Minimum detention requirements

Policy description

Votes on reducing the minimum required detention period before being considered for release to reduce pressure on prison capacity.

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Analysis for Will Forster

Will Forster voted a mixture of for and against (50% aligned) reducing (for some kinds of offenders) the minimum detention requirement before release to reduce pressure on prison capacity..

Comparable Liberal Democrat MPs voted a mixture of for and against (51% 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.

  • annotation: links to public statements or explanations for the vote, if available.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Draft Home Detention Curfew and Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods (Amdt) Order 2024 2024-12-10 aye 100% agree aligned
The draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024 2024-07-25 absent na agree na
Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 2025-07-02 no 100% agree not aligned