Patrick Mercer compared to 'Openness and Transparency

voted ambiguously on the policy

Openness and Transparency - In Favour

by scoring 44.9% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Patrick Mercer	Policy vote
Commons	20 Apr 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Keep disclosure for MPs' expenses — rejected	absent	minority (strong)
Commons	20 Apr 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Exempt only correspondence — rejected	absent	minority (strong)
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Continue to disclose MPs' correspondence — rejected	absent	minority (strong)
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Exempt constituents' letters only — rejected	absent	minority (strong)
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading	absent	minority (strong)
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	absent	minority (strong)
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' financial interests — Full and complete registration	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — No lower limit for declaration	absent	Majority (strong)
House	Date	Subject	Patrick Mercer	Policy vote
Commons	18 Jan 2012	Local Government Finance Bill — Schedule 1 — Process for National vs Local Allocation of Business Rates	Majority	minority
Commons	7 Feb 2012	Opposition Day — Banking — Access to Credit for Businesses — Banking Sector Pay Reform	Majority	minority
Commons	22 Feb 2012	Health and Social Care Bill Risk Register	Majority	minority (strong)
Commons	25 Apr 2012	Civil Aviation Bill — Clause 84 — Requirement for Civil Aviation Authority to Publish Information on Greenhouse Gas Emissions	Majority	minority
Commons	17 Jul 2013	Publication of NHS Transition Risk Register and Implementation of Key Francis Recommendations	absent	minority (strong)
Commons	3 Sep 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Decline Second Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	3 Sep 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Second Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	9 Sep 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 1 — Personal Registration of Employed Lobbyists	absent	minority
Commons	9 Sep 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 2 — Scope of Register of Lobbyists	absent	minority
Commons	9 Oct 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Third Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	22 Jan 2014	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 2 — Inclusion of Those Who Lobby Special Advisers In Register of Lobbyists	absent	minority (strong)

How the number is calculated

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

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	No of votes	Points	Out of
Most important votes (50 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	1	0	50
MP absent	14	350	700
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	3	0	30
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	2	2	4
Total:		352	784
*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

agreement score =

MP's points

total points

352

784

= 44.9 %.

How the number is calculated

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