scepticalbanter.com » mps http://scepticalbanter.com Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:46:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Are the Tories homophobic? http://scepticalbanter.com/2010/04/are-the-tories-homophobic/ http://scepticalbanter.com/2010/04/are-the-tories-homophobic/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:58:46 +0000 uksceptic http://scepticalbanter.com/?p=496 Stonewall, the lesbian, gay and bisexual charity, have complied this document that looks at the voting records of all MPs on seven key issues during the last parliament. Depending on how the MPs voted they awarded 2 points if they voted in support of Stonewall’s position, 1 point if they abstained or voted neutrally (for and against) and 0 points if they voted against Stonewall’s position. They then took these scores and turned them into a percentage.

Here are the results.

Labour

Over 100 Labour MPs voted 100% in support of Stonewall’s position. That’s just under a third.

No Labour MP voted totally against Stonewall’s position.

Gordon Brown voted 71% for Stonewall’s position.

The average Labour MP voted 84% in favor of Stonewall’s position.

 

Liberal Democrats

12 Liberal Democrat MPs voted 100% in support of Stonewall’s position. That’s just under a fifth.

No Liberal Democrat MP voted totally against Stonewall’s position

Nick Clegg voted 86% for Stonewall’s position.

The average Liberal Democrat MP voted 79% in favor of Stonewall’s position

 

Conservatives

None of the Conservative MPs voted 100% in support of Stonewall’s position. That’s none.

Three Conservative MPs voted totally against Stonewall’s position.

David Cameron voted 36% for Stonewall’s position.

The average Conservative MP voted 79% against Stonewall’s position.

 

“How many people do you need to change a country? Answer. All of them.”

Unless you’re gay that is, according to the Conservative voting record.   

Maybe my blog title is a little provocative, but given the evidence I think it is a fair question and one that should be raised at some point during one of the three leaders’ debates. I just wonder how Cameron can defend his own voting record let alone that of the rest of his party.

Update

Literally just as I posted this I saw a tweet from @tkingdoll linking to this website: http://mygayvote.co.uk/

She calls the Tories ’massive bigots’ I’m inclined to agree.

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