Voting Record — The Bishop of Manchester (13682)

The Bishop of Manchester

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
18 Dec 2002 17 Jan 2013 Bishop 3 votes out of 59, 5.1% 59 votes out of 1297, 4.5% 0 times
7 Jul 1997 16 Dec 2002 Bishop 1 vote out of 35, 2.9% 35 votes out of 406, 8.6% 0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this Lord's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this Lord was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

See also all votes... attended | possible

HouseDateSubjectThe Bishop of ManchesterBishop VoteRôle
Lords25 Jan 2012Welfare Reform Bill — Report (6th Day) minorityunknown Unknown
Lords20 Jul 2011Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Third Reading Majorityunknown Unknown
Lords20 Jul 2011Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Third Reading Majorityaye Rebel
8 Apr 2010Stopped being Member, Communications Committee
23 Apr 2007Became Member, Communications Committee
8 Nov 2006Stopped being Member, BBC Charter Review Committee
24 May 2005Became Member, BBC Charter Review Committee
Lords22 Mar 2005Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 minorityunknown Unknown
Lords14 Oct 2003Criminal Justice Bill Majorityaye Rebel
Lords10 Jul 2003Local Government Bill, timescale conditions on repeal of section 28 minorityunknown Unknown
Lords2 Jul 2003Communications Bill Majorityunknown Unknown
Lords2 Jul 2003Communications Bill minorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectThe Bishop of WakefieldBishop VoteRôle
Lords13 Dec 2001Lords Amendment Majorityunknown Unknown
Lords13 Nov 2000Sodomy: Scotland Majorityno Rebel
Lords13 Nov 2000Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill Majorityunknown Unknown

Policy Comparisons

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

AgreementPolicy
64% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
25% Assisted Dying
50% Asylum System - More strict
66% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50% Control Orders
50% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
50% European Union - For
40% Fox hunting - Ban
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
29% Homosexuality - Equal rights
50% Identity cards - For introduction
50% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50% No detention without charge or trial
50% Reducing the number of MPs - for
50% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
56% Schools - Greater Autonomy
100% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
46% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
50% University Tuition Fees - For

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which Lords 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 Lords attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between Lords that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

AgreementNameParty
100.0%Baroness Kingsmill Lab
85.7%Baroness Thomas of WinchesterLDem
77.8%Lord Turner of EcchinswellCrossbench
72.7%Baroness Valentine Crossbench
54.0%Lord Cunningham of FellingLab

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