Voting Record — Malcolm Rifkind MP, Kensington (11660)

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From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
6 May 2010	still in office	Con	2 votes out of 421, 0.5%	421 votes out of 776, 54.3%	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	Malcolm Rifkind	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — 2nd Reading vote	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2011	Use of hand-held electronic devices and social media in the chamber (Backbench Business)	minority	no	Rebel
11 May 2010	Stopped being Chairman, Standards and Privileges Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Liaison Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
2 Feb 2010	Became a member of the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
19 Jan 2010	Stopped being a member of the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
14 Jan 2010	Became a member of the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
8 Dec 2009	Became a member of the Liaison Committee
2 Dec 2009	Became Chairman, Standards and Privileges Committee
27 Nov 2009	Became a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee
10 Aug 2009	Became a member of the Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
23 May 2008	Stopped being a member of the Conventions (Joint Committee)
13 Jun 2006	Became a member of the Conventions (Joint Committee)
16 Dec 2005	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions & Welfare Reform, Work & Pensions & Welfare Reform
20 May 2005	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions & Welfare Reform, Work & Pensions & Welfare Reform

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
40%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
98%	Business and community control of schools: For
83%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
89%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
28%	European Union - For
14%	Fully Elected House of Lords
75%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
28%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
6%	Identity cards - For introduction
78%	Increase VAT
100%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
38%	No detention without charge or trial
33%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
38%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
77%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
88%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Right to strike
91%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
21%	Smoking ban - In favour
79%	Stop climate change
40%	Termination of pregnancy - against
36%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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Voting Record — Malcolm Rifkind MP, Kensington (11660)

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