Voting Record — Richard Caborn MP, Sheffield Central (10085)

Richard Caborn

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 1 vote out of 772, 0.1% 772 votes out of 1288, 59.9% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 2 votes out of 513, 0.4% 513 votes out of 1246, 41.2% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 0 votes out of 640, 0.0% 640 votes out of 1273, 50.3% 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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HouseDateSubjectRichard CabornLab VoteRôle
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
17 Jun 2005Became Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
17 Jun 2005Stopped being Minister of State (Sport and Tourism), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
HouseDateSubjectRichard CabornLab VoteRôle
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons21 May 2002Special Educational Needs minorityaye Rebel
11 Jun 2001Stopped being Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry
11 Jun 2001Became Minister of State (Sport and Tourism), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
HouseDateSubjectRichard CabornLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
28 Jul 1999Stopped being Minister of State (Regions, Regeneration and Planning), Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
28 Jul 1999Became Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry
5 May 1997Became Minister of State (Regions, Regeneration and Planning), Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Policy Comparisons

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

AgreementPolicy
10% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
81% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
81% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
95% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Crossrail - In favour
79% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
85% European Union Integration - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
39% Fully Elected House of Lords
0% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
50% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
79% Homosexuality - Equal rights
67% Human Rights and Equality
88% Identity cards - For introduction
0% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
1% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
94% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Mass Retention of Communications Data
100% Minimum Wage
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
1% No detention without charge or trial
94% Nuclear power - For
39% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100% Pension auto-enrolment - For
94% Post office - in favour of Government policy
6% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
74% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
5% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
87% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50% Right to strike
21% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
50% Schools - Greater Autonomy
80% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
0% Support current and former armed service members
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2% Termination of pregnancy - against
33% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50% Trade Unions - Restrict
26% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
8% University education fees - Should be free
96% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
42% Voting age - Reduce to 16
42% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
95.5% Gordon BrownKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLab
93.1% Jim DevineLivingstonLab
92.5% Adam IngramEast Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowLab
92.4% Michael WillsNorth SwindonLab
92.3% Douglas AlexanderPaisley and Renfrewshire SouthLab

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