Voting Record — Professor Ross Cranston MP, Dudley North (10140)

Professor Ross Cranston

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 7 votes out of 807, 0.9% 807 votes out of 1246, 64.8% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 1 vote out of 855, 0.1% 855 votes out of 1273, 67.2% 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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HouseDateSubjectProfessor Ross CranstonLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Constitutional Affairs Committee
Commons3 Nov 2004Members' Allowances Majorityno Rebel
2 Nov 2004Stopped being Member, Standards and Privileges Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Standards and Privileges Committee
28 May 2004Became Member, Constitutional Affairs Committee
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jul 2002Deferred Divisions — Business of the House minorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno Rebel
11 Jun 2001Stopped being Solicitor General, Law Officers' Department
HouseDateSubjectProfessor Ross CranstonLab VoteRôle
Commons7 Nov 2000Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions Majorityaye Rebel
28 Jul 1998Became Solicitor General, Law Officers' Department

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
26% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
100% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
50% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
12% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
0% Fully Elected House of Lords
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
57% Homosexuality - Equal rights
100% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
0% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
0% No detention without charge or trial
100% Nuclear power - For
18% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
97% Post office - in favour of Government policy
3% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
79% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
7% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
95% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
23% Schools - Greater Autonomy
42% Smoking ban - In favour
86% Stop climate change
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
29% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
8% University education fees - Should be free
99% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
0% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, 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
100.0%Mr Paul DaisleyBrent EastLab
96.4% Robert JacksonWantagewhilst Lab
94.4%Mr Brian WilsonCunninghame NorthLab
94.3% Claire Curtis-ThomasCrosbyLab
93.8% Jane KennedyLiverpool, WavertreeLab

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