Voting Record — Peter Tapsell MP, Louth and Horncastle (10583)

Peter Tapsell

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
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	33 votes out of 631, 5.2%	631 votes out of 1239, 50.9%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	9 votes out of 659, 1.4%	659 votes out of 1288, 51.2%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	5 votes out of 678, 0.7%	678 votes out of 1246, 54.4%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	4 votes out of 753, 0.5%	753 votes out of 1273, 59.2%	0 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	Peter Tapsell	Con Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Father of the House of Commons,
Commons	3 Feb 2015	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Apr 2014	High Speed Rail (London — West Midlands) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Apr 2014	High Speed Rail (London — West Midlands) Bill — Decline Second Reading	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Make Same Sex Marriage Available to Armed Forces Personnel Outside the United Kingdom	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Amendments to Acts of Parliament in Light of the Introduction of Same Sex Marriage in Parts of the UK	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Changes to Laws on Consular Marriage Following Introduction of Same Sex Marriages in Parts of the UK	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Registration of Armed Forces Chapels for Same Sex Marriages	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Proceedures for Consenting to Registration of Shared Places of Worship for Same Sex Marriage	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Same Sex Marriage — Enabling Courts to Deal with Divorce or Annulment Proceedings	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Jan 2014	European Union (Approvals) Bill — Third Reading — European Archives and Europe for Citizens Programme	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Jan 2014	European Union (Approvals) Bill — Clause 1 — Influence of Europe for Citizens Programme on EU Referenda and Elections	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Jan 2014	European Union (Approvals) Bill — Clause 1 — Limitation of Scope of Europe for Citizens Programme	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jan 2014	European Commission Work Programme 2014 and Support for Completion of the EU Single Market	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jan 2014	European Union (Approvals) Bill — Second Reading — European Archives and Europe for Citizens Programme	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Aug 2013	Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Programme)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Nov 2012	European Union — Banking Union and Economic and Monetary Union — European Banking Authority	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2012	Seek Real Terms Cut in European Union Budget	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Oct 2012	European Union — Regulation of Emission of Pollutants from Ships	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Jun 2012	European Union Review of UK Economic Policy — Government approach to deficit reduction, growth and EU sanctions	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2011	National Referendum on the United Kingdom's Membership of the European Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2011	Draft International Monetary Fund (Increase in Subscription) Order 2011,	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 May 2011	Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 — Financial and Economic Outlook	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Mar 2011	Establishment of the European Stability Mechanism	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Referendum on the Alternative Vote System — Threshold on Making Result Binding	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Dec 2010	Loans to Ireland Bill — Clause 1 — Interest Rate to be Charged on United Kingdom Loans to Ireland	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2010	European Union Economic Governance	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — New Clause 7 — Reduction of maximum number of Ministers —rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Programme motion	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Sep 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel)
6 May 2010	Became Father of the House of Commons,
House	Date	Subject	Peter Tapsell	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	1 Jul 2009	Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (summer)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — No lower limit for declaration	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
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	3 Jul 2008	MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected	Majority	no	Rebel
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 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2005	Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 90 Days	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Peter Tapsell	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
14 Nov 2002	Became Member, Unopposed Bills (Panel)
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Peter Tapsell	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	6 Feb 2001	House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Bill (Programme) - Lords amendments and further messages from the Lords	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Fisheries: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2001	both	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2000	House of Commons (Reserved Matters)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Nov 1998	Stakeholder Pension	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	2 Sep 1998	Business of the House (Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill)	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Jun 1978	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury),
1 Jun 1977	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury),
1 Jun 1977	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs),
1 Jun 1976	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs),

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
62%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
84%	Academy Schools - for
16%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
55%	Asylum System - More strict
9%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
73%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Redundancy Payments
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
71%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
1%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Employee Shareholder Status
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
6%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
44%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
23%	European Union - For
87%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
50%	Fixed Term Parliaments
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
13%	Fox hunting - Ban
79%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
29%	Fully Elected House of Lords
33%	Further devolution to Scotland
35%	Further devolution to Wales
42%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
93%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
53%	Greater Transparency in Public Life
65%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
79%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
19%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
30%	HS2 - In Favour
41%	Human Rights and Equality
12%	Identity cards - For introduction
30%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
72%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
81%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
78%	Increase VAT
50%	Inheritance Tax
73%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
90%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
6%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
19%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
14%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
75%	Localise Council Tax Support
47%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
13%	Mansion Tax
50%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
62%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
31%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
22%	Minumum Wage
0%	More Generous Benefits for Ill and Disabled
27%	More powers for local councils
25%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
65%	Parliament- Strengthen
58%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
60%	Police and Crime Commissioners
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
25%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
65%	Promote Occupational Pensions
36%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
54%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
12%	Rail Fares - Lower
84%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
2%	Reduce capital gains tax
75%	Reduce central funding for local government
90%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
79%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
67%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
17%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
75%	Referendum on the UK's membership of the EU - For
100%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
75%	Register of Lobbyists
17%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
10%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
79%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
76%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
50%	Right to strike
29%	Same Sex Marriage - for
82%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
50%	Shift Powers from MPs in the Commons to Ministers
38%	Smoking ban - In favour
0%	State control of bus services
41%	Stop climate change
22%	Stronger Military Covenant
45%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Trade Union Regulation
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
39%	Transparency of Parliament
83%	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
62%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
2%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
30%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices

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Voting Record — Peter Tapsell MP, Louth and Horncastle (10583)

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