Voting Record — MPs for Kensington and Chelsea

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

Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
Malcolm Rifkind (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	11 votes out of 592, 1.9%	592 votes out of 1288, 46.0%
Mr Michael Portillo (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	10 votes out of 496, 2.0%	496 votes out of 1246, 39.8%
Mr Michael Portillo (show only their votes)	25 Nov 1999	14 May 2001	Con	2 votes out of 264, 0.8%	264 votes out of 569, 46.4%
Mr Alan Clark (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	5 Sep 1999	Con	2 votes out of 278, 0.7%	278 votes out of 650, 42.8%

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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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Votes by Malcolm Rifkind MP
House	Date	Subject	Malcolm Rifkind	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	Majority	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
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Mr Michael Portillo MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Michael Portillo	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Nov 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Tuesdays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2002	Mersey Tunnels Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by Mr Michael Portillo MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Michael Portillo	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Feb 2000	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by Mr Alan Clark MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Alan Clark	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	5 Mar 1999	Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	2 Sep 1998	Business of the House (Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Jun 1997	Plant Varieties Bill	minority	aye	Rebel

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

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
92.7%	David Maclean	Penrith and The Border	Con
92.4%	Tim Yeo	South Suffolk	Con
92.2%	David Cameron	Witney	Con
92.1%	Richard Spring	West Suffolk	Con
91.6%	Humfrey Malins	Woking	Con

Voting Record — MPs for Kensington and Chelsea

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