How
"voted very strongly for"
is worked out
The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get
50 points,
less important votes get
10 points,
and less important votes for which the MP was absent get
2 points.
In important votes the MP gets awarded the full
50 points
for voting the same as the policy,
0 points
for voting against the policy, and
25 points
for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets
10 points
for voting with the policy,
0 points
for voting against, and
1
(out of 2)
if absent.
Then, the number gets converted to a simple english language phrase based on the range of values it's within.
|
No of votes |
Points |
Out of |
| Most important votes (50 points) |
|
|
|
| MP voted with policy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| MP voted against policy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| MP absent |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Less important votes (10 points) |
|
|
|
| MP voted with policy |
1 |
10 |
10 |
| MP voted against policy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Less important absentees (2 points) |
|
|
|
| MP absent* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total: |
10 |
10 |
|
*Pressure of other work means MPs or
Senators are not always available to vote – it does not always
indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less
important vote makes a disproportionatly small
difference.
|
Agreement score = MP's points / total points
= 10 / 10
=
100%.
And then
-
between
95%
and
100%
becomes
"very strongly for"
-
between
85%
and
95%
becomes
"strongly for"
-
between
60%
and
85%
becomes
"moderately for"
-
between
40%
and
60%
becomes
"a mixture of for and against"
-
between
15%
and
40%
becomes
"moderately against"
-
between
5.0%
and
15%
becomes
"strongly against"
-
between
0.0%
and
5.0%
becomes
"very strongly against"
