Voting Record — Robin Cook MP, Livingston (10130)

Robin Cook

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	6 Aug 2005	Lab	0 votes out of 39, 0.0%	39 votes out of 47, 83.0%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	17 votes out of 744, 2.3%	744 votes out of 1246, 59.7%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	1 vote out of 182, 0.5%	182 votes out of 1273, 14.3%	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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House	Date	Subject	Robin Cook	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	Robin Cook	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	28 Feb 2005	Prevention of Terrorism Bill — Amendment to Clause 1 — Power to make control orders	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — Abolish the offense of Blasphemy — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Jan 2005	Railways Bill — Transfer Schemes at End of Franchising Agreements	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Powers of consideration and representation by Children's Commissioner for Wales	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2004	Human Tissue Bill — New Clause 1 — Determination of consent for removal, storage and use of organs from Adults for purpose of transplantation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 14 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Mink	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Declaration of War	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
17 Mar 2003	Stopped being Lord Privy Seal,
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Hunting Under Licence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution)	minority	aye	Rebel
8 Jun 2001	Stopped being Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
8 Jun 2001	Became Lord Privy Seal,
House	Date	Subject	Robin Cook	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	minority	no	Rebel
2 May 1997	Became Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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
50%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Assisted Dying
100%	Asylum System - More strict
34%	Ban fox hunting
50%	Business and community control of schools: For
57%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
90%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
34%	Fox hunting - Ban
16%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
100%	Fully Elected House of Lords
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
83%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
55%	Identity cards - For introduction
23%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
50%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
73%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50%	Minimum Wage
2%	No detention without charge or trial
92%	Nuclear power - For
38%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
97%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
3%	Post office closures - against
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
74%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
68%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50%	Same Sex Marriage - for
54%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
42%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	Stop climate change
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
46%	University education fees - Should be free
70%	University Tuition Fees - For
8%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
50%	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
98.5%	Douglas Alexander	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Lab
96.4%	Gordon Banks	Ochil and South Perthshire	Lab
96.2%	Thomas McAvoy	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	Lab
96.2%	Frank Roy	Motherwell and Wishaw	Lab
95.9%	Anne McGuire	Stirling	Lab

Voting Record — Robin Cook MP, Livingston (10130)

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