Voting Record — Tony Blair MP, Sedgefield (10047)

Tony Blair

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 27 Jun 2007 Lab 1 vote out of 47, 2.1% 47 votes out of 505, 9.3% 0 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 2 votes out of 94, 2.1% 94 votes out of 1246, 7.5% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 0 votes out of 110, 0.0% 110 votes out of 1273, 8.6% 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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HouseDateSubjectTony BlairLab VoteRôle
28 Jun 2007Stopped being Prime Minister, HM Treasury
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectTony BlairLab VoteRôle
Commons16 Nov 2004Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectTony BlairLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
2 May 1997Became Prime Minister, HM Treasury

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
34% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
54% Asylum System - More strict
66% Ban fox hunting
79% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
81% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
50% Crossrail - In favour
50% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
50% European Union Integration - For
90% Foundation hospitals - In favour
66% Fox hunting - Ban
50% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
50% Fully Elected House of Lords
42% Gambling - Against permissiveness
69% Homosexuality - Equal rights
64% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
31% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
76% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Minimum Wage
11% No detention without charge or trial
50% Nuclear power - For
50% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
67% Post office - in favour of Government policy
33% Post office closures - against
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
61% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
59% Schools - Greater Autonomy
78% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50% Termination of pregnancy - against
50% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
10% University education fees - Should be free
95% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
50% 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
85.7% Gordon BrownKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLab
74.8% David BlunkettSheffield, BrightsideLab
71.4% Michael WillsNorth SwindonLab
71.1% Douglas AlexanderPaisley and Renfrewshire SouthLab
70.4% Alistair DarlingEdinburgh South WestLab

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