Voting Record — Owen Paterson MP, North Shropshire (10473)

Owen Paterson

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
13 Dec 2019	5 Nov 2021	Con	3 votes out of 320, 0.9%	320 votes out of 386, 82.9%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	15 votes out of 391, 3.8%	391 votes out of 463, 84.4%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	5 votes out of 356, 1.4%	356 votes out of 467, 76.2%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	1 vote out of 623, 0.2%	623 votes out of 1239, 50.3%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	14 votes out of 795, 1.8%	795 votes out of 1288, 61.7%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	6 votes out of 821, 0.7%	821 votes out of 1246, 65.9%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	3 votes out of 703, 0.4%	703 votes out of 1273, 55.2%	17 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	Owen Paterson	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	27 Apr 2021	Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jun 2020	Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill — New Clause 1 — Funding Counselling, Support and Research — Marriage and Civil Partnerships	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2020	Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill — Clause 1 — Communications Network Operators — High Risk Vendors — Access to Install Services	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Owen Paterson	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	18 Jul 2019	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — Lords Amendments — Abortion — Marriage and Civil Partnerships — Transparency etc.	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jul 2019	High Speed Rail (West Midlands — Crewe) Bill — Third Reading — Phase 2a of HS2 — Fradley Wood to Crewe	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jul 2019	High Speed Rail (West Midlands — Crewe) Bill — New Clause 5 — Non-Disclosure Agreements	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Jul 2019	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — New Clause 1 — Marriage of Same-Sex Couples	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Apr 2019	Exiting the European Union — Delay Until 30 June 2019	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — Alternative Date for the UK Leaving the EU	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — Length of Delay to the UK Leaving the EU	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — Arrangements for Moving a Motion on Seeking to Delay the UK Leaving the EU	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — New Clause 4 — Amendability of Motions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — No Delay to Withdrawal Beyond 22 May 2019	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Apr 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill — Clause 1 — Directions for the Prime Minister	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union — Withdrawal — Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	Draft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019- Delay Withdrawal from 29 March to 12 April or 22 May	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2019	European Union Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jan 2019	European Union Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Owen Paterson	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	8 Dec 2015	Prum Convention — Data Sharing with Certain European Countries to Combat Crime and Terrorism	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2015	Selection of the UK Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2015	European Union Referendum Bill — Government Influence in Referendum Campaign	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2015	European Union Referendum Bill — New Clause 11 — Restrictions on Government Activities Which Could Influence Referendum	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Jun 2015	European Union Referendum Bill — Schedule 1 — Publication of Campaign Material by Government and Public Bodies	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Owen Paterson	Con Vote	Rôle
15 Jul 2014	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
6 Sep 2012	Became The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,
6 Sep 2012	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill 2011 — Independent Abortion Advice	minority	no	Rebel
12 May 2010	Became The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
6 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
House	Date	Subject	Owen Paterson	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	3 Mar 2009	Business of the House — Select Committees (Chairmen), Liaison Committee and Green Book	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Jun 2008	Counter Terrorism Bill — Lord Chief Justice to appoint "special coroners" — rejected	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
3 Jul 2007	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
3 Jul 2007	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Transport),
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
10 Nov 2006	Became Shadow Minister (Transport),
10 Nov 2006	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Short Speeches	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 May 2006	Deferred Division — Conventions (Joint Committee)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Oct 2005	Became Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
Commons	19 Jul 2005	Crossrail Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Owen Paterson	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Connecting Parliament with the Public	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords] — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2004	Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 May 2004	Deferred Division — Visitor Facilities	minority	aye	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
1 Jun 2001	Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
House	Date	Subject	Owen Paterson	Con Vote	Rôle
11 May 2001	Stopped being Member, Welsh Affairs Committee
11 May 2001	Stopped being Member, Agriculture Committee
Commons	23 Apr 2001	Finance Bill - Interpretation of Part	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	9 Apr 2001	Finance Bill (Programme)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	3 Apr 2001	International Criminal Court Bill [Lords] (Programme) - Lords messages	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Apr 2001	Armed Forces Bill - Extension of jurisdiction	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	2 Apr 2001	Armed Forces Bill (Programme) (No. 2) - Consideration of Lords Amendments and further messages from the Lords	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Mar 2001	Election of a Speaker — Election of Speaker by secret ballot	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2001	Criminal Justice and Police Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Mar 2001	Criminal Justice and Police Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Feb 2001	Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill [Lords] (Programme) - Lords messages	tellno	no	Teller
20 Nov 2000	Stopped being Member, European Scrutiny Committee
1 Jun 2000	Became Opposition Whip (Commons),
Commons	29 Feb 2000	Government Resources and Accounts Bill - Public service agencies' accounts: scrutiny	tellaye	aye	Teller
21 Feb 2000	Became Member, Agriculture Committee
Commons	30 Nov 1999	Northern Ireland	minority	aye	Rebel
26 Jul 1999	Became Member, European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	14 May 1999	Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill - Offences relating to fur farming	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	14 May 1999	Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill - Appropriate authority responsibility for forfeited animals	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	5 Mar 1999	Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill	tellno	unknown	Unknown Teller
Commons	2 Sep 1998	Business of the House (Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Apr 1998	National Lottery Bill [Lords] [Money]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Hunting beginning in the Republic of Ireland	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Gun Packs	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Mink	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Power to amend	tellno	no	Teller
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
88%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
94%	Academy Schools - for
19%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
77%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
26%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
95%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
47%	Apprenticeships
25%	Assisted Dying
70%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
100%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
0%	Ban fox hunting
36%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
76%	Business and community control of schools: For
75%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
84%	Closed Material Proceedure
77%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
1%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
0%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
50%	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
45%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
8%	Easier access to abortion
70%	Employee Shareholder Status
59%	Employment rights
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
17%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
10%	Environmental water quality
73%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
25%	European Union Integration - For
76%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
31%	Fire Safety
49%	Fixed Term Parliaments
12%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
65%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
50%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
72%	Fully Elected House of Lords
25%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
21%	Further devolution to Scotland
19%	Further devolution to Wales
51%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
69%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
19%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
83%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
36%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
24%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
56%	HS2 - In Favour
23%	Human Rights and Equality
12%	Identity cards - For introduction
36%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
50%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
33%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
84%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
72%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
50%	Increase the state pension age
84%	Increase VAT
17%	Inheritance Tax
98%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
83%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
22%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
14%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
36%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
88%	Localise Council Tax Support
68%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
48%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
25%	Mansion Tax
58%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
62%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Member trustees on pension boards
50%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
28%	Minimum Wage
34%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
0%	More funds for social care
33%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
39%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
72%	Nuclear power - For
33%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
58%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
100%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
84%	Police and Crime Commissioners
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
12%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
85%	Privatise Royal Mail
62%	Promote Occupational Pensions
26%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
84%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
31%	Public Ownership of Railways
12%	Rail Fares - Lower
70%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
86%	Reduce capital gains tax
60%	Reduce central funding for local government
25%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
89%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
83%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
80%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
70%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
88%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
70%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
100%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
0%	Regulate letting agent fees
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
15%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
38%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
77%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
56%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
25%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
81%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
14%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
36%	Right to strike
19%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
42%	Same Sex Marriage - for
89%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
25%	State control of bus services
28%	Stop climate change
35%	Support current and former armed service members
49%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
93%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
86%	Tougher on illegal immigration
85%	Trade Unions - Restrict
77%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
92%	University education fees - Should be free
43%	University Tuition Fees - For
91%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
8%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
0%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
43%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Owen Paterson MP, North Shropshire (10473)

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