaments
18%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
30%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
1%	Fox hunting - Ban
79%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
7%	Fully Elected House of Lords
27%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
17%	Further devolution to Scotland
22%	Further devolution to Wales
49%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
3%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
85%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
49%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
61%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
88%	HS2 - In Favour
31%	Human Rights and Equality
16%	Identity cards - For introduction
50%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
50%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
33%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
100%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
97%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
100%	Increase the state pension age
78%	Increase VAT
25%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
85%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
6%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
29%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
88%	Localise Council Tax Support
61%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
29%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
13%	Mansion Tax
73%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
72%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Member trustees on pension boards
100%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
19%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
0%	More funds for social care
36%	More powers for local councils
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
32%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
57%	Nuclear power - For
34%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
58%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
100%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
7%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
84%	Promote Occupational Pensions
33%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
96%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
80%	Reduce capital gains tax
83%	Reduce central funding for local government
100%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
93%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
92%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
85%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
64%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
71%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
0%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
1%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
25%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
63%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
25%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
90%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
15%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
42%	Right to strike
28%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
76%	Same Sex Marriage - for
89%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
32%	Smoking ban - In favour
25%	State control of bus services
34%	Stop climate change
22%	Support current and former armed service members
56%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
25%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
60%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
94%	Tougher on illegal immigration
100%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
46%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93%	University education fees - Should be free
43%	University Tuition Fees - For
95%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
25%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
2%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
0%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
14%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Nicholas Soames MP, Mid Sussex (10555)

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