Voting Record — Charles Kennedy MP, Ross, Skye and Lochaber (10334)

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

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
Ross, Skye and Lochaber	6 May 2010	still in office	LDem	11 votes out of 257, 4.3%	257 votes out of 776, 33.1%	0 times
Ross, Skye and Lochaber	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	LDem	9 votes out of 530, 1.7%	530 votes out of 1288, 41.1%	0 times
Ross, Skye and Inverness West	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	LDem	11 votes out of 593, 1.9%	593 votes out of 1246, 47.6%	0 times
Ross, Skye and Inverness West	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	LDem	6 votes out of 524, 1.1%	524 votes out of 1273, 41.2%	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	Charles Kennedy	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	29 Jan 2013	Equality (Marriage) (Amendment)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 Jan 2013	Education — Clause 1 — Up-rating of certain social security benefits for tax years 2014-15 and 2015-16	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Jan 2013	Education — Clause 1 — Up-rating of certain social security benefits for tax years 2014-15 and 2015-16	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Jan 2013	Attorney-General — Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2012	Deferred Division — Public Bodies	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 2011	Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day] — The Economy	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — permissible variation in population in a constituency	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — permissible variation in population in a constituency	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Dec 2010	University Tuition Fee Cap — Set Basic Limit at £6,000 Per Year	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Dec 2010	University Tuition Fee Cap — Raise Upper Limit to £9,000 Per Year	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — number and distribution of seats	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — number and distribution of seats	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Charles Kennedy	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Deferred Divisions — voluntary reduction ("modulation") of direct farm support payments	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Deferred Divisions — Northern Ireland	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Communications Allowance — Welcoming the principle	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2006	Deferred Divisions — adjournment (summer)	Majority	no	Rebel
9 Jan 2006	Stopped being Party Leader,
House	Date	Subject	Mr Charles Kennedy	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Support For Members Who Have Chosen Not To Take Their Seats	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure) (No. 3)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure) (No.2)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill — Timetable	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure)	minority	aye	Rebel
26 Jan 2004	Became Party Leader,
Commons	16 Dec 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — Clause 4 — Electoral Commission report	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill (Programme)	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	18 Dec 2001	Facilities of the House	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Business of the House	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Charles Kennedy	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Nov 2000	Honours and Decorations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 1998	Modernisation of the House	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Prohibition of small-calibre pistols	Majority	no	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
61%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
99%	Ban fox hunting
6%	Business and community control of schools: For
50%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
11%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
74%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
68%	European Union - For
0%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
99%	Fox hunting - Ban
90%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
89%	Fully Elected House of Lords
75%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
85%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
76%	Increase VAT
1%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
97%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
16%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
82%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
37%	Nuclear power - For
2%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
7%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
93%	Post office closures - against
83%	Privatise Royal Mail
99%	Promote Occupational Pensions
4%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
54%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
86%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42%	Right to strike
39%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
70%	Smoking ban - In favour
83%	Stop climate change
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
6%	Terrorism laws - For
33%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
46%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
17%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
90%	University education fees - Should be free
1%	University Tuition Fees - For
98%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
98%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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Voting Record — Charles Kennedy MP, Ross, Skye and Lochaber (10334)

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