Voting Record — Christopher Huhne MP, Eastleigh (11565)

Christopher Huhne

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
6 May 2010	5 Feb 2013	LDem	1 vote out of 475, 0.2%	475 votes out of 698, 68.1%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	LDem	5 votes out of 898, 0.6%	898 votes out of 1288, 69.7%	0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Christopher Huhne	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	18 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 2 — Entitlement to vote in the referendum	both	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
11 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Home Secretary,
House	Date	Subject	Christopher Huhne	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	1 Apr 2009	Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (May Day)	minority	aye	Rebel
8 Jan 2009	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Justice & Lord Chancellor, Ministry of Justice
8 Jan 2009	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Home Affairs
8 Jan 2009	Became Shadow Home Secretary,
Commons	25 Nov 2008	Pensions Bill (Programme) (No. 2)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
6 Mar 2008	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Justice & Lord Chancellor, Ministry of Justice
20 Dec 2007	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Home Affairs
20 Dec 2007	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Commons	26 Jun 2007	Deferred Divisions — Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill [Money]	Majority	no	Rebel
21 Mar 2006	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Treasury
21 Mar 2006	Became Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
1 Jun 2005	Became Shadow Minister, Treasury

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
3%	A stricter immigration system
1%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
84%	Academy Schools - for
0%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
75%	Apprenticeships
3%	Asylum System - More strict
13%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
19%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100%	Closed Material Proceedure
82%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
0%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Cull Badgers
23%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
92%	Easier access to abortion
100%	Employee Shareholder Status
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
0%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
82%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
75%	European Union Integration - For
81%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
94%	Fixed Term Parliaments
89%	Fully Elected House of Lords
27%	Further devolution to Scotland
50%	Further devolution to Wales
56%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
93%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
0%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
7%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
82%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
67%	Higher taxes on banks
42%	Higher wages for workers
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
58%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
90%	Human Rights and Equality
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
33%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
88%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
79%	Increase the state pension age
79%	Increase VAT
95%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
10%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
5%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
7%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
47%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
42%	Minimum Wage
0%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
52%	More powers for local councils
69%	No detention without charge or trial
17%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
14%	Nuclear power - For
53%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
53%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Pro international sanctions
99%	Promote Occupational Pensions
69%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
0%	Reduce capital gains tax
100%	Reduce central funding for local government
84%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
85%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
57%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
88%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
11%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
79%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
88%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
99%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
50%	Right to strike
77%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
66%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
70%	Smoking ban - In favour
60%	Stop climate change
0%	Stronger Consumer Protection Laws
22%	Support current and former armed service members
53%	Support marriage and civil partnerships
19%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
2%	Termination of pregnancy - against
67%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Trade Unions - Restrict
61%	Transparency of Parliament
0%	Trident replacement - In favour
50%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
55%	University Tuition Fees - For
75%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
100%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
50%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
50%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
13%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
100.0%	John Howell	Henley	Con
98.4%	Willie Rennie	Dunfermline and West Fife	LDem
98.3%	Charles Kennedy	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	LDem
97.7%	Simon Hughes	North Southwark and Bermondsey	LDem
97.6%	Paul Keetch	Hereford	LDem

Voting Record — Christopher Huhne MP, Eastleigh (11565)

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