Voting Record — Siôn Simon MP, Birmingham, Erdington (11225)

Siôn Simon

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 3 votes out of 1070, 0.3% 1070 votes out of 1288, 83.1% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 6 votes out of 726, 0.8% 726 votes out of 1246, 58.3% 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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HouseDateSubjectSiôn SimonLab VoteRôle
25 Mar 2010Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
13 Oct 2009Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
13 Oct 2009Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media & Sport
10 Jun 2009Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
10 Jun 2009Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media & Sport
13 Jan 2009Stopped being Member, Treasury Committee
6 Oct 2008Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
20 Aug 2008Became Member, Treasury Committee
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament minorityaye Rebel
8 May 2006Stopped being PPS (Ian Pearson, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
8 May 2006Stopped being PPS (Ian Pearson, Minister of State), Department of Trade and Industry
Commons14 Mar 2006Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs Majorityaye Rebel
10 Nov 2005Became PPS (Ian Pearson, Minister of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
10 Nov 2005Became PPS (Ian Pearson, Minister of State), Department of Trade and Industry
HouseDateSubjectSiôn SimonLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
11 Jun 2004Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
Commons22 Apr 2004Security Screen minorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Apr 2004Installation of a Security Screen in the House of Commons Chamber minorityno Rebel
Commons22 Apr 2004Security Screen minorityaye Rebel
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
Commons5 Jul 2001Members' Pay (Expression of Opinion) minorityno Rebel

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
12% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
92% Asylum System - More strict
50% Ban fox hunting
94% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100% Control Orders
100% Crossrail - In favour
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
99% European Union Integration - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
50% Fox hunting - Ban
26% Fully Elected House of Lords
0% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
76% Homosexuality - Equal rights
67% Human Rights and Equality
93% Identity cards - For introduction
0% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
98% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Mass Retention of Communications Data
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
91% Post office - in favour of Government policy
9% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
15% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
75% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
63% Schools - Greater Autonomy
54% Smoking ban - In favour
47% Stop climate change
50% Support current and former armed service members
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100% Trade Unions - Restrict
50% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
29% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
8% University education fees - Should be free
98% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% 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 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
99.2% Adam IngramEast Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowLab
99.2% John ReidAirdrie and ShottsLab
99.0% David ClellandTyne BridgeLab
98.9% Robin CookLivingstonLab
98.9% Ivan LewisBury SouthLab

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