Fixed Term Parliaments

Policy description

Fixed Term Parliaments involve holding general elections on a regular basis, for example every five years, with some exceptions permitting early elections. Without Fixed Term Parliaments a party with a majority had significant influence over the timing of a general election.

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Analysis for Greg Hands

Greg Hands voted a mixture of for and against (50% aligned) fixed periods between parliamentary elections.

Comparable Conservative MPs voted a mixture of for and against (48% 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
Fixed-term Parliaments Bill — Second Reading 2010-09-13 aye 96% agree aligned
Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Third Reading 2011-01-18 aye 98% agree aligned
Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 1 — Both Houses of Parliament to Approve General Election Date 2011-07-13 aye 96% agree aligned
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill — Second Reading 2021-07-06 aye 100% against not aligned
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill — Clause 2 — Revival of Prerogative Powers to Dissolve Parliament and to Call a new Parliament 2021-09-13 aye 100% against not aligned
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill — Third Reading 2021-09-13 aye 100% against 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
Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Early General Elections 2010-12-01 aye 99% against not aligned
Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 2014-10-23 absent na against na