Voting Record — Paul Rowen MP, Rochdale (11784)

Paul Rowen

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
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	LDem	25 votes out of 805, 3.1%	805 votes out of 1288, 62.5%	23 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	Paul Rowen	LDem Vote	Rôle
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Public Administration Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Work and Pensions Minister,
Commons	9 Feb 2010	Bill Presented — Climate Change (Sectoral Targets) Bill — New Clause 88 — Referendum on voting systems	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Dec 2009	Equality Bill — Schedule 9 — Work: exceptions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Mar 2009	Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (easter)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	Majority	no	Rebel
8 Jan 2009	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions
8 Jan 2009	Became Shadow Work and Pensions Minister,
8 Jan 2009	Stopped being Whip,
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Modernisation of the House of Commons (Standing Orders)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Business of the House — Regional Grand Committees	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Nov 2008	New Standing Order — Regional Select Committees — Membership	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 Nov 2008	Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day] — Post Office Card Account	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	10 Nov 2008	Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day] — Post Office Card Account	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Third Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of period of detention to 42 days — Order	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jun 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Extension of Maximim Period of Police Detention Without Charge in Terror Cases from 28 to 42 Days	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 May 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 6 — Learning and support contracts	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 May 2008	Orders of the Day — New Clause 18 — Selection by aptitude	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 May 2008	Delegated Legislation — Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill	tellno	no	Teller
6 Mar 2008	Became Whip,
Commons	6 Feb 2008	Deferred Division — Local government	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	12 Dec 2007	Northern Rock	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	17 Jul 2007	Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — State pension	tellno	no	Teller
5 Jul 2007	Became Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions
5 Jul 2007	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Transport
Commons	26 Jun 2007	Deferred Divisions — Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill [Money]	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jun 2007	Orders of the Day — New Clause 8 — Rural Fuel Discount Scheme	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Jun 2007	Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Nov 2006	Orders of the Day — Treasury and Work and Pensions	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Oct 2006	Orders of the Day — New Clause 75 — Requirement for audit of business review	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Oct 2006	Green Taxes — Motion	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	20 Jun 2006	Orders of the Day — New Clause 17 — Non-resident Parents	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Jun 2006	Parliamentary and Local Elections (Choice of Electoral Systems)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Regulate schools' admissions policies — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	24 May 2006	Education and Inspections Bill — Requirements as to composition of governing bodies — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	10 May 2006	Orders of the Day — Schedule 2 — Amendments to the Police Act 1996	tellaye	aye	Teller
26 Apr 2006	Became Member, Public Administration Committee
19 Oct 2005	Became Shadow Minister, Transport

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
84%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Asylum System - More strict
0%	Business and community control of schools: For
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
3%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
0%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
25%	Easier access to abortion
74%	European Union Integration - For
84%	Fully Elected House of Lords
99%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
0%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
36%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
83%	Human Rights and Equality
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
50%	Increase VAT
75%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
4%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
16%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	Nuclear power - For
56%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
17%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
92%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
86%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
100%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Right to strike
100%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
99%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	Stop climate change
100%	Support current and former armed service members
92%	Termination of pregnancy - against
83%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100%	Trade Unions - Restrict
58%	Transparency of Parliament
0%	Trident replacement - In favour
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, 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.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
98.4%	Willie Rennie	Dunfermline and West Fife	LDem
96.5%	Charles Kennedy	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	LDem
95.6%	Nick Clegg	Sheffield, Hallam	LDem
94.3%	Simon Hughes	North Southwark and Bermondsey	LDem
94.2%	Andrew George	St Ives	LDem

Voting Record — Paul Rowen MP, Rochdale (11784)

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