Voting Record — Keith Vaz MP, Leicester East (10614)

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	still in office	Lab	7 votes out of 399, 1.8%	399 votes out of 782, 51.0%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	32 votes out of 700, 4.6%	700 votes out of 1288, 54.3%	1 time
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	7 votes out of 673, 1.0%	673 votes out of 1246, 54.0%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	2 votes out of 543, 0.4%	543 votes out of 1273, 42.7%	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	Keith Vaz	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Thursdays) (9.30 am to 5.00 pm)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (No change)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Sep 2011	Health and Social Care Bill 2011 — Independent Abortion Advice	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2011	Deferred Divisions — Equality	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2011	Deferred Divisions — Equality	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Feb 2011	Deferred Divisions — Police	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 2010	Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010	minority	unknown	Unknown
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 Chairman, Home Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Keith Vaz	Lab Vote	Rôle
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)
Commons	15 Jul 2009	Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day] — US-UK Extradition Treaty	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 2009	Bill Presented — New Clause 3 — Amendment of the immigration rules relating to Gurkhas	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2009	Commission for the Compact — New Clause 1 — Destruction of samples etc: England and Wales	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Apr 2009	Gurkha Settlement Rights — Government defeat	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Dec 2008	Police raid of MP's office — New committee to investigate immediately — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2008	Orders of the Day — Counter-Terrorism Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2008	Counter-Terrorism Bill — Access to Information and Destruction of Samples Held by the Police	minority	no	Rebel
8 Sep 2008	Became a member of the Liaison Committee
Commons	17 Jul 2008	Intelligence and Security Committee — Should belong to the House — rejected	both	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 May 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Parliamentary oversight of police and prison service pay — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Feb 2008	Prayers	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Preventing prison officers from taking industrial action	minority	aye	Rebel
7 Nov 2007	Stopped being a member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee
8 Aug 2007	Became Chairman, Home Affairs Committee
Commons	28 Mar 2007	Deferred Divisions — Immigration	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Mar 2007	Deferred Divisions — Immigration	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	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 — Support for bicameral Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Feb 2007	Offender Management Bill — New Clause 11 — Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3(2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2006	Police and Justice Bill — Repeals of amendments	minority	aye	Rebel
5 Jul 2006	Became a member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee
5 Jul 2006	Stopped being a member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee
Commons	29 Mar 2006	Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill — Allow failed asylum seekers to be given cash rather than vouchers — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2005	Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill	minority	no	Rebel
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee
House	Date	Subject	Mr Keith Vaz	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee
Commons	22 Apr 2004	Security Screen	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Asylum appeals should be referred to a higher court — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Dec 2003	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Dec 2003	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Decline to give a Second Reading — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
11 Jun 2001	Stopped being Minister of State (Europe), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
House	Date	Subject	Mr Keith Vaz	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
11 Oct 1999	Stopped being Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department
11 Oct 1999	Became Minister of State (Europe), Foreign & Commonwealth Office
17 May 1999	Became Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department

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
88%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Ban fox hunting
87%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
2%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
90%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
36%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
90%	European Union - For
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
25%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
68%	Fully Elected House of Lords
17%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
87%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
99%	Identity cards - For introduction
22%	Increase VAT
98%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
8%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50%	No detention without charge or trial
92%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
94%	Nuclear power - For
93%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
96%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
4%	Post office closures - against
1%	Privatise Royal Mail
32%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
14%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
100%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
58%	Right to strike
32%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
77%	Smoking ban - In favour
74%	Stop climate change
98%	Termination of pregnancy - against
87%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
10%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54%	Transparency of Parliament
83%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7%	University education fees - Should be free
64%	University Tuition Fees - For
98%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
50%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2010-present, 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.

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Voting Record — Keith Vaz MP, Leicester East (10614)

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