Trident Nuclear Weapons System Replacement

Policy description

The UK's Trident nuclear weapons system, comprising missile armed submarines, provides a continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent. There have been votes on if the system should be replaced with a new nuclear deterrent when Trident reaches the end of its lifespan.

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Analysis for Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith consistently voted against (0% aligned) replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system.

Comparable Labour MPs generally voted for (73% aligned).

Scoring Divisions

Scoring divisions are used to calculate the headline alignment between a person and a policy.

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Guide to columns

  • person vote: the vote cast by the person

  • party alignment: how aligned this vote was with other members of the person’s party. Higher numbers indicate less difference from the average vote of the party.

  • policy direction: if an aye vote is aligned or against the overall policy.

  • policy alignment: if this MP’s vote was aligned with the policy.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System 2007-03-14 aye 29% against not aligned
Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System 2007-03-14 no 28% agree not aligned
UK's Nuclear Deterrent — Replacement of Trident Nuclear Submarines — Maintenance of Continuous At Sea Deterrence 2016-07-18 no 25% agree not aligned

Informative Divisions

Informative votes are thematically related to a policy, but do not count towards the overall score.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Opposition Day — Trident Nuclear Weapons System Renewal 2015-01-20 aye 16% against not aligned
Queen's Speech — Spending Cuts, Welfare Changes and Trident 2015-06-04 absent na against na
Opposition Day — Trident Nuclear Deterrent Programme Renewal 2015-11-24 absent na against na
Queen's Speech — UK Membership of the EU — Nuclear Weapons — House of Lords — Devolution — Refugee Crisis in Europe 2016-05-26 absent na against na