Voting Record — Richard Shepherd MP, Aldridge-Brownhills (10537)

Richard Shepherd

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	75 votes out of 674, 11.1%	674 votes out of 1239, 54.4%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	30 votes out of 769, 3.9%	769 votes out of 1288, 59.7%	2 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	10 votes out of 715, 1.4%	715 votes out of 1246, 57.4%	4 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	4 votes out of 641, 0.6%	641 votes out of 1273, 50.4%	1 time

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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	Richard Shepherd	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Mar 2015	House of Commons Standing Orders — Secret Ballot for Re-Election of a Former Speaker	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Feb 2015	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jan 2015	Criminal Justice and Courts Bill — Clauses 64 and 65 — Judicial Review — Court Discretion to Waive Rules in Exceptional Cases	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2014	Opposition Day — Rejoining of 35 European Union Justice and Home Affairs Measures	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2014	Transposing European Union Criminal Justice and Data Protection Measures into UK Law	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2014	Transposing European Union Criminal Justice and Data Protection Measures into UK Law — If to make Decision	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2014	Transposing European Union Criminal Justice and Data Protection Measures into UK Law — Timetable Motion	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Jun 2014	European Union Recommended Revaluation of Properties for Council Tax Purposes	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 May 2014	Prohibition of Unpaid Internships	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 May 2014	Immigration Bill — Clause 60 — Power to Deprive Naturalised Citizen of Citizenship Even If That Would Leave Them Stateless	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Apr 2014	High Speed Rail (London — West Midlands) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
7 Apr 2014	Stopped being Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee)
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	Registration of Armed Forces Chapels for Same Sex Marriages	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	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 2 — Inclusion of Those Who Lobby Special Advisers In Register of Lobbyists	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Dec 2013	European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement) Order 2013	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Oct 2013	Draft Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Designation of the UK Green Investment Bank) Order 2013	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Aug 2013	Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Jul 2013	Draft Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 — Harmonisation of Regulatory Framework	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2013	Crime and Courts Bill — Programme Amendment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill (Programme)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Jan 2013	Electoral Registration and Administration Bill — New Clause on Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2013	Succession to the Crown Bill — New Clause 1 — Remove Requement for Monarch to be Member of the Church of England	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2012	Seek Real Terms Cut in European Union Budget	Majority	no	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 Apr 2012	Labelling of Halal and Kosher Meat	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Apr 2012	Finance Bill — New Clause 7 — VAT: Protected Buildings	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Backbench Business Committee — Election of Members and Chair — Operation of Committee	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Election of Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Election of Backbench Business Committee by Parties	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Nov 2011	Deferred Division — Schengen Governance	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2011	National Referendum on the United Kingdom's Membership of the European Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Oct 2011	House of Commons Recess Dates — Winter 2011-12	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Sep 2011	Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill — Third Reading — Impact of Bills on Each Part of the United Kingdom	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Sep 2011	Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Parliamentary Approval of General Election Date — Committee to Review Operation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill 2011 — Independent Abortion Advice	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2011	Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 1 — Both Houses of Parliament to Approve General Election Date	minority	aye	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	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Referendum on the Alternative Vote — Threshold for Binding Result	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Programme	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Feb 2011	Taxation of the Financial Sector — Financial Transaction Tax — Banking Levy	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Feb 2011	European Union — UK Contributions to the Eurozone Financial Stabilisation Mechanism	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Feb 2011	European Union Bill — New Clause 11 — Referendum on EU Membership If Referendum Opposes Transfer of Powers	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 9 — Approval required in connection with Title V of Part 3 of TFEU	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 6 — Referendum on Emergency Financial Assistance for EU Member States	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 5 — Statement to be laid before Parliament	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Jan 2011	Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — New Clause 5 — Expiry of Provisions for Early General Elections	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jan 2011	European Union Bill — Clause 18 — Status of EU law dependent on continuing statutory basis	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Dec 2010	Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 2 — Speaker's Certificate re Early General Election to be Issued Within 24 Hours	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Dec 2010	Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 2 — Early parliamentary general elections	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Dec 2010	Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 2 — Immediate General Election Following Vote of No-Confidence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 2 — Early parliamentary general elections	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2010	Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 1 — Polling days for parliamentary general elections	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2010	Fixed-term Parliaments Bill — Clause 1 — 2014 General Election	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	2 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 8 — 40% Minimum Turnout for Automatic Action on AV Referendum Result	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Programme Motion No.4	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and constituencies Bill — Programme motion variation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Date of referendum on the alternative vote system	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Date of referendum on the alternative vote system	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Programme motion	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Sep 2010	Fixed-term Parliaments Bill — Programme Motion	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Sep 2010	Fixed-term Parliaments Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Sep 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
26 Jul 2010	Became Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Commons	14 Jul 2010	Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Programme	minority	aye	Rebel
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee)
House	Date	Subject	Richard Shepherd	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	8 Jul 2009	Deferred Divisions — Justice and Security	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2009	Parliamentary Standards Bill — Clause 2 — MPs' salaries (In committee)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Jun 2009	Parliamentary Standards Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 May 2009	Commission for the Compact — New Clause 4 — Loitering: decriminalisation of under 18 year olds	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — outer-London MPs can no longer claim second home	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Mar 2009	Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) — Clause 1 — Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: "work for your benefit" schemes etc.	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Mar 2009	Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (easter)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Feb 2009	Employment Opportunities — Banking Bill (Money)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	29 Oct 2008	Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day — Second Part] — Manchester City Council Bill [ Lords] (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Jun 2008	Counter Terrorism Bill — Lord Chief Justice to appoint "special coroners" — rejected	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Apr 2008	Heathrow — Condemnation of third runway — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Nov 2007	Orders of the Day — The Economy and Pensions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Jun 2007	Deferred Division — Road traffic	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading — Closure	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Exempt constituents' letters only — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Continue to disclose MPs' correspondence — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 May 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — That the Question now be proposed	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Apr 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Exempt only correspondence — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Apr 2007	Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill — Keep disclosure for MPs' expenses — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Remove Hereditary Places once Reform has taken place — rejected	Majority	aye	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 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Short Speeches	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2006	Deferred Divisions — adjournment (summer)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 May 2006	Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill — New Clause "19" — Power to remove or reduce burdens	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Mar 2006	Identity Cards Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2005	Terrorism Bill — Second Reading	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	Richard Shepherd	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organized Crime and Police Bill -- Demonstrating without authorisation in a designated area	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Dec 2004	Identity Cards Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Dec 2004	Queen's Speech — Prime Minister's Prorogative	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 2004	Civil Contingencies Bill — New Clause 3 — Emergency Powers Committee	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 May 2004	Deferred Division — Visitor Facilities	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to failed asylum seekers and their families — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees — PAY FOR CHAIRMEN OF SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 2)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
31 Jul 2003	Stopped being Member, Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee)
10 Mar 2003	Became Member, Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Terrorist certification by Home Secretary	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	21 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Clause 1 — Forfeiture of Terrorist Cash	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	19 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Second Reading	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
15 Nov 2001	Became Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee)
House	Date	Subject	Richard Shepherd	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	24 Jan 2001	Deferred Divisions - European Communities	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2001	Social Security Contributions (Share Options) Bill	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	13 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993	minority	aye	Rebel
1 Feb 2000	Stopped being Member, Public Administration Committee
Commons	10 Nov 1999	House of Lords Bill — Exceptions from the rule that hereditary peers should be abolished	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Sep 1998	Business of the House (Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill)	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
16 Jul 1997	Became Member, Public Administration 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
77%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Academy Schools - for
1%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
33%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
43%	Asylum System - More strict
13%	Ban fox hunting
8%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
88%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
58%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50%	Closed Material Proceedure
71%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
7%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
19%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
25%	Easier access to abortion
90%	Employee Shareholder Status
50%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
1%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
31%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
23%	European Union Integration - For
84%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
25%	Fixed Term Parliaments
20%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
13%	Fox hunting - Ban
98%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
67%	Fully Elected House of Lords
41%	Further devolution to Scotland
30%	Further devolution to Wales
48%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
0%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
7%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
70%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
71%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
37%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
50%	HS2 - In Favour
27%	Human Rights and Equality
11%	Identity cards - For introduction
40%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
83%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
83%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
79%	Increase the state pension age
90%	Increase VAT
50%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
97%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
6%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
6%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
7%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
63%	Localise Council Tax Support
50%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
0%	Mansion Tax
62%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
82%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
16%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
34%	More powers for local councils
99%	No detention without charge or trial
67%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
57%	Nuclear power - For
74%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
58%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
76%	Police and Crime Commissioners
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
25%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
65%	Promote Occupational Pensions
42%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
1%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
93%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
2%	Reduce capital gains tax
100%	Reduce central funding for local government
50%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
92%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
79%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
24%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
15%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
78%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
100%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
75%	Register of Lobbyists
34%	Regulate letting agent fees
17%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
32%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
91%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
79%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
76%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42%	Right to strike
81%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
39%	Same Sex Marriage - for
94%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Sell England's Public Forests
58%	Smoking ban - In favour
0%	State control of bus services
48%	Stop climate change
22%	Support current and former armed service members
56%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
92%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
54%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
98%	Transparency of Parliament
83%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93%	University education fees - Should be free
39%	University Tuition Fees - For
84%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
2%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
0%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
13%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Richard Shepherd MP, Aldridge-Brownhills (10537)

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